Social marginalization and racism is present in our society today. This is evident as there is continuous social unrest of people who are often discriminated because of the social group/race they belong to. It is also seen that An African-American female journalist Rebecca Carroll proves how this was also evident in the newsroom (her work environment) and in the media where she was being marginalized by her co-workers and where the media often uses racism as a click bait and as a mere hoax to entertain people. The author also expresses her anger at how insensitive people can be towards her (by making racial comments) and how they do not recognize their insensitivity towards her even if they eventually offend her. The minority group of a society/area
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Moreover, Rebecca Carroll also stated that she has quit her job because she has experienced being a victim of racism and has also witnessed it as a third party. In the second paragraph of the article, we are presented by the author a situation where she has experienced racism. A Caucasian co-worker of the author who also liked the African-American actor (guest) said that: “Just because you’re black doesn’t mean you get to produce all the black guests.” The reader here will be able understand the situation and the purpose of the text as they can empathize with the author on how she was treated by her fellow workers. The co-worker had a point: being an African-American does not necessarily gives the author an advantage of producing all the African-American guests. However, he has stated this in front of all the co-workers. This eventually embarrasses the author just because of her race. Moreover, it seems like he was also mentioning her race aloud without any sensitivity and also pointed out that the author was “different” from everybody else by saying that she was “black” (she was the only African-American worker in her office). By saying this, it seems like the co-worker set a barrier between the “majority” group and the author because of her race. As seen in the text, the co-worker pointed out that her race would not give her any priority; which generally shows that the co-worker views the author different because of her cultural/racial
Moreover, Rebecca Carroll also stated that she has quit her job because she has experienced being a victim of racism and has also witnessed it as a third party. In the second paragraph of the article, we are presented by the author a situation where she has experienced racism. A Caucasian co-worker of the author who also liked the African-American actor (guest) said that: “Just because you’re black doesn’t mean you get to produce all the black guests.” The reader here will be able understand the situation and the purpose of the text as they can empathize with the author on how she was treated by her fellow workers. The co-worker had a point: being an African-American does not necessarily gives the author an advantage of producing all the African-American guests. However, he has stated this in front of all the co-workers. This eventually embarrasses the author just because of her race. Moreover, it seems like he was also mentioning her race aloud without any sensitivity and also pointed out that the author was “different” from everybody else by saying that she was “black” (she was the only African-American worker in her office). By saying this, it seems like the co-worker set a barrier between the “majority” group and the author because of her race. As seen in the text, the co-worker pointed out that her race would not give her any priority; which generally shows that the co-worker views the author different because of her cultural/racial