...Michael Hurtado 9/15/11 Critique on Anthropology and Race, Ch. 5 Discarding Race, Dealing with Racism Race and racism has been a very controversial and confusing subject for many decades. Although is seems to have made progress over the last couple of decades, it really has not but subsumed to a more dormant topic in education. After reading the fifth chapter of Anthropology and Race by Eugenia Shanklin, I have realized the complexity of the word race and the many descriptions, meanings, and methods used to define this word. As long as there are different races, racism will continue to be a part of society. I somewhat understand as to why this topic is rarely discussed and not properly taught in education systems. Also how the different approaches anthropologists have tried to explain race and racism as either a cultural or scientific method. In today’s society, race is not discussed in the classrooms of education. As time goes on the importance of explaining, in detail, what race really is, does not seem necessary because the nation’s values state that everyone is equal, which discards the idea of race. Race is the classification of people into group in the world, due to cultural, physical, geographical, and biological aspects; or so we like to believe it. As described in Anthropology and Race, Anthropologists believe that when discussing the topic of race, people automatically divide themselves into groups and then believe and defend these groups. Why is this...
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...discover similarities between items while a detailed or micro look is helpful when looking for differences. According to the reading, the primary dimensions that are looked at when dealing with diversity are age, gender, race, mental and physical ability, sexual orientation and ethnicity (Pg. 47 “Understanding and Managing Diversity”). With age comes certain connotation. Native American and Asian cultures hold their elders in revere for their years of wisdom, youth is often more appreciated in the global workforce for their energetic drive. While the number of women in the workplace continues to grow and they prove capable of holding positions of responsibility, when dealing with gender it is still often thought that men make decisions based on business while women tend to bring emotion into their decision making. Ethnicity and Race usually go hand in hand unless working within a very particular group. Amongst a workplace with a broad business, a person may be acknowledged only by their race, such as Hispanic or Latino. Now if the business is catering to a certain area or region a person’s ethnicity such as Cuban or Dominican, within a race may be taken into closer consideration. A person’s abilities whether mental or physical are another dimension of diversity that must be acknowledged when dealing with people, depending on the adaptation to their work environment. Finally, sexual orientation is becoming a more trending...
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...hand in how controversy can increase. Peaceful demonstrations often turn violent, the police aren’t handling some situations peacefully and that can send people into a frenzy. News reporters do often cause a serious distortion in the public eye when dealing with sensitive issues by things they have said or published in a news story. In the Travon Martin Case the media needed to examine their role in the coverage of that case. Many people believe there was biased coverage of the tragic death and facts surrounding, Trayvon Martin’s death. It has been noted about the differences in the media outlets accounts of this story in order to grab the attention of a particular audience. The media coverage of this case has been especially intense and that’s partly because each news show has a different audience they are trying to target. There are a few news outlets that were able to cut directly through the hype of it all and dealt with the important issues at hand. When dealing with race and religion those are two sensitive topics and when stories like The Trayvon Martin story are brought to light, things can quickly get out of hand. The television networks that were reporting improved throughout the case but when the verdict came back that many of us weren’t expecting that led to confusion all over again. When dealing with race relations, news reporters need to make sure they are well-informed in order to provide information to an audience. Reporters run the risk of being called...
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...differences in the genetic makeup of persons of different races and those of similar races. The scientist on the clip carried out the experiment by taking samples of blood from people from diverse races to assess their genetic makeup. The result of the experiment was that the differences in the genetic makeup of any two or more people were not as a result of racial differences. The experiments found out that people of different races were genetically different from one another just as they were from the people of their race. The differences in the genetic makeup of people, therefore, were as a result of geographical differences in the locations where people stayed as well as other aspects such as socio-cultural closeness. Skin color is only as deep as the skin itself and does not play a role in influencing the genetic makeup of an individual. In fact, the experiment discovered that 85% of differences among human beings exist in an intra-racial scope rather than outside of the race. The experiments have a major significance on the understanding of the concept of race. Having no bearing on the genetic makeup of human beings, race exists as a social concept that was constructed in the modern times. Racists use this concept to get a reason for treating those of other races unfairly and as inferior. Race, therefore, exists as a powerful social concept that many people continue to use so that they can edge those of different races out of opportunities. While the world cannot...
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...IV September 1, 2013 As human beings, we do certain actions without even knowing that we have done them, such as stereotyping other races or people by the way they look, talk, walk, or just carry themselves. African Americans, in particular, are a race of people that are stereotyped, but the typical African American males are usually stereotyped negatively. The typical stereotype for African American male is angry and criminals. The research I have conducted, has revealed to me that the criminal stereotype affects people’s memory, and essentially have a bad impact on people’s lives. I have evidence to show that there are people that believes the three issues and why it is not a valid stereotype toward African American males. African American males have gone through a lot of scrutiny throughout history. "In the past twenty-five years, African American males in the United States have gone through various social challenges." Bing lynched and murdered brutally just for their skin color, even the police pulling them over for no apparent reason and also considering the infamous Rodney King beating. Vast majority African American males have been through a lot of unnecessary adversity. Through these pointless social acts, some African American males have drifted toward criminal activities, such as: robbing people or stores, selling drugs, and doing anything to make money to provide for themselves and their families. Doing these acts, the African American males...
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...Definition of Diversity It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along. the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. P1 Racism First of all racism is a criminal offence that is extremely offensive and can be taken up for some serious jail time, racism is where someone has a form of hatred towards someone for the colour of their skin, they can show this by all kinds of ways. One of the many ways that people use nowadays is by telling jokes, although some people might find these quite ‘funny’ people can take extreme offence to this, they have a right to. Also they could assault someone because of their race, some are singled out, bullied because of it, which also leading the person to think they have something wrong with them and they could see themselves as different, therefore if they see themselves as different they’re whole family. Racist Getting off the subject of Racism, although Racism sounds quite similar to the word Racist they are quite different. A racist is someone who uses racism fairly often, if someone was a racist you would know about it, a racist isn’t someone who tells a racist joke every now and then a racist would probably have tattoo’s to show what they think they are superior against, such as someone who uses Racist words in most sentences. However the...
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...There are many pros and cons to Racial Profiling, and the law enforcement uses them in so many ways. Racial profiling is when people such as the Law Enforcement approach many people of the same races being accused of the same things that are most common in that race. Racial profiling has been around for a long time and it is very common. The law enforcement uses a lot racial profiling towards all the races. Policemen and Policewoman can easily pull over people because of their race. Mexicans are usually pulled over because they can be accused of being an illegal immigrant, or even drug dealing/using marijuana. African Americans are most commonly pulled over because they can be accused of drug dealing, being a thief or even being accused of doing cocaine. Caucasian people are usually pulled over to being accused of meth, unlawful possessions of weapons, or controlled substances. I think that in order to get the criminals off the streets it is okay to use racial profiling if they are using it in the right way. I think that if I were to see a truck or car with big rims and someone that gets out of the car is all tattooed up and is taking a smoke, I honestly would accuse them of being in the wrong and would be okay if a cop were to come and search them to see what they are getting themselves into. If a person is being suspicious then the law enforcement should be able to have a search warrant on them. Not only is it a good idea for them to stop the criminals from doing crime, its...
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...“Ethnic Notions:” Exploring Caricatures Racial formation is the process by which socio-historical designations of race are created and manipulated. When dealing with racial formation, one dominant group always has the power to impose racial definitions onto others. In America’s history, this one dominant group has been Caucasians. In the book, “Ethnic Notions,” Marlon Riggs explores the evolution of caricatures imposed on African Americans throughout the history, claiming the impact of such caricatures “did as much harm as any lynch mob.” In many ways, this claim speaks the truth. The mammy, sambo, pickaninny, zip coon, and uncle are a few important caricatures that prove white America’s innermost fears regarding race and white superiority. The mammy caricature is one that defeminizes African American women. Drawn as a smiling, hefty servant, her loyalty to her white owner’s family trumps that to her own children. The mammy was used as evidence of the “humanity” of slavery’s institution, for she was posited as content with her lowly position. This caricature reflects the fear of mixing races. By desexualizing African American women, like the mammy, then white men would then be less likely to become sexually involved with them. Many blues artists in the 1920s-30s stood up against the mammy caricature, such as Ma Rainey; her image stood to sexualize the mammy. The sambo caricature was depicted as a perpetual child, one who was incapable of living an independent...
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...in our environment. Laws bring peace between people in many different ways. Consequences to broken laws help to control behavior and keep our standards in order. Laws can be difficult to understand because there are many different kinds. Taking responsibility to understand the law is important to establish peace and fairness in our society. Without law, the country could be a dangerous place. The government would be difficult to run without rules and regulations. Laws give us harmony in our society allowing us to operate efficient and effectively. What is Law? According to Melvin law is “a body of rules of actions or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having legal binding force” (Melvin, 2011). Laws involve having a set of firm rules that make people answer to actions if laws are dishonored or broken. Law is essential to have during uncertain times dealing with disagreements between businesses, government, and people in our society. Roles and Function of Law in Business Business owners have laws set in place which limits their power of how their business is operated. The law enforces fair opportunity to potential employees going through hiring processes. Business owners are given limited power to protect different races and genders from discrimination. The act of an individual not getting a job due to race or gender instead of qualification is against the law. People should not have to suffer due to their race or gender when it comes to obtaining employment...
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...Racial disparity in u.s prisons MBOGO .W. APOLLO (MOI). Professor: Institution affiliated Date: Racial disparity in prisons in America can be conceptualized as a situation where the population of a specific group of people is the most in the criminal justice system as compared to the general population. Prisons in U.S.A are a significant constituent of the criminal justice system. The main function of the American prisons is to protect society from violation of law, to rehabilitate also punish the law breakers in order to assist them to be responsible members of the society. The prisons in the state continue to grow in order to meet the demands of the correctional and the criminal justice system in general. However, the trend in the justice system, especially in the prisons, is characterized by ethnic disparity. This normally compromises the level of justice dispensation. It has been a controversial issue for several decades among the prisons in the state. Some individuals seem to defy the concept of existence of disparity in the justice system. They believe that it does not exist. For instance, statistics that were presented by Marc Mauer proved that if the argument that there existed racial discrimination in the prisons, then the extraordinary rise in the American prisons in the past three decades would be explained in six fold increase. This to him would eventually lead to incarceration of two million Americans. For instance, “one in every eight African –American...
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...Nhung Le Ms. Rodriguez ETH/125 31 March 2012 Cultural Competence 1. Explore race relations in your community. What is the cultural/racial make-up of your community (For demographics of the city you live in search http://factfinder.census.gov/ , or other credible source)? Are you a member of the majority or minority racial or ethnic group in your community? What does it mean to be ________________ (your race) in your community? What does it mean to be ________________ (your ethnicity) in your community? How do community members treat you because of this? Do the leaders in your area represent community members like you? Do the local media (I.e. news, newspapers) represent community members like you equally and fairly? Are there racial/ethnic inequalities in your community? Explain. I explored the race relations in my community and the cultural/racial make-up of my community using 60135 is: Subject | 60135 5-Digit ZCTA, 601 3-Digit ZCTA | | Number | Percent | RACE | | | Total population | 6,007 | 100.0 | One race | 5,948 | 99.0 | White | 5,753 | 95.8 | Black or African American | 9 | 0.1 | American Indian and Alaska Native | 13 | 0.2 | American Indian | 7 | 0.1 | Alaska Native | 0 | 0.0 | Both American Indian and Alaska Native | 0 | 0.0 | American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified | 6 | 0.1 | Asian | 16 | 0.3 | Asian Indian | 0 | 0.0 | Chinese | 1 | 0.0 | Filipino | 5 | 0.1 | Japanese | 0 | 0.0 | Korean | 0 | 0.0 | Vietnamese...
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...Within America, oppression of people of color has been integrated within society since the founding of the colonies. Within America, this means that policy changes have been put into place since the Civil Rights Movement to try to change how people of color are treated within America, but this appears to not be enough. The types of policies that could be put into place to further the objective of racially unifying America would be racial bias training, profiling prevention and cultural competency training. This is because many of the issues that are being felt within the communities of people of color are founded in a lack of understanding or bias that individuals have with others that are different. The issue is that with this type of policy...
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...Race in Obama’s America 1. Text one “Black is being seen in a whole new light” is a commentary written by Yolanda Young. The text is published on USA Today’s website on August 14, 2009. Yolanda Young is a lawyer and columnist. The author brings the view on black people into focus. She didn't get noticed by white people until Barack Obama got elected for President. Her main statement is that the view on black people has changed. “For a woman the color of dark coffee to be noticed, even admired, suggests a cultural paradigm shift”. She supports this statement with an example. In a research from 2008 two psychology professors found that 51% of the 300 non-black participants preferred white people. A previous research showed that white people had a 81% preference for white people. She concludes that she has hope for the future. The second text is written by Eric Holder. It is an excerpt from a speech which was given on February 18, 2009 at the Justice Department. The text is called “Black History Month” and was published on the website of the Justice Department. Eric Holder is Attorney General of America. Eric Holder finds is really important that black and white Americans communicate with each other about the racial separation to be united. His main statement is that we have to understand Americas racial history before we can understand America. “One cannot truly understand America without understanding the historical experience of black people in this nation” He believes...
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...enroll her in the white elementary school, but the principal of the school refused to let her in due to her race. Mr. Brown then took this problem to the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), they agreed to help him. As this case became more known it was then later brought up to supreme court. Other cases have led up to this case, these cases included, Sweat v. Painter (1950) and McLaurin v. Oklahoma Board of Regents of Higher Education (1950). The cases leading up to Brown Vs Board of Education featured African American people dealing with segregation problems. Brown argued segregation is seen as antithetical to our whole culture. If a particular class of people are forced to stay in their own neighborhoods, have their own schools, parks, stores, restaurants, movie theaters, and not welcome in 'mainstream' places, they are not equal as citizens. This is a violation of the 'equality' provisions of the 14th amendment. One of the most basic founding principles of the US is that we have only one class of citizenship, every citizen is entitled to exactly the same rights and privileges of citizenship.Brown argued this and related it to 14th amendment rights.. The Board of Education and the southern states both had a different argument. They argued “Separate but equal” according to uscourts.gov. They were saying all schools no matter what race were all treated equally. The Board of Education denied that segregation was in schools and that they were...
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...remembered by its history was a place built upon freedom and was the logic of vast opportunities within a new country with innovation as its' first name. For more than 100 years America has been priding itself upon engaging and welcoming people from all over the world to its population by the very idea of individualism because the principle of the subject is the foundation of its' reasoning. As time has brought about changes that America never could have imagined somehow America has reverted itself slowly to its ' origin just as a clock would dial back the hands of time, capturing the original reason for fighting freedom, no individualism. Therefore, it is necessary to say that collectivism is back because it was never completely out of the picture but just waiting for greed to resurrect it and give it a new body. Individualism and collectivism are two items that pose major concerns in the world that we live today and can be contrasted based on the dilemma of disbanding one for the other including the thoughts of different races and their interpretations of the world today. Individualism holds that the individual is the primary unit of reality and the ultimate standard of value. This view does not deny that societies exist or that people benefit from living in them, but it sees society as a collection of individuals, not something over and above them (Stata, 1992). Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept, and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological...
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