Nordic race

America is no stranger to racial prejudice. Ever since the end of the Civil War in the spring of 1865, the U.S. has always had the trouble to fully cope with the mixing of different races. For over more than a century had whites proclaimed themselves as the “Superior” race. On December 24, 1865, a group of six veterans of the confederate army founded The Ku Klux Klan. A secret society based on the ideals of white supremacy. They played a violent role against African Americans, Christians, Jews,…

physical or character trait. Scientific Racism is defined as the use of similar ostensible medicinal and pseudo-scientific methods to justify the theory of racism. It is the practice of classifying individuals of different phenotypes into discrete races, historically this has received much credence in the community, although now the practice is considered pseudo-scientific (Audiopedia, 2016). According to Gonzalo Chillida Scientific Racism is a doctrine which "affirmed the inherited biological…

Tom Buchanan is labelled as a hulking, hyper-masculine, and aggressive. The way Nick describes him, he seems to be “one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savours of anti-climax” (Fitzgerald 10). Tom is born into old money, and because of that, he is able to have many opportunities in life that benefited him such as his ability to go to Yale and receive such a high education. Also due to the fact that Tom had virtually no financial…

future of the nation, people of power expressed their concern regarding the Brazilian racial heterogeneity. Praising the United States on their racial control and international portrayal as a “Nordic society,” (Levine 21) in 1935 Ambassador Oswaldo Aranha wrote that “‘a Brazil of white men…nothing of other races’” (Levine 21) was needed in order to strengthen the Brazilian character abroad. Aranha often also urged Getulio Vargas to consider racial factors before selecting diplomats and other…

An African-Canadian journalist, novelist, author, and academic named Cecil Foster, specifically spoke about multiculturalism, race, immigration, and ethnicity. Foster originally came from Barbados and later emigrated to Toronto, Canada where he flourished as a public intellectual. Before moving to Canada, he already worked in Barbados as a news broadcaster and editor with the Caribbean News Agency (CANA) and Barbados Advocate-News. Eventually, his journey in broadcasting triumphed through…

This was an era of “Native white protestant revival” a movement for native white Protestants only, women included. They felt “Americanism” was being threatened by minorities. Their goal was to save the white race and make a more “homogeneous America.” They didn’t only target black people anymore but added Jews, Catholics, and immigrants to the list. They pushed out a lot of propaganda films painting black men as “sex-crazed beasts who just need to be tamed”…

eugenics started to associate with the idea of racial hygiene. This concept was most likely to be found in the Nordic states of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden that started instituting compulsory sterilization programme from 1926 (Barnett, 2004). Francis Dalton a cousin of Darwin invented the term eugenics and the theories of human improvement. He launched a movement to improve the human race or at least try and stop its recognizable decline through selective breeding (Wikler, 1999).…

What is race? Race is used in governmental offices and forms. An example would be during the yearly Census when Americans take note of a number of which races they belong to. Other definitions of the term “race” are added as when a biologist talks about different races of a particular species of plants or animals. Although, the meanings attached to the word “race” are different in contexts, people continually blur the differences between the meanings in every day conversations. There is a…

country.” (Hickey 6). The poor living conditions of Texas farmers has it’s roots in the “need” for a permanent low-wage class, perpetual debt, and wage slavery. Having a permanent class of low wage workers was seen as essential to maintain a pure race free from the “biologically impoverished tribes of marginal…

Everybody called the United States is an opportunity country with diverse races, genders, colors, traditions, and cultures. We always believed in our constitution, and we are going to defense this country's constitution. In this 21st century, we believe in the country Leader and their thought. We hoped that they were going to bring some changes for the citizens, but it wasn’t going to happen. In this modern world, this country divided into three classes, and they are upper, middle, and lower. A…