“But there are differences. The social studies I’ve read …” “They don’t deal with any basic difference in human nature between black and white,” I said. “They only study the effects of environment on human nature. You place the white man in the ghetto, deprive him of educational advantages, arrange it so he has to struggle hard to fulfill his instinct for self-respect, give him little physical privacy and less leisure, and he would after a time assume the same characteristics you attach to the Negro. These characteristics don’t spring from whiteness or blackness, but from a man’s conditioning.”(4)
This quote discusses the author's opinion of where racism is depicted from. “These characteristics don't spring from whiteness or blackness, but …show more content…
This which was the first federal law designed to “protect employees from employment discrimination based upon that applicant or employee race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (Public Law 88-352). Regardless to this law though discrimination is still happening through employment as we speak. “I've seen many make brilliant grades in college. And yet when they come home in the summers to earn a little money, they can't get jobs according to their education or capabilities.” When the Public Law 88-352 was created it was to overthrow any activity of this sort. But as I read an article, “In hiring, is still a problem” (November 2014), the author Brett Arends discusses how four researchers submitted similar fake applications for jobs just changed the race and major. The results came back that African Americans were “16% less likely to get called in for an interview”. Although discrimination has decreased by a landslide, it continues to go on.
The issue discussed is discrimination throughout employment and as a black person this relates to me because I am aware that my opportunities may be limited. I know that I may be challenged with unjust situations that I'm prepared to be faced with. Socially I would have to work harder for what I want and come to understanding that things will not be handed to me. It's unfair but it's how the world works. Based on this quote, there's nothing that I didn't already know, history has proven itself and prepares me for what I may have to deal
This quote discusses the author's opinion of where racism is depicted from. “These characteristics don't spring from whiteness or blackness, but …show more content…
This which was the first federal law designed to “protect employees from employment discrimination based upon that applicant or employee race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (Public Law 88-352). Regardless to this law though discrimination is still happening through employment as we speak. “I've seen many make brilliant grades in college. And yet when they come home in the summers to earn a little money, they can't get jobs according to their education or capabilities.” When the Public Law 88-352 was created it was to overthrow any activity of this sort. But as I read an article, “In hiring, is still a problem” (November 2014), the author Brett Arends discusses how four researchers submitted similar fake applications for jobs just changed the race and major. The results came back that African Americans were “16% less likely to get called in for an interview”. Although discrimination has decreased by a landslide, it continues to go on.
The issue discussed is discrimination throughout employment and as a black person this relates to me because I am aware that my opportunities may be limited. I know that I may be challenged with unjust situations that I'm prepared to be faced with. Socially I would have to work harder for what I want and come to understanding that things will not be handed to me. It's unfair but it's how the world works. Based on this quote, there's nothing that I didn't already know, history has proven itself and prepares me for what I may have to deal