Group rights

Bianca Hill Indigenous Identities HON 2973-007 Professor Amanda Minks 17 September 2015 Stereotyping Indians in Smoke Signals Sherman Alexie’s award winning book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a collection of short stories in which he tells stories of Indians, mainly on the Spokane reservation. These stories are set in contemporary times, but the characters still struggle with the issues that have long affected Native peoples, like poverty, abandonment, and alcoholism. The…

occupational, and economic statuses and are able to acculturate better due to these successes (Gupta, Szymanski, & Leong, 2011). The idea of the “model minority myth” first sprang up during the 1960’s amidst the racial tension found within the Civil Rights Movement (Lee, 2009). One of the first known reports of the “model minority” were documented by newspapers at the time (U.S. News & World Report and Peterson’s New York Times) and addressed Chinese and Japanese Americans who were hailed as…

tool box that the government uses to accelerate the progress of the position of groups that have difficulty because of discrimination. The ongoing action has caused lots of problem benefiting minorities while majorities have a feeling of unfairness. Fisher and Moshman argue about the effects of affirmative action have brought unfairness in the United States, while Washiton Post and Leadership Conference on Civil Right Group believe that Affirmative Action has ensured the diversity in the…

with his “No name woman” expresses the sufferings of the people, mainly females in the periods of the hardship in China. Likewise, the attitudes of people towards the class of inferior backgrounded. The author wanted to express females who both have rights to live and to be a part of society, rather than being humiliated by males. He named his story “No name woman”, because he was too concerned about the gender inequality of those times. From my own prospective, the writer wanted the readers…

A minority is often considered a weak, small, limited group of people. The majority -- in the context of comparison to the minority -- is essentially society. Society stands as a unifying force among people, connecting them through a structured set of values. King believes that in order to solve his current crisis against racism, the minority should take action. This action does not necessarily need to be in numbers, but in value, voice, and demanding respect. Thoreau agrees with King on this,…

The various roles in the Boy Scouts of America are based on leadership. You have a Senior Patrol leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol leader, Quartermaster, Scribe, Historian, Librarian, Instructor, Chaplain Aid, Bugler. The Senior Patrol Leader is elected by the Scouts to represent them as the top youth leader. He runs all troop meetings, events, activities. He appoints other troop youth leaders with the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster. The Assistant…

For instance, the globe in the traditional painting is situated to showcase John of Patmos’ geographical location. Whereas the modern painting’s globe consumes the lower right corner to enhance the sense of vulnerability the woman feels while simultaneously reiterating the American society’s ethnocentric views. The moon is noticeably different in each painting. The traditional image shows a full moon to represent the gnostic…

defined as “the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people” (Merriam-Webster). In 1964, Congress passed a civil rights act that prohibited…

The Netflix series Orange is the New Black emphasizes racial stereotypes within each ethnic group it portrays. The racial groups that most prominently serve as the focus of the show are Blacks, whites, and Latinas. The Blacks are portrayed as rowdy, and their backstories involve poverty and broken homes. The whites are portrayed as rich and educated, or as the typical “trailer park junkie,” and the ways they ended up in prison are depicted largely as accidents or misfortunes. The Latinas are…

Racial Profiling and Racism: A Current Issue When it comes to controversial topics, such as racial profiling and racism, is society the biggest cage when it comes to the basic rights deserved as equal humans? Starting from the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement and further on, the acceptance of different races and ethnicities has grown tremendously throughout the years. Yet as people we are faced with a question that we continue to ask ourselves: is it ethically and morally correct to treat…