Racism In In Living Color By Jana King

In the article “In Living Color” by Jana King some views on racism create an inequality on society. Nowadays, people are still thinking that racism is over, I disagree with them, because when I came to New York and I went to school nobody wanted to talk to me just because I could not speak English well. I understood that racism is still used in a way we think it is not racism. Also, there are people who treat colored people as hyphenated because they do not are like them. However, to resolve these problems several institutions have created an affirmative action to help people who suffer from discrimination. These three factors; racism, hyphenated people, and affirmative action have had a negative influence on people creating inequality to continue in society. First, racism is not over because people use it in a different way to avoid calling racism. According to Bill Maher “The new racism is the denial of racism” (Par.1). It means we are still using …show more content…
For example, Jana King said “claiming to be color-blind is saying you are not comfortable accepting other people as they are” (Par. 1). In other words, people disagree to continue to be color-blind because they do not feel comfortable be with other people that aren’t like them. Moreover, Sommers said, “now, powerful sexist stereotypes steer women and men toward different education, training, and career paths” (Par. 8). She means that women and men should be divided because their stereotypes do not allow them to be together. Finally, Jana King tells us when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, some people made an uproar because they didn 't want him as president just because he is black but there were people who wanted him as president and supported him. So, those people who disagreed remain racist; however, there are people who believe in supremacist and want to have Barack Obama as