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identity as “who people think they are and also how we see others” (2010, p.255). The term ‘Aboriginal’ was originally used by the British colonists, to identify the diverse tribal groups of Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Australian continent. Although the term was originally used to disempower the Indigenous peoples by way of categorisation to fit into the colonialist view, it has remained today as part of the nations legal definition and also as a term many Indigenous people identify with…

individuals. For instance the characteristics of white flight. White flight occurs when a neighborhood, a formerly white neighborhood begins to assimilate, even if individual whites don 't have particular or psychological hostility or racial animosity, they still have an economic motivation to move somewhere else. They know that others could make similar calculation and depart as well. It becomes a vicious circle where whites estimate that more whites are going to move when a neighborhood…

wanting power in an extraordinary way. Power can be interrupted in many different ways, as was seen in the story. Although, a lot of times people end up mistaking power, for respect. In addition to that, even though power and respect require similar qualities, they are very different. In the short story, the main character, Dave Sanders expressed that some people create a life of searching for power, and holding the the title of respect and establishment. One of the most obvious examples of…

he was in a poor area and these stereotypes were on him, it didn’t stop him from playing basketball. The American Identity is used pretty heavily in this example because it shows how anyone from anywhere can work hard and achieve their dreams. If people like this can battle past stereotypes and come up from poor areas, they…

inequality has ended, they’re either too busy worrying about their own arrogant self, or lying to you. Just like history always does, it is repeating itself. In all technicality, black people now have the same legal rights as white people, but just because it’s official by the legislative branch doesn’t mean that people all over America are jumping up and down at the end of racial injustice- they’re either still finding ways to be corrupt, or trying to find the ones being corrupt. America is…

or other colloquialisms drive me up the wall. No matter how accepting of marginalized groups we may think we are, prejudices ingrained in our society come out of our mouths without a second thought. When confronted about the use of these phrases, people often brush them off as harmless, but I would argue differently. How, in a world full of such diversity and adversity can we continue to perpetuate negativity about our fellow humans? The problem of discrimination and prejudice in our world is…

The movie Pleasantville contains some overtly race related themes, but what I found more fascinating was the use of religion within the movie. As I am currently taking a course in world religions, I thought it would be interesting to analyze the movie from not just a Christian but also, eastern (Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism) religions perspective. It seems as if the director chose to use Christianity for the more visual symbolism but thematically, the movie deals a lot with the yin and yang…

slaves were considered as objects. Racism has been long constructed through the production of race and its relations to property, and we can see it through the notion of capitalism and the idea of whiteness. Colonialism is more than just a matter of white Europeans taking over Native lands and resources, it is also about the shaping of identities of whiteness and the ‘others’, the construction of race through capitalist ideology and property,…

hatred for white people. Molly continues to retain her feelings; because of this Molly can put her emotions towards overcoming the fight against the colonizers, whereas Okowonko and Billy can only focus on how much the white people have hurt them. The stories of these characters show that one must contain the…

similar issues is because the experiences of their ancestors are embedded within them and this is why healing is a complex process within the Indigenous communities. For instance, Sellars mentions that the Mission taught her that she was inferior to White people and her family reinforced these messages. Grams was in residential schools for nine years; thus, she was brainwashed into believing she was…