Institutional racism

people of color have been disproportionately affected by environmental hazards. There are many reasons why people of color are more susceptible to environmental hazards. In simplest terms, the main reason for this injustice is environmental racism. Environmental racism can be described as environmental health discrimination based on race, mostly low income communities of color (Shelton & Miller, 2016). Environmental discrimination can take the form of placing waste facilities, chemical plants,…

A Movie Analysis: “American History X” Introduction “American History X” was directed by Tom Kaye and released 1998. It is a story “partly based on the life of reformed skinhead Frank Meeink, who served three years in prison for charges related to white supremacist beliefs; now an accomplished anti-skinhead author and lecturer.” (Sean Hutchinson; Mental Floss, 2015) The setting is Venice Beach near Los Angeles, California 1998, where a growing number of immigrants chose to reside after…

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of social and artistic advancement that defined an era for African-Americans, not only in the United States, but around the world. The movement also laid the foundations for an entirely different future for African-Americans living in the United States. However, this racial progress would not have been possible without the imaginative genius that grew from writers, poets, and playwrights within the African-American communities. Among these historic figures…

reflected Aziz Ansari’s experiences as an Indian-American actor working in an environment that catered more towards the dominant race. In the fourth episode of the show called Indians on TV, the showrunners successfully attempted to attack the casual racism faced in the entertainment industry. Dev played by Aziz Ansari auditioned for the role of a cab driver in a crime drama. During the audition, he was asked to do an Indian accent to which he refused. Consequently, he did not receive a…

What started with settler colonialism resulted in the multiple trials and horrors the Indigenous Americans had to go through. From gendercide, resource extraction, racism and much more both Frank Waln and Deborah Miranda shed light on the effects of colonialism. What’s more they bring the message to resist the government’s current attempts of erasure, reclaiming the identity of their ancestors, and righting the wrong done to the “Red Nation” in the past. Before looking into the conversation…

Research Paper: Gem of the Ocean August Wilson 's Gem of the Ocean, set in Pittsburgh in 1904, is full of symbolism. From a slavery bill of sale to the collection of pure dog excretion, Wilson uses symbols to develop a story of how the recent departure from slavery affected African Americans in the early 1900 's. Throughout the play, a cast of characters is introduced, and each one individually represents the mindset of the most common personalities one can find during this time…

throughout the history of America in order to criticize black communities when they have the willingness and courage to stand up and demand recognition of their basic civil and human rights. This response is nothing new and is rooted deeply in the institutional structures in place that weave throughout every aspect of our daily lives. These altered storylines told by the mainstream media include several gaps that have helped to maintain consistent negative criticisms and invalidation of the BLM…

Jim Crow laws were an institutional or hierarchical ideology that uprooted the Civil War, eventually emanating into Black Codes, and lasted beyond the modern civil rights movement. In the Souls of Black Folk, scholar W. E. Dubois, used the term “the veil” to describe the emplacement…

slavery of the 1800s was a racial tyranny that exploited many African Americans. To expose the tyranny and torment caused by racial slavery, many authors such as Harriet Jacobs and Solomon Northrop have produce memoirs accounting their experiences with racism and abuse. Harriet Jacobs, the author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, exposed her experience within the American Southeast and the implications of the color of her skin in her daily life. As a mother pushed to the brink in the…

The social construct of white privilege suggests that those of white skin colour are subject to economic and social advantages of which coloured individuals are devoid. Ultimately, it is an ethnocentric belief that white skin is at the top of the racial hierarchy. Arguably, white privilege in the United States has undergone a paradigm shift, as explicit discrimination of coloured individuals has evolved to become secretive, with many who possess the advantage taking it for granted or are in…