White American

Brown skin. Curly hair. As an African American woman, these are the character traits that make me who I am. However, these traits do not define me, but rather I should be defined by my intelligence and character. To be apart of a minority community means to be a survivor. For the past 300 years, my people have been tortured, humiliated, and oppressed, both physically and mentally. During the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, people both white and black had had enough of the separation and prejudice…

increasingly productive technologies supporting manufacturing. Business was soaring and the stock markets followed suit, with an unprecedented surge that continued almost the entire decade. Even so, the World War left a sour taste in the mouth of Americans who had supported President Wilson through both neutrality and entry into the war, and were quickly disillusioned by the extreme loss of life in their short…

persuaded by republican teaching, the weights and nerves of industrialization and a preindustrial past, white laborers developed an idea of "whiteness" and of white matchless quality contrary to black bondage that described black slaves as their inferiors. Hence, Roediger clarifies how whiteness was framed as a deplorable reaction to industrialization and the ensuing collaboration of the working white class. Regardless of the impact of Marxist hypothesis all alone chronicled advancement,…

that I only wanted black baby dolls. I remember wishing to be the black Barbie doll. I would throw pennies into wishing wells and make wishes on shooting stars that I would wake up as the black Barbie. It was then that I realized the difference of my white skin in comparison to my idol that had dark skin. My mother taught at a title one elementary school, and I was enrolled in the head start next door. The majority of the children that were enrolled were Hispanic. I went from head start to…

of the social aspect of culture. To have a positive attitude, you must be invested in the emotions, beliefs and values that are part of your culture. A cultural attitude represents how a certain group feels about a topic. For example, many Latin American families have a positive attitude towards young adults consuming alcohol and have very few…

Cassie’s inability to understand the treatment of blacks, and how the black people responded, is pushed even further as the day in Strawberry continues. As Cassie, T.J. and Stacey leave, she bumps into Lillian Jean Simms, a white girl around Cassie’s age, who demands an apology (113). When Mr. Simms comes, he pushes Cassie off of the sidewalk when she attempts to turn away (114). When Big Ma appears, Cassie is trying to get away from the Simms family. However, Mr. Simms demands an apology and…

White people have an unlimited amount of resources that are offered to them simply because they have white skin. It is the right to drive all times of the day without being stopped by the police, it is entering a business and not being followed around, it’s entering a place to look for employment without…

class white Americans. True to the social attitudes of the…

The most social privilege in the United States is for straight, white, male Christians. Those who are of the LGBT community are looked upon as strange, different and making the wrong decision. Marriages between two men or two women are looked down upon as less than that of one man and one women. In the workforce, men are given the highest positions of management and respect, even if they have less experience or credentials. Female employees are given salaries less than those of their male…

Many people either do not realize the discrimination or take it for granted. For example, when a white person goes for an interviewed at a job, and gets hire. The white person does not think he got the hired because he was white. Other cultures, feel they live in a “white privilege” world because something may be subjected to white people. For instance, there can be “white privilege” makeup products, hair products, stores, and even…