Excluding you from joining the band I just formed, refusing to work with you on a school project, and verbally neglecting you on something that you could not control. These are just some examples on how it feels like to be a part of a minority race or to have a different skin color. You will start to feel like a second class citizen and that no matter how well you do, it wouldn’t matter because you’re never going to be acknowledged and treated as the same like everyone else. Today, we have acknowledged that these reactions and feelings do exist and we consider it to be a component of racism.
I had interviewed the Diversity Coordinator from the UM-Dearborn campus, Dexter Overall. Dexter had mentioned that being African-American, he had experienced …show more content…
This allows the citizens to freely practice their religion, but it doesn’t change the social constraints as some of the effects that still linger. It works the same way in India, while untouchability was outlawed in India, people on the social aspect still respond to it as almost as it still exists. Dearborn, Michigan is nationally known as a city with a high concentration of a Muslim population and far too often the citizens of Dearborn have to fight against the majority’s perception on Islam. In April, of 2012 was the first time I personally had experienced seeing something of that sort. Terry Jones is a pastor from Florida had burned the Qur’an which is the holy book for Muslims. After his story of burning the Qur’an became somewhat known, he had come to Dearborn to preach about how Islam is bad and instigate more on the situation. A lot of news coverage had appeared at the rally against Islam, and I had taken my opportunity to attempt to be on television and I had noticed that everyone was riled up. One person had gone to the point where he had jumped over the fence and punched Terry Jones. The event was a big security detail for the local police department. There were even Special Ops officers on top of buildings near the rally with snipers just for preventative …show more content…
One major debate was about banning the confederate flag. The confederate flag was used during a dark time in US history, The Civil War, and the argument is that the flag represents the support of slavery and the oppression of African Americans. In my opinion, the confederate flag had become part of the south’s distinctive identity. The confederate flag had been part of the south for more than 100 years and over time, it had gained new meanings. The Gettysburg police department in South Dakota even had to deal with backlash on the debate when others were trying to have the police officer’s patches to be changed because it has a picture of the confederate flag on it. No one within the police department agreed that it had supported a racial agenda but more of the founding of their city. The debate about race today is a difficult debate because someone’s intentions are never clear and personal opinions are usually immediately said without another thought. Then came the slogan of “Black Lives Matter”. The slogan itself can be considered a racial comment as it implies that only black lives matter because in reality all lives do matter. The slogan had arisen after the court decision of the police killings of Michael Brown, and Eric Garner and the intended goal was to bring awareness to African American death from police brutality. It had eventually become the backbone for the Baltimore riots when "Black Lives Matter & All Lives Matter”
I had interviewed the Diversity Coordinator from the UM-Dearborn campus, Dexter Overall. Dexter had mentioned that being African-American, he had experienced …show more content…
This allows the citizens to freely practice their religion, but it doesn’t change the social constraints as some of the effects that still linger. It works the same way in India, while untouchability was outlawed in India, people on the social aspect still respond to it as almost as it still exists. Dearborn, Michigan is nationally known as a city with a high concentration of a Muslim population and far too often the citizens of Dearborn have to fight against the majority’s perception on Islam. In April, of 2012 was the first time I personally had experienced seeing something of that sort. Terry Jones is a pastor from Florida had burned the Qur’an which is the holy book for Muslims. After his story of burning the Qur’an became somewhat known, he had come to Dearborn to preach about how Islam is bad and instigate more on the situation. A lot of news coverage had appeared at the rally against Islam, and I had taken my opportunity to attempt to be on television and I had noticed that everyone was riled up. One person had gone to the point where he had jumped over the fence and punched Terry Jones. The event was a big security detail for the local police department. There were even Special Ops officers on top of buildings near the rally with snipers just for preventative …show more content…
One major debate was about banning the confederate flag. The confederate flag was used during a dark time in US history, The Civil War, and the argument is that the flag represents the support of slavery and the oppression of African Americans. In my opinion, the confederate flag had become part of the south’s distinctive identity. The confederate flag had been part of the south for more than 100 years and over time, it had gained new meanings. The Gettysburg police department in South Dakota even had to deal with backlash on the debate when others were trying to have the police officer’s patches to be changed because it has a picture of the confederate flag on it. No one within the police department agreed that it had supported a racial agenda but more of the founding of their city. The debate about race today is a difficult debate because someone’s intentions are never clear and personal opinions are usually immediately said without another thought. Then came the slogan of “Black Lives Matter”. The slogan itself can be considered a racial comment as it implies that only black lives matter because in reality all lives do matter. The slogan had arisen after the court decision of the police killings of Michael Brown, and Eric Garner and the intended goal was to bring awareness to African American death from police brutality. It had eventually become the backbone for the Baltimore riots when "Black Lives Matter & All Lives Matter”