Introduction Race and ethnicity are integral part of our world. As time has evolved race in our society has become very complicated. Since the 1600s through 1800s racial categories have developed and they keep developing. (Peek, Lori) As Golash Boza said, “In the United States, one of the first things we notice about someone we meet is race.” (Golash-Boza) As time has passed and I have gotten older I’ve understood the importance of my racial and ethnicity background. I have gotten a sense of my own identity and also learned the expectations of society. I’ve seen the movement in our society’s identity and how important race and ethnicity is in this world because it makes each and every individual. Even though we have learned that the idea within
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I learned throughout the years people didn’t know I was mexican, they thought I was fully white because I was lighter than most of the mexican boys and girls at my school. Plus, I hung out with a lot of white people so I never spoke spanish. Stereotypes is an oversimplified image or idea of a person or thing. Stereotypes were definitely used at a young age because they classified me as light skin and I had lighter eyes. As you get older, you definitely experience the stereotypes even more. Even though my parents never talked to me about race relations, I learned as I made friends, when I overheard things, or simply by getting older I started to understand why race and ethnicity is so important to our society and what different aspects of yourself were viewed. Simply by color, what you wore, and the way you spoke is how they classified you.
Life Chances Life chances can affect everyone based off your cultural and society you are reared along with or even your family influences. Our life chances can be affected by our rank in society, our ethnic background, even physical appearances. In my life experience I have had a lot of great opportunities with my family. I …show more content…
I believe that many are granted great opportunities and others are unlikely to get these opportunities. Race and ethnicity is very important in our society without it we wouldn’t know our truthfully amazing backgrounds but also we wouldn’t know the history of what each race has gone through. Sylvia Mendez from the Mendez v. Westminster said something very important, “That we are all individuals; that we are all human beings; that we are all connected together; and that we have the same rights and the same freedom.”(Background) By reducing racial inequality in our criminal justice system it could reduce discrimination in the United States. If racial inequality was better in the criminal justice system minorities such as latino and black wouldn’t get arrested as much as they do today and people could view them differently. They could see possible change, and if this change happened it could possibly reduce violence, drugs, especially racial inequality. When Martin Luther King gave his speech and later when he died there was change America had heard him because later President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Change can happen if we allow it. It could make the United States a better
I learned throughout the years people didn’t know I was mexican, they thought I was fully white because I was lighter than most of the mexican boys and girls at my school. Plus, I hung out with a lot of white people so I never spoke spanish. Stereotypes is an oversimplified image or idea of a person or thing. Stereotypes were definitely used at a young age because they classified me as light skin and I had lighter eyes. As you get older, you definitely experience the stereotypes even more. Even though my parents never talked to me about race relations, I learned as I made friends, when I overheard things, or simply by getting older I started to understand why race and ethnicity is so important to our society and what different aspects of yourself were viewed. Simply by color, what you wore, and the way you spoke is how they classified you.
Life Chances Life chances can affect everyone based off your cultural and society you are reared along with or even your family influences. Our life chances can be affected by our rank in society, our ethnic background, even physical appearances. In my life experience I have had a lot of great opportunities with my family. I …show more content…
I believe that many are granted great opportunities and others are unlikely to get these opportunities. Race and ethnicity is very important in our society without it we wouldn’t know our truthfully amazing backgrounds but also we wouldn’t know the history of what each race has gone through. Sylvia Mendez from the Mendez v. Westminster said something very important, “That we are all individuals; that we are all human beings; that we are all connected together; and that we have the same rights and the same freedom.”(Background) By reducing racial inequality in our criminal justice system it could reduce discrimination in the United States. If racial inequality was better in the criminal justice system minorities such as latino and black wouldn’t get arrested as much as they do today and people could view them differently. They could see possible change, and if this change happened it could possibly reduce violence, drugs, especially racial inequality. When Martin Luther King gave his speech and later when he died there was change America had heard him because later President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Change can happen if we allow it. It could make the United States a better