White American

influenced people in different cultures in different ways. Initially, people from different cultures were considerably intolerant with one another. American history indicates that white people were significantly intolerant of those who came from other regions, especially people from Asia and Africa. Africans were mainly brought and bought to become slaves in white people’s farmlands (Nash, 1995). Over the years, the black population initiated a revolution to change the negative perception (Miles…

equal society is when a lot of people, no matter race or gender, live in a non-discriminating area. Many years have passed since the rough times of discrimination and slavery towards African Americans, yet the legal status has hardly evolved. Although African Americans and other races have the same rights as whites, discrimination continues. Although America has come a long way to stop racism and fight for equality, we cannot live in an equal society due to those who oppose it. With this being…

In chapter nine, Menchaca brings us to the present with an overview of the racial laws affecting Mexican Americans in the twentieth century. Such racial laws included; marriage, citizenship, de jure segregation, and affirmative action. Menchaca discussed the common struggles facing Mexican Americans, African Americans, and other people of color. The thirteenth and fourteenth amendments were created and passed by the federal government. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery and involuntary…

was a glimpse into 1970s America, amidst the Civil Rights movement and how a group of white Americans believed they were helping under privileged youth, but were actually imposing their white supremacy over the children. This group is known as the Fresh Air Fund, a non-profit agency that was dedicated to giving free summer vacations to inner city kids from New York City. Shearer described it as “The story of white liberalism in the 20th century.” While introducing himself, Shearer showed his…

automatic preference for White people over Black people. From this test, I learn that I might have a racist tendency toward African Americans over European Americans. This might not be a surprise because all human beings have some kind stereotype or racist tendency toward a particularly group of race or culture. Racism exists for many racial and ethnic groups. Especially for me, I resided in a neighborhood that consists of mix races of Africans American and Europeans Americans. I might have more…

In the Article “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” Richard Rodriguez starts his argument by pointing out that a flood of immigrants is taking over America, and that the standards for dealing with immigrants do not encompass the variety of different races that are entering our borders today. Rodriguez also talks about how race relationships is a black and white conversation. But how can this be possible when America is made up of many races/cultures from around the world. It just doesn’t…

Jane Elliott was, by far, the most controversial speaker that I have heard at Texas A&M University-Commerce. On October 4th at the Sam Rayburn Student Center, she fiercely discussed the racism that is woven throughout our American culture, and she started by mentioning that children in America are taught to be racist from the day they are born. She used strong, and sometimes inappropriate language, which bothered me initially, because it can imply lack of professionalism. As her speech continued…

In Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian American, and the Achievement Gap, by Gilda Ochoa, it describes how a focus on the achievement gap, can cause harm to both Latina/Latino and Asian American students by ignoring systematic and structural injustices that maintain “binary” and “hierarchical” thinking. One of her arguments is that the achievement gap gives off a mirage that inequality is being managed by moving the focus to “high-stakes testing”. According to her bibliography Gilda L. Ochoa…

In American history, discrimination of blacks has played a predominant role in our society. Although there has been major steps taken in the right direction against discrimination since the Civil Rights Movements, there are still discrimination and many barriers for middle-class black Americans. Focusing on whites targeting middle-class blacks, this article emphasizes a few key areas within the subject. There are many ways discrimination plays out for the benefactor and receiver. The author…

adolescents identify. It has been shown that white ethnics are better able to determine which ethnicity they wish to identify with, while non-white minorities typically are kept in certain racial/ethnic categories due to societal pressure and because of their physical appearance. Throughout history, how people were identified has also changed, as well as how they were treated. This study mainly focuses on black-white, Asian-white, and Native American-white multiracial groups and how factors…