Did you know, studies prove that police are more likely to pull over and frisk black or latinos than whites? In New york city, 80% of the stops were for blacks and latinos while 8% were white. But racism isn’t the only part of the prejudice that is apart of our lives. We are often confronted with gender roles. Have you ever had your parents or someone tell you that you must act a certain way based on your gender? These two are just small examples of many other things that go on with racism and sexism. Many versions of prejudice is still prevalent in today’s society.
Racism is something that has been discussed since the very beginning. In the late 1700’s African Americans were slaves to white people and were treated appallingly. They were …show more content…
They were often beaten or whipped if they didn’t do what they were told. Although that has thankfully changed, there are still signs that America still has a problem with accepting people of other races. In 2015, a 21-year-old man named Dylann Storm killed 9 people on a Wednesday Bible study at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston. “Dylann Storm Roof confessed to killing nine people at a historic black church in Charleston because he hoped it would start a ‘race war’” wrote Katie Zavadski in an article for “The Daily Beast”. This is clear proof that Dylann Storm’s purpose of this shooting was caused by his racism. Another piece of evidence that proves racism is still a problem in our modern society is how incarceration upon black people are more severe than white people for the same crimes. It is statistically proven that black people serve longer punishments than white people; black people also are twice as likely to get a mandatory minimum rather than white people, imposed by …show more content…
Now sometimes it could be subtle, but our genders actually affect how we treated by other people and how we are seen in their eyes. In 2012, we found proof how sexism afflicted the salaries of students. At the University of Yale, it was found that women are paid less than men by a thousands of dollars. According to statistics, men are paid roughly $30.2 thousand while women were paid $26.5 thousand Annually. This goes to prove how people may value certaincan be as violent or even more violent than men in domestic violence situations. In cases that deal with domestic violence, 85% of the time men are the ones to be arrested, though 70% of the time, women happen to be the perpetrators. We often picture men as strong and protective since that is what they were taught to be ever since the beginning, which can lead to us thinking that they are the more aggressive ones in a
Racism is something that has been discussed since the very beginning. In the late 1700’s African Americans were slaves to white people and were treated appallingly. They were …show more content…
They were often beaten or whipped if they didn’t do what they were told. Although that has thankfully changed, there are still signs that America still has a problem with accepting people of other races. In 2015, a 21-year-old man named Dylann Storm killed 9 people on a Wednesday Bible study at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston. “Dylann Storm Roof confessed to killing nine people at a historic black church in Charleston because he hoped it would start a ‘race war’” wrote Katie Zavadski in an article for “The Daily Beast”. This is clear proof that Dylann Storm’s purpose of this shooting was caused by his racism. Another piece of evidence that proves racism is still a problem in our modern society is how incarceration upon black people are more severe than white people for the same crimes. It is statistically proven that black people serve longer punishments than white people; black people also are twice as likely to get a mandatory minimum rather than white people, imposed by …show more content…
Now sometimes it could be subtle, but our genders actually affect how we treated by other people and how we are seen in their eyes. In 2012, we found proof how sexism afflicted the salaries of students. At the University of Yale, it was found that women are paid less than men by a thousands of dollars. According to statistics, men are paid roughly $30.2 thousand while women were paid $26.5 thousand Annually. This goes to prove how people may value certaincan be as violent or even more violent than men in domestic violence situations. In cases that deal with domestic violence, 85% of the time men are the ones to be arrested, though 70% of the time, women happen to be the perpetrators. We often picture men as strong and protective since that is what they were taught to be ever since the beginning, which can lead to us thinking that they are the more aggressive ones in a