The Melting Pot Of America Analysis

The United States of America is considered the melting pot of the world due to the assimilation of immigrants here. Even though we are such a diverse country we have seen periods of racial oppression. Looking back on the history of our country slavery, internment camps, and the civil rights movements are just some of the few accounts of oppression our country has seen. The United States of America might be the melting pot of the world, but our society is plagued with racism and inequality still in this day and age. One of the largest outlets of influences in our society is the media. The media is a platform that has the ability to touch all, or most, Americans. Being as influential as it is, the media can be used to demolish racism and inequality, …show more content…
This type of makeup makes a mockery out of the African American race. It supports proliferation of stereotypes such as “happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation.” Such things don’t help in the fight for equality but rather just demeans those of African descent. In the article “Here 's A Reminder Not To Wear Blackface This Halloween (Or Ever),” Julia Craven discusses the use of blackface on Halloween and how it shouldn’t be acceptable. She gives some statistics in her article that I found eye opening, 52 percent of white Americans think that it is fine to paint your skin black for Halloween (Craven). Just remember we are in the 21st century slavery and the civil rights movement might be a thing of the past but the battle for equality is still being fought as hard as ever. There is at no moment in this day and age that such atrocity should be considered “fine” and if we think it is then we are just going backwards in …show more content…
I believe that abolishing the social construct known as race and being accepting of differences would be a good starting point, however, that is something that’s easier said than done. Race is a social construct that has been around for as long as anyone can remember, we use it to distinguish differences among people. Abolishing race can lead to eliminating the mindset and attitude of automatic granting privilege based on race because it wouldn’t be a thing (Price). To abolish race we would need to dedicate multiple generations to it. A starting point to abolishing race is eliminating all words that are associated with race from our vocabulary. Educating younger generations of acceptance would be another step in which we would have to take. Acceptance of differences would most likely become easier as the years go by since it is predicted that by 2050 less than 50 percent of the U.S. population will be white