Change is inevitable: technology advances, families grow, and the environment deteriorates, yet some factors seem to evade change and persist throughout history such as racism and discrimination. According to Merriam-Webster, racism is the hatred and intolerance of a person based on the race to which the person belongs. A common misconception regarding racism is that it goes both way, since people of color cannot discriminate but white people can. Discrimination cannot go both ways, since only one race holds authority. In other terms, racism is just prejudice with the addition of power. Nonetheless, this does not signify that each side has disparate intentions of hate. Often one-sided by America, discrimination, the ongoing act of injustice,
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There have been countless acts of discrimination in the retail world, where sales clerks have either refused to show blacks expensive items, refused to let them enter, or even watched their every move while shopping. In one case, Rashid Polo, a normal teenager, rose into the spotlight after filming a store clerk racially profiling him and hovering over him as he shopped. Even famous celebrities such as Oprah have been discriminated against for shopping while black. These acts are easily forgotten and forgiven after a week of being the focus of attention. The high probability of such racial profiling being brushed aside makes it even easier for blacks to fall victim to discrimination more frequently by police. According to the Washington Post, blacks are “31 percent more likely to get pulled over than whites” for “driving while black” (Ingraham 2). Moreover discrimination is illustrated when the racist, Dylann Roof, who shot 9 innocent blacks, received a bullet proof vest and a trip to Burger King while Sandra Bland forgets to use her turn signal and in return has her head shoved into the ground, gets forcefully and unjustifiably arrested, and ends up mysteriously dead in her jail cell. The disgusting discrimination blacks deal with everyday accurately delineates the hateful acts as forgivable due to how blacks in the media are remembered as just another name. Discrimination goes …show more content…
Blacks are rarely given opportunities when it comes to acting due to the lack of available black leads and black roles in movies and television shows. An example of discrimination is Stonewall, a “historic” film on the Stonewall riots for LGBT+ rights where in reality, the woman who started the riots, a black trans woman named Marsha P. Johnson was replaced in the film by a white male lead, perpetuating that a white man started the highly influential movement. The epitome of discrimination is whitewashing significant and symbolic blacks throughout history. Discrimination can also be seen in The Lord of the Rings, for giving absolutely no opportunities for black actors due to an entirely white cast. Discrimination is casting all white roles in a film where many possible roles including those of minor importance could have been filled with black actors. Meanwhile in the music industry, Nicki Minaj, a highly accomplished black musician, was denied a Video Music Award nomination for music video of the year, albeit her video broke a Vevo record and only one other video of the five nominated also broke a Vevo record. Discrimination is denying a rightful nomination to a black woman who met and went beyond all qualifications for the
There have been countless acts of discrimination in the retail world, where sales clerks have either refused to show blacks expensive items, refused to let them enter, or even watched their every move while shopping. In one case, Rashid Polo, a normal teenager, rose into the spotlight after filming a store clerk racially profiling him and hovering over him as he shopped. Even famous celebrities such as Oprah have been discriminated against for shopping while black. These acts are easily forgotten and forgiven after a week of being the focus of attention. The high probability of such racial profiling being brushed aside makes it even easier for blacks to fall victim to discrimination more frequently by police. According to the Washington Post, blacks are “31 percent more likely to get pulled over than whites” for “driving while black” (Ingraham 2). Moreover discrimination is illustrated when the racist, Dylann Roof, who shot 9 innocent blacks, received a bullet proof vest and a trip to Burger King while Sandra Bland forgets to use her turn signal and in return has her head shoved into the ground, gets forcefully and unjustifiably arrested, and ends up mysteriously dead in her jail cell. The disgusting discrimination blacks deal with everyday accurately delineates the hateful acts as forgivable due to how blacks in the media are remembered as just another name. Discrimination goes …show more content…
Blacks are rarely given opportunities when it comes to acting due to the lack of available black leads and black roles in movies and television shows. An example of discrimination is Stonewall, a “historic” film on the Stonewall riots for LGBT+ rights where in reality, the woman who started the riots, a black trans woman named Marsha P. Johnson was replaced in the film by a white male lead, perpetuating that a white man started the highly influential movement. The epitome of discrimination is whitewashing significant and symbolic blacks throughout history. Discrimination can also be seen in The Lord of the Rings, for giving absolutely no opportunities for black actors due to an entirely white cast. Discrimination is casting all white roles in a film where many possible roles including those of minor importance could have been filled with black actors. Meanwhile in the music industry, Nicki Minaj, a highly accomplished black musician, was denied a Video Music Award nomination for music video of the year, albeit her video broke a Vevo record and only one other video of the five nominated also broke a Vevo record. Discrimination is denying a rightful nomination to a black woman who met and went beyond all qualifications for the