Racism is a huge part of today’s society. After taking the Harvard Implicit Race test multiple times and getting results that I did not expect, I talked with others and did some studying. My results stated I had a moderate automatic preference for African American compared to European American. I do not agree with the results because I am aware of some slight prejudices for minorities that I have. After looking at the selections I clicked incorrectly and noticing that the guy in the picture looked slightly Hispanic, I realized I was grouping all non-white looking people in one category. Even though I am very adamant that everyone deserves equality regardless of age, race, sexual identity or sexual preference, I still need to work on my preconceived
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Modern racism is not the same, for the most part, as that of the past. McConahay’s idea is that “modern racism attitudes are more subtle expressions of racial prejudice than the strong and blatant expressions examined in preceding decades” (Poteat and Spanierman 2012). Prejudice is having a belief or negative attitude about a group whereas racism is an act of dominance over another group that has been labeled by negative characteristics in order to prevent advantages for that group (Ritzer 2015). The movie shows many forms of stereotyping, prejudice and racism, and not only from white people. Sam, Reggie and the other members of the black student union seem to be displaying extreme racism when kicking the white kids out of the cafeteria. The university in the movie switched to randomized housing and the black students see this as a form of racism. It can be considered a form of racism called colorblind racism in that it is said to be creating more diversity, but the black students see this as another way for the white authorities that are in charge of the school to control or oppress the black students. The movie brings to light that racism is still very much part of our society and still needs to be addressed. W. Carson Byrd talks about modern racism as being less overt and more subtle than racism prior to the Civil Rights Movement and this causes those that study racism to have confusion in regards to what is considered racism in today’s society. He goes on to state this hinders “progress toward understanding the social problem and identifying approaches to dismantle it to produce more racial equality in society“ (2011). It seems logical that if society doesn’t know what racism is or isn’t, how will it ever be
Modern racism is not the same, for the most part, as that of the past. McConahay’s idea is that “modern racism attitudes are more subtle expressions of racial prejudice than the strong and blatant expressions examined in preceding decades” (Poteat and Spanierman 2012). Prejudice is having a belief or negative attitude about a group whereas racism is an act of dominance over another group that has been labeled by negative characteristics in order to prevent advantages for that group (Ritzer 2015). The movie shows many forms of stereotyping, prejudice and racism, and not only from white people. Sam, Reggie and the other members of the black student union seem to be displaying extreme racism when kicking the white kids out of the cafeteria. The university in the movie switched to randomized housing and the black students see this as a form of racism. It can be considered a form of racism called colorblind racism in that it is said to be creating more diversity, but the black students see this as another way for the white authorities that are in charge of the school to control or oppress the black students. The movie brings to light that racism is still very much part of our society and still needs to be addressed. W. Carson Byrd talks about modern racism as being less overt and more subtle than racism prior to the Civil Rights Movement and this causes those that study racism to have confusion in regards to what is considered racism in today’s society. He goes on to state this hinders “progress toward understanding the social problem and identifying approaches to dismantle it to produce more racial equality in society“ (2011). It seems logical that if society doesn’t know what racism is or isn’t, how will it ever be