Meanwhile, reading Claude M. Steele’s piece “An Introduction to the Root of Identity”, an array of emotions emerged from picturing the challenges and situations, the author vividly described. Steele portrayed several examples of stereotypical notions, prejudice, discrimination, and social injustices such as the restrictions that he faced while attempting to gain access to certain facilities or areas, but was unable due to racial restrictions “black” kids couldn’t swim at the pool in our area park” (556) with exception on Wednesdays. On Wednesdays, Steele was allowed to swim away from all the negative contingencies present in Chicago communities in the 1950s. Although, the experience of being prohibited from frequenting the community pool seemed to be huge ordeal in a child’s eyes, his problems were little compared to what many African-Americans had to endure.
Steele proceeds by mentioning “black people in that time and place had many restrictive conditions of life tied to their identity” (556) by restrictive conditions we can associate as a prelude to the topic segregation. Segregation was at its peak in 1950’s through the early 1960s, segregated schools, bathrooms, neighborhoods, buses, constant discrimination invoked social movements …show more content…
Indeed, there have been so many cases of suicide, self-harm, hate crimes that are consequences of discrimination occasioned by fear. Psychologists have named it Xenophobia− the fear of anything foreign or unknown. Currently we continue observing stereotype threats on gender roles, race, ethnicities, body type it is not uncommon to hear expressions: Brazilians like samba, coffee, and Carnival, this is a job for the man or woman, this is not an accepted behavior for this group, woman is not as smart, woman is weaker than man, man don’t cry, Latinos are loud
Steele proceeds by mentioning “black people in that time and place had many restrictive conditions of life tied to their identity” (556) by restrictive conditions we can associate as a prelude to the topic segregation. Segregation was at its peak in 1950’s through the early 1960s, segregated schools, bathrooms, neighborhoods, buses, constant discrimination invoked social movements …show more content…
Indeed, there have been so many cases of suicide, self-harm, hate crimes that are consequences of discrimination occasioned by fear. Psychologists have named it Xenophobia− the fear of anything foreign or unknown. Currently we continue observing stereotype threats on gender roles, race, ethnicities, body type it is not uncommon to hear expressions: Brazilians like samba, coffee, and Carnival, this is a job for the man or woman, this is not an accepted behavior for this group, woman is not as smart, woman is weaker than man, man don’t cry, Latinos are loud