Prejudice And Racism Analysis

In the past there were countless acts of inequality, segregation, and discrimination due to how a

person looked, this was mainly composed at the U.S. land. One of the huge factor of inequality that

affected the past and today is racism. Racism has been around for as long as we know it and has

affected many people and has changed history. Next, one example of racism that dates back into the

1600s was slavery, numerous occurrences have involved slavery with other races but the one that

occurred the most was the African Americans. Slavery was a huge part in history and it happened due

to the fact of their skin color and how they were being judged because of it. Another example of of

racism was how the Americans treated Japanese Americans …show more content…
I can infer this as a person who was judged and being treated badly because of my race, and the

author really touches the soft part of the reader and the poem was very relatable. A conclusion that can

be drawn is that how a person's race can be such a huge part of how someone thinks about one

another, and how race can shape a person’s identity in so many ways.

First of all, one reason that affects a persons social and cultural identity and inequality is gender.

In the poem "Women" page 445 by " Alice Walker", the texts "husky of voice", " stout of step", and

"head ragged generals" helps us understand how women are strong just as men. Next by looking at the

poem and the lines one can assume and infer how is the author is describing women to men in some

ways, and by a strong stand point she is but in my perspective she's comparing men to women and the

inequalities. The lines in the sentence that stood out was "how they led armies", "across mined field",

and "booby trapped ditches" we can anticipate that the women are being compared to generals and

soldiers in the army. So on, the poems explains how the women fought for their children's education it

also explains how the women mainly stayed home and did house work and the men …show more content…
Secondly, one reason of how identity is shaped is one's traditions and even their cultural

tradition. In the short story "Papa Wakes Up In the dark" page 56 "Cisneros" shows the characters

tradition "Esperanza". Quotes and evidence found in the text is "All my uncles and aunts will be there"

and "they will have a black and white photo in front of the tomb" this shows the tradition of Esperanza's

family and how important a tradition is. Furthermore, In having tradition, great responsibility comes with

it and the a quote from the story that supports this is "because I am the oldest my father tells me first,

and now it's my turn to tell the others" this shows the responsibility of telling the younger ones but more

importantly the tradition of the oldest telling the younger. The connection that the author sends out is

tradition is important and how family and people have different religions and I can also connect to it.

This short story also sends the message of inequality in a sense of way because some people have

different traditions and we should respect others tradition. A conclusion that can be drawn is