Everyone is different but that doesn’t affect their personality or who there are as a person.
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Cultural Appropriation Reblog
Cultural appropriation is a one-way process, usually, involving the white culture appropriating non-white ideas, inventions or customs, especially those of black people and Native Americans. When cultural appropriation flows in the opposite direction, it is called forced cultural assimilation. Examples include black girls forced to straighten their hair to attend school or get a job. Black children told to comb their hair and sent home when they wore natural hairstyles.
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Cultural appropriation is now the new type of racism. We should be getting rid of racism and not create more racism. For example, African American girls are forced to straighten their hair to look a certain way in society. This is an example of forced cultural assimilation because people have to look a certain way for people to accept them which is completely wrong. People should accept people for who they are.
“I Don’t See Color” – a lazy response to racism and bigotry
If people don’t see color, they’re most likely saying that as an excuse to not be racist. However, that’s not true — there are many people of color, but they are all human beings. They look different, but it doesn’t mean that they are supposed to act a certain way. Saying “I don’t see color” doesn’t say anything; it’s better to say “All people of color are the same.”
“People of color are at a distinct disadvantage in our society.”
“Not with me.”
“Not with you?”
“Not with me. I don’t see color.”
“How can you not see color?”
“Everybody is the same color to me.”
“But they’re not.”
“See, that’s your problem. You see color. I don’t.”
“I have a problem because I see color?”
“Yes. If everyone didn’t see color – like me – then there would be no racism and bigotry.”
“So you think it would be better if everyone had the same skin color?”
“That’s not what I said …”
“Because everyone doesn’t have the same skin color.”
“I know that.”
“And despite your self-imposed color-blindness, racism and bigotry still exist anyway. It’s by seeing the color of people’s skin that we can recognize how some people are treated differently than others simply because of their skin color.”
“But I don’t see skin color, so…
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The Cure for Racism?
Reading this article made me realize how important it is for people to be understanding. Being a person who has seen racism take place and has been a victim of it, I see how the world could change if people were to be more understanding. Minds could be changed, and lives could be saved by understanding.
As you begin to read the article, the author shares a story of two kids of their neighborhood “borrowing” their snow shovels. They never saw those snow shovels again. Those kids were African-American. Naturally, this couple could immediately assume that “black kids steal” and would probably be very paranoid of other African-Americans. But they weren’t. They were understanding.
They understood that not all “black kids steal.” They understood that not all African-Americans are threatening. They were open minded. They knew not to assume anything on a race because of an incident. Most of all, they understood. For whatever reason the kids took their shovels, they refused to let this mishap change their views on a certain race.
Racism could end if more people acted like this couple. The cure to racism? Not being racist. Easy and simple. People could understand more that not all people of one “color” act a certain same way.
Four days ago, following a heavy snow, two kids from our neighborhood spotted the snow shovels in our garage. One of them already had a shovel, the other didn’t, so he asked if he could borrow ours in order to raise money clearing driveways. Kids offering to shovel driveways in the winter are as ubiquitous as ice cream trucks in the summer, so I said, “Yes, but bring it back in two hours.” They agreed. I went in the house. A moment later my wife came around the corner and saw them taking the other shovel out of our garage. She asked if I’d told them they could, despite the fact that they now had three shovels. They said yes. She shrugged and made them promise to bring the shovels back soon. We haven’t seen them since.
Oh, and one more thing: the kids were African American, as are 3/4ths…
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Racism Reblog
To be colorblind is to ignore the issues that need attending to. You have to RECOGNIZE and see the colors in order to understand the fight. Because the truth is…. society isn’t colorblind. It never will be. And racism is something we really should be fighting against everyday.
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This is interesting because people have to understand all the colors or ethnicity groups before discriminating people. We should be trying to get rid of racism everyday even if we fight everyday for people. If you’re colorblind you are ignoring the issues of racism. There should be no racism in this world.
Who is harmed by racism?
Racism is a problem that is affecting every ethnicity group. With every ethnicity group, there are stereotypes and discrimination. For example, Hispanics are being discriminated when President Trump said he would build a wall to prevent them from entering the United States. This is discriminating against Hispanics. Another example is racism against East Asians when people say they have very small eyes, good in math, all asians are Chinese. Not to mention, Muslims are considered terrorists because of the deadliest day in America 9/11/2001. Not all dark Asians are Indian. African Americans are excluded just because of their dark skin color. Jewish people have stereotypes saying they are always drunk and have big noses. There are racism against religion, skin color, physical features, and ethnicity.
What is Police Brutality?
Police misconduct reports involve the use of an excessive force.
“The use of such tools as pepper spray, batons, and tasers, as well as hitting, choking, throwing a non-combatant civilian to the ground, and sexual abuse are all examples of police brutality”.
What is Racism?
by Michele Tran
“Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics.” https://www.adl.org/racism
Racism is when you discriminate a person based on their looks, more specifically the color of you skin. Racism is when people believe that certain people of color deserve to be treated different or be separated.
Some groups — such as Asians, Hispanics and Blacks are the most typical targets and victims of racism. People can also be racist about religions — such as Muslims and Jews.
Racism can be in many ways, such as:
- being called racist names or being assumed a certain race ( Chinese, Japanese, etc.)
- assault because of who the person looks like
- being excluded in certain situations because of who you are
- thinking you have to change who you are just because people don’t like it
- people assuming who you are just because you Asian, Black, Hispanic, etc.
- making jokes about your skin color
Nobody is born racist, you decide if you want to be or not. People think that there is something wrong with them just because they are left out because of the color of their skin, their looks, or their religion. Racism shouldn’t be here yet it still exists because we choose it to be here.
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Michele: “I’m Michele and I want to limit racism around New York City.”
Olivia: “People know about racism and police brutality but not enough of those people that know are trying to do anything about it. I’m not one of those people.”
Yvonne: “I’m Yvonne and my goal is to make people realize how big the problem of racism is.”
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Racism and Police Brutality 