The two activities I completed were “Sorting People” and “Me, My Race, and I.” In “Sorting People,” I first started the activity by reviewing the 3 types of physical traits that fit 5 major races. These physical traits included: skin color, blood type, and finger print. One interesting I found from this activity, which was basically a refresher for me, was that not a lot of African-Americans have the blood type AB. The five major races included in this activity were: African-Americans or Blacks, Whites, American Indians, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. Throughout the review, it demonstrated what groups of people are more genetically and physically inclined to have each specific trait. For the actual activity, we had to group pictures of
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The first presentation discussed how racism and slavery came about in our country via conquest and war. It then progressed into how Whites are given more opportunities and how they are accessible to multiple resources as opposed to people of color as such as African-Americans and Hispanics. The second presentation discussed how America has a melting-pot culture. In the beginning of the presentation, it started off by saying how the physical melting pot was specifically designed with Whites in mind and how African-Americans and Asian-Americans and even Hispanics are meant to be excluded from that pot and help to design the pot and cater towards the upper White …show more content…
Several Hispanic customers blatantly ignored me because I was Black, although I spoke their language. Several Black customers talked down to me because I’m young and generalized me as a typical young person in today’s awful generation. Several other Black customers wouldn’t allow me to help and service them because I wasn’t “looking out” and sticking together because “the prices in here are expensive.” I felt like a slave. I hated this job. I feel as though the only good thing about this job opportunity was that it opened me up to the workforce in general and allowed me to learn part of another
The first presentation discussed how racism and slavery came about in our country via conquest and war. It then progressed into how Whites are given more opportunities and how they are accessible to multiple resources as opposed to people of color as such as African-Americans and Hispanics. The second presentation discussed how America has a melting-pot culture. In the beginning of the presentation, it started off by saying how the physical melting pot was specifically designed with Whites in mind and how African-Americans and Asian-Americans and even Hispanics are meant to be excluded from that pot and help to design the pot and cater towards the upper White …show more content…
Several Hispanic customers blatantly ignored me because I was Black, although I spoke their language. Several Black customers talked down to me because I’m young and generalized me as a typical young person in today’s awful generation. Several other Black customers wouldn’t allow me to help and service them because I wasn’t “looking out” and sticking together because “the prices in here are expensive.” I felt like a slave. I hated this job. I feel as though the only good thing about this job opportunity was that it opened me up to the workforce in general and allowed me to learn part of another