...Topic: Racism Racism - Boundless Open Textbook. (2015, July 21). Retrieved February 07, 2016, from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/race-and-ethnicity-10/race-79/racism-473-3288/ This website provides straightforward information on racism and how it applies to sociology. It discusses racism as a social fact and covers individual, structural, cultural, and historical racism. Racism is when discrimination occurs based solely on inherent traits in a racial group. This site is useful because it provides a foundation for information on racism and key term while giving you a general overview and helps you understand other resources better. I could see the control theory working with some of the content of this source, while it’s purely informational source it contains the fact the racism can be deliberate and that given the opportunity that people will have racist thoughts or actions eventually. One thing that is missing in this source is that it lacks clear examples on the outcomes of racism. It clearly defines it and shows the responses to racism like affirmative action but it fails to show any type of real world actions. This is related to sociology because of lists key points and facts about racism. Racism has a larger effect on the population and society. Eckholm, E. (2008, May 05). Racial Disparities Found to Persist as Drug Arrests Rise. Retrieved February 07, 2016, from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/us/05cnd-disparities...
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...IMPACT OF RACISM, POVERTY AND ETHNICITY DIFFRENCES AMONG MEXICIAN LATINOS IN AMERICAN. Mexico is a country located in the southern portion of North America, covers a period of more than two millennia. Mexico is a country that is very rich in history, tradition and culture. Mexico is made up of 31 states and one federal district. It is the third largest country in Latin America and has the largest population—more than 100 million—making it the home of more Spanish speakers than any other nation in the world. In United States, according to Gonzalez Mexican Latinos is the most populous Spanish speaking country in the world. It has 95 million residents, a high birth rate and desperate poverty (Gonzalez). Also, according to the Suarez and Paez in their book reported that the U.S Census Bureau claims that by the year 2050, a full quarter of U.S population will be of Latino origin in which Mexican American with a larger proportion. Mexican-Americans experience in the United States has been profoundly shaped by positives and negatives circumstances. The struggles with self-identification, economic factor, lack of quality education, discrimination at work and poor housing facility issue were the negative factors that Mexican-Americans battle with in United States. Even though, Mexican- Americans is very...
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...director of the documentary film Culture of Hate: Who Are We? (2002), addresses the topic of racism. She reveals the hidden world of white power youths in Lakeside and discusses the causes and effects of white power movement in the community of Lakeside. In the beginning of the film, Harvey shows the viewers the murder incident of a Mexican migrant worker whose body was found in a drainage ditch in Lakeside, CA. In the drainage ditch, the walls were surfaced with swastikas and other racist symbols. The three boys who were arrested for the Mexican murder incident argued that they were drunk. Nevertheless, the police officers believed that it was a hate crime, involving discrimination. Harvey mentions that the town used to be more or less safe, populated with white middle class Americans. Nevertheless, due to the economic and social changes, more hate crimes began occurring. And also, ethnic minorities became “scapegoats” due to economic recession. According to the expert testimonies of teachers, school administrators, and halfway house directors, these misguided white kids defined racism as a way to express of their emotional needs, to get out of their anger, to find the meaning of life, to get a sense of belonging, and to get protection. For this reason, they envied blacks for having Black History Month, Black Power, and other black cultural celebrations, blamed and attacked Mexicans for losing their jobs, and drew swastikas, flames, and other racist symbols on everywhere. ...
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...Sunbelt: Contribution to Mexican Heritage in Houston Arnoldo De Leon's exploration of the history of Mexican Americans in Houston is a valuable addition to the growing number of studies examining the evolution of Latino empowerment, the book also discusses the change of the Mexican-American ethnic identity in the history of the population. The focus on a Mexican-American community in a city setting goes hand in hand with the works of Foley’s in The White Scourge, introducing the impact of Mexican presence in America. De Leon's Ethnicity in the Sunbelt follows a linear path following the changes of the Mexican-American community in the city of Houston. The book divides the development of this community into three parts: The arrival and consolidation of the Mexicans...
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...Di Wu 2010–06–04 Chapter 6 native Americans In this chapter, we learn about history and development of Native American. This chapter consist of three parts , history of native; how federal polices effect on native American ; what situation the native American in today. After reading this chapter, I think racism is a very painful problem in the United States. of the first acts of racism in American was against the Native Americans. At first, the Native Americans were the Europeans’ friends. The Native Americans showed the Europeans how to farm, hunt and live off the land in this new America. As time went by and the Europeans became comfortable, they no longer need the Native American people. The Native American people were in the way, they had land that the growing population of the Europeans wanted and needed. This was the start of many treaties that the American Government would make the Native people, and the start for racism against them. Out of all the treaties that the American Government made with the Native People, they kept all of them, but the United States only kept half of the treaties. For federal policies, American government gives an immense amount of respect to such diverse cultures and groups, but where is the respect for the Indians. When the United States first became an independent nation, it adopted the European policies towards these native peoples, but over the course of two centuries the U.S. adapted its own widely varying policies regarding the changing...
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...Ever since the United States’ conception, racism has been a very sensitive topic due to people feeling threatened by other “lesser” ethnicities. As antiquated as the concept may be, it still tends to find its way into the conscious and even subconscious of the American people. In the LA Time’s Scholar Won’t Face Charges, the author writes of Henry Louis Gates Jr. who was racially profiled for presumably breaking into a home. This home happened to be Gate’s but the police arrested him anyways. The author writes, “The city of Cambridge called the arrest ‘regrettable and unfortunate.’” (LA Times). Gates was arrested because he was a black man breaking into a home and officers presumed the worst, a subconscious decision. Although racism does indeed...
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...Nikki Perry Period 3 3/20/13 Effects of WW2 on minorities World War II brought about many socio-economic changes into the United States as it opened up new ways for the minorities as well as women to formally become part of the majority American society. For a long time African Americans, Native Americans (Indians), Mexican Americans, and women were treated differently compared to everyone else (white men) and not in a good way. World War II brought about a lot of changes including, more working opportunities and military opportunities for minorities. African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and women were allowed to join the military although there were still some segregation and discrimination. African-Americans gained economic independence during WWII because of the job openings throughout the industry. African-American soldiers were welcomed into certain branches of the armed forces in this war, but, like other wars, there was discrimination and segregation. Soldiers still fought in segregated units throughout the war, but there were advances in the number of commissioned officers. Other forms of racism included barring African-Americans from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Army Air Corps, and the Navy only allowed African-Americans as mess men. These conditions were not promising, and these policies have been called “Jim Crow military”. Some changes were made with the 1940 Selective Service Training Act which stated that all men between 18...
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...Racism in the United States Diversity is the cornerstone that makes the United States unique in its “melting pot” identity, but racism can be the unfortunate side effect of that diversity. Racism is defined as “A psychological attitude…based on demonstrably false theories of racial differences appropriated by a culture, even though there is no scientific evidence that race is a meaningful way to identify social or biological differences.” (Lemert, 2006) Today, racism is an issue still present in the United States as it is in many parts of the world. But one of the major issues with racism in the United States today is that the prominent focus tends to be on white and black relations, thus leaving many of the racial and ethnic groups that have been affected out of the limelight. The evidence of racism in the United States is dominated by the attempts of members of the white race to control other races, and it is overwhelming and it is an unfortunate part of American history that still resonates today. Jim Crow laws, policies such as “Manifest Destiny”, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882…these are just a few of the many attempts to limit the rights of non-whites in the United States. Here, an argument will be presented in support of the idea that the racism debate is dominated by white and black relations, followed by the presentation of a counter-argument, and concluded with a response to the counter-argument. To begin with let’s...
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...that were rooted from racism. That’s obviously a lot less from when there were slaves down south, but those numbers aren’t decreasing at any fast rate. People see racism on a day to day basis and don’t even understand the effects it has on those victims. In America 95% people admitted that they were some sort of racist. It is not just a thing of the past; I realized that I have seen this issue in many different states plus Montana and they were all expressed in a variety of ways- not one person did a thing to stop it or ask why they were doing it. It seems nobody thinks or does much about racism these days, and in every state it was brought about in a unique manner. Personally I have seen incidents in three states: Washington, Kentucky, and Florida. In Spokane, Washington my family and I went to a store where there was a darker skinned woman working the cash register. Another woman walked in the store, she looked of a higher class family than the average person who proceeded to purchase a few things. She gave the clerk some large bill so the amount of change would be unreasonable, so the clerk gave her the correct amount back and we saw the high class lady stuff a few twenty dollar bills up her sleeve. Then accused this innocent darker toned woman of taking the money, almost making her lose her job. Down in Kentucky, we were visiting family and decided to go to a horse race. Every jokey has a horse trainer and one trainer happened to be African- American, with every “wrong” or...
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...It is the usage of these mens quotes from newspaper articles and interviews, and the analysis of their words that makes the book much more impactful. For the first time, it is the analysis of these young men and what they felt during this time of tension, and not just what society thought of them. Mazón mainly uses newspaper articles, specifically the Los Angeles Times, as his sources to be able to show how the public felt about these young men at the time. He uses direct quotations from the newspaper articles and comics to show the anti Mexican-American sentiment and even what Latinos felt during this time. The interviews conducted at the time help further along his analysis of the events and provide his own interpretation of the significance of the Zoot Suit riots. Even though the author doesn’t use many sources, the use of the sources he does use allow for a stronger historical interpretation and analysis of the events. The usage of quotes and thoughts of men allows us to see the sentiments felt by the men and others of the time. The sources Mazón uses help him strengthen his thesis and convince the reader to view his interpretation of the...
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...moved into new geographical territories with various reasons that motivate them. The most basic motivation of discovering and searching new territories is for economic development which is the terms of immigration. And there are not many of economically developed countries, which pulls high number of immigrants and takes actual high percentages in immigrant statistics. In present time, this immigration experience assumes as the constant affairs of American life. Because the views of people from other countries are America as the land of full opportunities for their better life no matter that they are coming in America legally or illegally. Juan Gonzales the author of the book titled, Harvest of Empire, criticized and analyzed this view by focusing on the Latino population of immigration and how the America’s foreign policies influences toward it. In his work, Juan Gonzales tries to overviewing how the Latino immigrants started to move in American historically and he also provides an analysis of the current events that showing the effects and frictions on Latino population thereby America’s politics and diplomacy. During reading Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzales, I thought a lot of time that this book is for all people who want to know about the history of Latino immigration in America in detail. Because Gonzalez delivers Latino’s historical processes of movement and settlement through all over the time periods from past to present day and divides his book into three parts as...
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...Mexicans are the strongest race, there can be but we just don’t know it. We could devour and conquer the country if we all stood together. Our ancestors went through so much trouble to thrive for a better life and future. They came from different parts the country to better their lives, but most of all to get their kids to a better start. The sociocultural approach is pertained in the Mexicans’ movement because of the suffering of their time; which led them to pursue a better life style. Every Mexican family was aiming to start a new life to better their future. Their dream was “AMERICA”, the most wonderful, beautiful place in the world. Were you could be one, be free, create your future, but most of all to have a new start. The more difficult...
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...System (2010), between 1850 and 1880 55,000 Mexican workers migrated to areas that had actually been Mexican soil but now was considered to be the United States. The Mexican workers were a vital job force for the economy; they worked for very low wages. Many of the Mexican workers also worked in situations that were considered in humane (Public Broadcast System, 2010). The Public Broadcast System (2010) website states that “between the period of 1942 and 1964, millions of Mexicans were imported into the U.S. as "braceros" under the Bracero Program to work temporarily on contract to United States growers and ranchers.” Prejudice dealings were among the many things that the Mexicans had to face. The working conditions alone could be considered a prejudice. Just because the workers were willing to work for a lower wage and forced to live and work in humane environments proved to be a form of discrimination. In the 1920’s there was a social prejudice against Mexicans, they were viewed as a threat to the health and morals to the rest of the society (National Park Service, 2004). In 1930 it was recommended that the classrooms be segregated between the Mexicans and the Americans. In fact, it was encouraged that the schools be segregated completely form one another (National Park Service, 2004). The mere fact that the people felt the need to segregate children in schools shows that there was racism among the community. The Mexican workers and their families were forced to live...
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...I. Abstract Even though it supposedly works to advance the good of the country and its citizens, the government has been responsible for serious research misconduct in several cases. One study in particular, an examination of the effects of THC on tumors, did not produce the results that the government wanted. They then suppressed the study, even though its findings could greatly benefit cancer research. The government employed values in an unacceptable and direct role, allowing biased views to overcome the need to promote the good of all. II. Introduction Before examining the details of the situation, it is important to understand why marijuana became illegal in the first place. The major reasons relate directly to racism and prejudice. In the late 1920s, around the period of the Great Depression, many Mexicans were migrating to the United States to seek employment. Americans already had trouble finding jobs, so all of these foreigners entering the country and adding to the competition greatly angered them. Several Mexicans brought marijuana with them and introduced it to the country. The government viewed this as the perfect opportunity to manipulate the views of the general public, who were unfamiliar with...
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...still a very real problem today. Continuing racial segregation is still occurring with African Americans and now with the occurrence of 9/11 come a more harsh discrimination of Arab Americans. Racism continues to be a current problem in the modern world but even sadder is the fact that society seem to be oblivious to just how serious racism is and its effects on those it hampers. In America there are a lot of different ethnicities, even though we are the same humans America people point out or even just in general conversations people use racial remarks. In this country, at this time Arabs are the most discriminated against due to 9/11. A person can’t judge every person who has a turban on their head, Even Indians wear them but for different reasons and their totally different from a person who Americans think they are. I myself am guilty of this because I automatically think of the 9/11 Twin Towers and think what if they blow me up. The second most ethnicity I think are very discriminated against is Hispanics. Because Hispanics, like me, are brown people automatically think we are dirty and do the dirty jobs. Lastly African Americans, because of what happened in the past when African Americans were treated into slavery. Because of such events that happened, many people didn’t want to vote for Obama for that reason but on the other side many voted just because he was African American. Many...
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