Looking at the past and all of the events that took place in my life, I can definitely recall a multitude of occasions where non-Whites were viewed as inferior. I grew up in an urban environment where I was exposed to a high volume of kids from various races. I never looked at any of the kids as “Different” or “Inferior”. Playing games and sports with kids who had common interest is something that attracted me to certain groups of people, not skin color. Having a Father who witnessed a Black man kill his Cousin, was an event that changed his view point on not only Black people but all other races as well. He held a great deal of anger towards Black culture and the people in general because of this event and would routinely remind me not to
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The sports teams also merged and seeing this integration was horrific initially. Players did not respect each other and White players even refused to play with the Black kids. Even the differences in culture were apparent, for example, the taste in music was different, the way Backs and Whites joked was different, and the tension was always high. Although the negatives were clear, I also saw the positives where White characters began to see their Black team mates as brothers and not a different color. Still movies like this painted the picture very clear. It was evident that Black people were viewed as inferior. Another thing that always stood out to me was when a commercial came on during those breaks. I felt like 95% of the commercials portrayed White people and that this is what the “Perfect American Family” looks like. It seems that these commercial creators frequently target the White rich people in their advertisements. Commercial makers seem to misunderstand that a Black family can use a grill too or that a Black family can play with Nerf Guns also. Even when I see a commercial involving a Black female or male, they are portrayed in a stereo-typical fashion. Commercials in the past have Black individuals using heavy slang or coming …show more content…
The “White House” for example, remains as one of the biggest symbols of White supremacy. Even when Obama was elected President of The Unites States of America, there were jokes about the White House being painted black and also named “The Black House”. Not only is The White House White but the Pentagon is and many other political structures. This alone gives one a hint of where the power really is in terms of race. Diving deeper into these political cabinets and groups, it is clear that the majority of them are White representatives. When you think of about 90% of the people running the country are White; who is most likely to succeed in this country? Whose needs are most likely to be met? The answer is clear, White people. Looking into the sporting realm, particularly the NFL and NBA, it’s clear that Black players make up the majority of the population. With this obvious detail, one would think that there would also be more Black owners right? Wrong. Across the board, the owners of these teams and organizations are White. In fact, this leads to another inequality. While society sees these players making multi-million dollar deals they fail to understand that the owners make billions off them. In my eyes, it always made sense to me that the people who are on the court and putting all the work in should be making more money or at least equal to the owners, however this is not
The sports teams also merged and seeing this integration was horrific initially. Players did not respect each other and White players even refused to play with the Black kids. Even the differences in culture were apparent, for example, the taste in music was different, the way Backs and Whites joked was different, and the tension was always high. Although the negatives were clear, I also saw the positives where White characters began to see their Black team mates as brothers and not a different color. Still movies like this painted the picture very clear. It was evident that Black people were viewed as inferior. Another thing that always stood out to me was when a commercial came on during those breaks. I felt like 95% of the commercials portrayed White people and that this is what the “Perfect American Family” looks like. It seems that these commercial creators frequently target the White rich people in their advertisements. Commercial makers seem to misunderstand that a Black family can use a grill too or that a Black family can play with Nerf Guns also. Even when I see a commercial involving a Black female or male, they are portrayed in a stereo-typical fashion. Commercials in the past have Black individuals using heavy slang or coming …show more content…
The “White House” for example, remains as one of the biggest symbols of White supremacy. Even when Obama was elected President of The Unites States of America, there were jokes about the White House being painted black and also named “The Black House”. Not only is The White House White but the Pentagon is and many other political structures. This alone gives one a hint of where the power really is in terms of race. Diving deeper into these political cabinets and groups, it is clear that the majority of them are White representatives. When you think of about 90% of the people running the country are White; who is most likely to succeed in this country? Whose needs are most likely to be met? The answer is clear, White people. Looking into the sporting realm, particularly the NFL and NBA, it’s clear that Black players make up the majority of the population. With this obvious detail, one would think that there would also be more Black owners right? Wrong. Across the board, the owners of these teams and organizations are White. In fact, this leads to another inequality. While society sees these players making multi-million dollar deals they fail to understand that the owners make billions off them. In my eyes, it always made sense to me that the people who are on the court and putting all the work in should be making more money or at least equal to the owners, however this is not