Race, Ethnicity and Diversity
Walking in the midst of a crowd the first thing you notice about the people around you is the color of their skin. From there you differentiate a person’s ethnicity all by just the physical traits and skin color. Every country has their own issues about race, color and ethnicity whether it’s good or bad. Race in most counties refers to defining a person by shared physical characteristics of a larger group, however race is really based on biological differences or genetic traits. That being said, recently many people in society are starting the movement referring that race doesn’t exist, because the word race is the manipulation of society for political and economic purposes. What society means say when speaking about race is a person’s ethnicity or ethnic group. In today’s society social injustices and institutional racism has become an even bigger problem now, than in the last 100 years not because ethnicity hasn’t always been an issue however with modern technology the public is more exposed to these issues. Especially in the …show more content…
Yet, the reality is even though slavery has been terminated since the creation of the 13th amendment, structural and institutional still lives on today. John Green describes the reality of racism in America through statistics in the film Racism in the United States: By the Numbers. In today’s time structural racism cannot be ignored nor neglected due to modern technology, which broadcasts events for everyone to witness, with most of America believing everyone is equal this news for them. On the other hand, only the minority in America experiences about the unfair housing, schooling, and police brutality. This all manufactured by the norms and stereotypes of society that tolerates this unfair treatments and only way stop these injustices is though awareness and positive
Walking in the midst of a crowd the first thing you notice about the people around you is the color of their skin. From there you differentiate a person’s ethnicity all by just the physical traits and skin color. Every country has their own issues about race, color and ethnicity whether it’s good or bad. Race in most counties refers to defining a person by shared physical characteristics of a larger group, however race is really based on biological differences or genetic traits. That being said, recently many people in society are starting the movement referring that race doesn’t exist, because the word race is the manipulation of society for political and economic purposes. What society means say when speaking about race is a person’s ethnicity or ethnic group. In today’s society social injustices and institutional racism has become an even bigger problem now, than in the last 100 years not because ethnicity hasn’t always been an issue however with modern technology the public is more exposed to these issues. Especially in the …show more content…
Yet, the reality is even though slavery has been terminated since the creation of the 13th amendment, structural and institutional still lives on today. John Green describes the reality of racism in America through statistics in the film Racism in the United States: By the Numbers. In today’s time structural racism cannot be ignored nor neglected due to modern technology, which broadcasts events for everyone to witness, with most of America believing everyone is equal this news for them. On the other hand, only the minority in America experiences about the unfair housing, schooling, and police brutality. This all manufactured by the norms and stereotypes of society that tolerates this unfair treatments and only way stop these injustices is though awareness and positive