Racism And Oppression Essay

Racism is a negative realm of thought and an aspect that shouldn’t coexist in our world because it’s the very thing that connects oppressions. Our economic, educational, and political opportunities as well as our struggles are often regarded around racist or prejudice beliefs. This in turn limits the full potential of the oppressed. Not only does racism hinder the oppressed it interferes with our ability to unionize and work together as a whole to create sensibility. I believe that this constitutes to why racism should be ended, it’s very obvious that no one has the ability to manipulate how we view others however the power to educate may shed some light. It’s a gradual process however I believe that as stated in the REI document, change requires commitment. Something that stood out to me that was stated in the workbook was the power of internalized racial oppression. The thing about oppression is that there are conditions in which oppression exist under such as when the oppressor (whites) group has the power to define reality for themselves and others. This is why black culture has been …show more content…
African American males in the United States have a high school graduation rate of 47% which is less than half. Males of color in the U.S are three times more likely to be suspended as well as being less likely to be classified as gifted and talented. However these rates shouldn’t define us, they’re just numbers at the end of the day. We have the capacity and mentality to be brilliant and how we use it can bring success. I also believe that one factor of these statistics is that oppression often time hinders motivation; maybe the reason behind low graduation rates and high dropout rates are due to social pressure and what is expected. To minimize this flawed way of thinking requires collective action where individual problems can be translated into publicized attention and the roots of the issues we experience can be