American Apartheid
Systematic racism exists in different realms, affecting one or more races and impacting their lives with a focus on minorities , which overall mostly correlates with class. While I am not saying blacks are the only groups that can be a target of racism, I will say it's harder for a colored, or black person to hide their race in order to free themselves from the social and economic stigmas that it holds. One can imagine a wealthy business person and a poor homeless man and most likely assume that the poor person is black and the business person in white. The word "ghetto" despite originating from Venice to describe where Jews lived, now is recycled as a term to describe the situation of minorities who face economic …show more content…
This type of locational disadvantage handicaps a group of people by constraining their life's chances, only allowing them to reach the potential of their surroundings, which in turn, are mostly in the same situation. To add fuel to the flame, this separation only creates more problems because neither side is able to interact with one another. The idea might well be for that reason, to confine those who are unwanted and highlight their powerlessness through television to show that they don’t fit in or belong. This can possibly be an explanation for how much exposure these ghettos are receiving from the media. On top of that, a person from the ghetto sees that and feels guilt, hate, and fear of the governing system. This in return has the effect of creating rebellion or a counter culture that feeds and fends for itself, this culture usually has higher rates of violence because it has no true system to guide it. The system that is supposed to "protect and guide it " is putting limits on its ability to be socially …show more content…
An example of this comes from conspicuous consumption, or spending money to buy things we can't afford, in an attempt to differentiate ourselves from our actual surroundings. Consider how people of lower income families buy expensive shoes, handbags or cars despite not having the resources to handle the cost. The reason for this stems from the attempt to reduce stigmas about where you come from, which goes back to residential segregation. The connection here is that a person cannot change their environment because it has a been forced on them, but can change their appearance to hide where their from and gain acceptance into the dominate culture. This is what Shipler means when he says that poverty is both invisible and hyper visible(2004). Hyper Visibility of poverty can be seen through language and neighborhoods along with joblessness or homelessness. What is harder to be seen is the invisible aspects which can include
Systematic racism exists in different realms, affecting one or more races and impacting their lives with a focus on minorities , which overall mostly correlates with class. While I am not saying blacks are the only groups that can be a target of racism, I will say it's harder for a colored, or black person to hide their race in order to free themselves from the social and economic stigmas that it holds. One can imagine a wealthy business person and a poor homeless man and most likely assume that the poor person is black and the business person in white. The word "ghetto" despite originating from Venice to describe where Jews lived, now is recycled as a term to describe the situation of minorities who face economic …show more content…
This type of locational disadvantage handicaps a group of people by constraining their life's chances, only allowing them to reach the potential of their surroundings, which in turn, are mostly in the same situation. To add fuel to the flame, this separation only creates more problems because neither side is able to interact with one another. The idea might well be for that reason, to confine those who are unwanted and highlight their powerlessness through television to show that they don’t fit in or belong. This can possibly be an explanation for how much exposure these ghettos are receiving from the media. On top of that, a person from the ghetto sees that and feels guilt, hate, and fear of the governing system. This in return has the effect of creating rebellion or a counter culture that feeds and fends for itself, this culture usually has higher rates of violence because it has no true system to guide it. The system that is supposed to "protect and guide it " is putting limits on its ability to be socially …show more content…
An example of this comes from conspicuous consumption, or spending money to buy things we can't afford, in an attempt to differentiate ourselves from our actual surroundings. Consider how people of lower income families buy expensive shoes, handbags or cars despite not having the resources to handle the cost. The reason for this stems from the attempt to reduce stigmas about where you come from, which goes back to residential segregation. The connection here is that a person cannot change their environment because it has a been forced on them, but can change their appearance to hide where their from and gain acceptance into the dominate culture. This is what Shipler means when he says that poverty is both invisible and hyper visible(2004). Hyper Visibility of poverty can be seen through language and neighborhoods along with joblessness or homelessness. What is harder to be seen is the invisible aspects which can include