In the United States, about 77 percent of the population identifies as white whereas only 13 percent identifies as black, or African American. Because the gap between the two races is so profound, white began to seem like the norm and black was seen as different. If there’s anything I’ve learned anything about how us humans think, It’s that we don’t like change. We see something different and immediately assume that thing is bad, and we then decide to stay within their comfort zones. As a result of this, black people have been discriminated, dehumanized, and looked down upon for decades. As explained in the works American Denial and To Kill a Mockingbird, and exemplified in A Raisin in The Sun, the amount of power and respect held by a person
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It’s almost as though white people are prone to think that black equals bad. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, father Atticus Finch is discussing some of the racial issues going on in the world around to his son, Jem. He wisely tells his son "There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins." (295) This is an issue in the way we think.The funny thing is that this issue was named the negro problem even though it’s not even a problem with the colored folks, it’s a problem with all the others. In the documentary, American Denial, Smith states “In the United States, people think of the problems that black people face as the negro problem. It’s anything but a negro problem. It’s a condition produced fundamentally by exclusion, racism, discrimination, and the unequal distribution of resources,” (Smith 11:50) White people think that because they are the racial majority, they are so much better than the minority and this has raised many issues
It’s almost as though white people are prone to think that black equals bad. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, father Atticus Finch is discussing some of the racial issues going on in the world around to his son, Jem. He wisely tells his son "There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins." (295) This is an issue in the way we think.The funny thing is that this issue was named the negro problem even though it’s not even a problem with the colored folks, it’s a problem with all the others. In the documentary, American Denial, Smith states “In the United States, people think of the problems that black people face as the negro problem. It’s anything but a negro problem. It’s a condition produced fundamentally by exclusion, racism, discrimination, and the unequal distribution of resources,” (Smith 11:50) White people think that because they are the racial majority, they are so much better than the minority and this has raised many issues