Anti-miscegenation laws

Increasing the admissions of people of color is a step towards diversifying a college campus. Applying the addition of different, rich cultures on into the curriculum on campus will further increase the understanding of each student’s unique qualities. Aside from bringing students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds together, campuses have a duty to provide stimulating courses covering historical, cultural, and social bases of diversity and community. Faculty and administration must…

Racial tensions in America have always been a prominent issue ever since the conception of the hypocrisy that “All men were created equal.” As times have changed, America 's views on the treatment of people of different cultures and the racial equality movement have taken flight. The world is constantly changing, and people of color are now more respected and equal than they have ever been in society. Zora Neale Hurston in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God touches on the topic of racial…

The movie Remember the Titans is an excellent example for sociological theories. Many topics can be observed within this movie, but two of the most prominent topics that we covered this semester are social structure, more specifically race and prejudices, and group processes, focusing on status construction. This movie takes place in a small town in North Carolina that has to deal with the shifting racial makeup of their football team, therefore high school, and therefore community. There is a…

into two points of view: discrimination is present when convicting a person from a minority or racism is no longer part of the criminal justice system. The first point of view, in “Criminal Justice,” Jesselyn McCurdy argues that racial profiling by law enforcements agents is based on purely racial stereotypes (45). She stresses the fact that the well-known war on drugs and terrorism is providing more explicit profiling to the criminal justice system, ignoring the fact that they are more often…

Racism has been around for many years and it is an issue that has never been fully resolved, although some may believe that it has. It is not uncommon to see crimes being mentioned everywhere but thanks to the media, we have seen the many incidents occurring recently involving white cops and black men, hence we have come to realize how racist we really are as a society and how big of an issue racism actually is even now. In the textbook Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory, we are…

In many literary masterpieces ‘Outsiders’ are projected as alien characters evoking the curiosity and inquisitiveness of their audience and reader. These mysterious characters are often marginalised from the mainstream society as a result of social prejudice, isolation and their true tragic heroic character. As Othello, Gatsby and Heathcliff are victims, they successfully provide a close insight into the anxieties and conflicts of society in their day by introducing the social stigmas an…

Zootopia and Modern Social Barriers The name “Zootopia” itself is a metaphor—a combination of “zoo” and “utopia”, which represents Zootopia is a melting pot where animals from every environment live together. This implies America as a place where achieves an utopian racial integration. But the problems is, in nature foxes and bunnies are incompatible; lions, leopards and eagles are inborn predators; evolution is survival of the fittest, nature red in tooth and claw. If a bonny like Judy in…

Literacy Review The effect of media on society regarding police brutality on the black race has been a topic and problem in the United States since Martin Luther King in the 1960’s. Patron (2004) states it took years for MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail to be read by many, but when it was read society improved discrimination and police brutality. Since the recent years of the 21rst Century police brutality has been a major subject of interest for the media and society has responded in different…

Your identity is credential to how you see yourself, how the people around see you and how strangers see you. Is the first look enough to show who you are? Identity is America is based upon many different factors. Race is a huge identity factor that often gets overlooked or misinterpreted. This stands by the fact that not every race is easily seen on first look, or we are being fooled by someone trying to pass into a different race. Your identity in America is not always what you think it might…

The news is full of truth and lies; it is up to the viewer to read between the lines. There are often arguments between news reporters and famous people, and arguments and points about good or bad subjects. The media can twist and turn the truth. There are many people with many different opinions. There is lots of controversy about gun control, racism, and border control. Gun rights are a big topic in the media. Guns can be the difference between life and death. Many people kill innocent people…