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Racism
Racism is a type of prejudice towards a certain racial group, usually a minority. People can carry out unjust acts towards these people through limited citizenship rights, social discrimination, hate crimes, etc. This type of prejudice still exists in many parts of the world.
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De jure means 'in law' and de facto means 'in fact.' De jure discrimination means that a law, by the way its read, is discriminatory; de facto means that it looks fine, but it will probably lead to discriminatory practice.
What groups of people are discriminated against in today's society?
All groups are discriminated against by someone. ILLEGAL discrimination does not involve "groups" but only the basis of the discrimination. It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of any race, either sex, any religion or strongly held moral beliefs, color, ancestry or national origin, citizenship, military reserve or veteran status.
Discrimination on those prohibited bases happens, but very rarely.
Is being racist amusing to some people?
Yeah it's very fun especially when you burn a cross on your black freinds lawn.
What are some of the beliefs of the Black Panther Party?
The "Ten-point Program" of the Black Panther Party included the following (interpret it as you wish):
What We Believe:
- We believe that Black People will not be free until we are able to determine our own destiny.
- We believe that the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every man employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the White American business men will not give full employment, the means of production should be taken from the businessmen and placed in the community so that the people of the community can organize and employ all of its people and give a high standard of living.
- We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules. Forty acres and two mules was promised 100 years ago as redistribution for slave labor and mass murder of Black people. We will accept the payment in currency which will be distributed to our many communities: the Germans are now aiding the Jews in Israel for genocide of the Jewish people. The Germans murdered 6,000,000 Jews. The American racist has taken part in the slaughter of over 50,000,000 Black people; therefore, we feel that this is a modest demand that we make.
- We believe that if the White landlords will not give decent housing to our Black community, then the housing and the land should be made into cooperatives so that our community, with government aid, can build and make a decent housing for its people.
- We believe in an educational system that will give our people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world, then he has little chance to relate to anything else.
- We believe that Black people should not be forced to fight in the military service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. We will not fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like Black people, are being victimized by the White racist government of America. We will protect ourselves from the force and violence of the racist police and the racist military, by whatever means necessary.
- We believe we can end police brutality in our Black community by organizing Black self-defense groups that are dedicated to defending our Black community from racist police oppression and brutality. The second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States gives us the right to bear arms. We therefore believe that all Black people should arm themselves for self-defense.
- We believe that all Black people should be released from the many jails and prisons because they have not received a fair and impartial trial.
- We believe that the courts should follow the United States Constitution so that Black people will receive fair trials. The 14th Amendment of the U.S Constitution gives a man a right to be tried by his peers. A peer is a persons from a similar economic, social, religious, geographical, environmental, historical, and racial background. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the Black community from which the Black defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white juries that have no understanding of "the average reasoning man" of the Black community.
- When in the course of human events, it become necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, and that all men are created equal that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,--that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such a form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accused. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, and their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards of their future security.
How did the group areas act affect the black people's feelings?
It made them cry racism, like they always do. It's to get sympathy from people who shouldn't care about sympathy for them people.
John F Kennedy had his fair share in helping deal with segregation. He helped Southern schools in the USA desegregate as they ignored judgements. Also including major sports teams as well which didn't want to be desegregated. Segregation in public places, buses, restaurants etc. remained.
What is the difference between racism and ideological racism?
A belief system asserting that a particular group is inferior. Althiugh individuals may suscribe to racist beliefs, the ideology itself is incorporated intoculture of the society and passed on from generation to generation.
Why were black people lynched?
The fact they they were black was often reason enough. Others acted like they had a right to civil liberties, dignity, equal opportunities, fair pay, schools for their children, health care, property rights, or were "uppity" - all capital offenses.
What was life like living under the apartheid system?
In a nutshell: * The white people got all the good stuff. * The black people got all the bad stuff. * Black people couldn't go to a good school. * Black people couldn't get a good job. * Black people couldn't live in a good house. * Black people had to pay more tax. * The black people weren't allowed to use the white people's stuff. * If a black person used the white people's stuff, they got a heavy punishment. * If a black person did something to a white person, they got an extremely heavy punishment. * If a white person did something to a black person, they got an extremely light punishment.
Where did the Apartheid take place?
Apartheid ("apartness") was a policy of the South African government (National Party) (NP) from 1948 to 1994. The purpose was to keep the various races apart.
Martin Luther King Jr . While it is true that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. championed the cause for civil rights, the ppl who fought against racism as it revealed itself in slavery, were the abolitionist. They led the fight. However, any sane human being still fights for the cause of equality & equal justice. In a new book, THE GOD DEFINED SELF (A LAYMAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON RACISM IN AMERICA), Author Andre' D. Davis, delves deeply into this American problem that has contaminated the entire planet. His chapter on THE N WORD is most compelling. His urgent appeal to the politicians of our day is remarkable. This book is a must read for all Americans! It is available @amazon.com & barnesandnoble.com. Please, read this book, share its contents w/ your friends & neighbors, then join our national discussion on how to rid our country of this curse & plague. Thank you. Sincerely, Andre'
How do you explain segregation?
segregation was a time when people would be separated from the whites because of their culture or because of their skin color and the whites would have the blacks as slaves still in Texas they still believe in segregation.
What Percentage of racism around the world?
Original answer:
I won't say racism is non existence in America. Rather there is still racism among the whites towards the black Negros, who had to fight hard dating back the days of slavery to date. However the percentage of racism has come down considerably.
My answer:
You cannot reduce racism to a percentage because different people have it to varying degrees. Most people would live beside a person of another race but many still only marry within their own race.
I strongly object to the original answer's implication that is is only white-on-black racism in the US (but out of respect for other opinions, I won't delete or alter it). In fact, you could argue that there is as much, if not more, black-on-white racism. As evidence, look at how white voters elected president Obama, largely ignoring his mixed race while blacks overwhelmingly voted for him, often because he was considered black.
In the US, there are people from all over the world. There are some people from every origin who have racist views about various other groups. And yet, despite all that, the country works surprisingly well and, in all fairness, racism is lower than in most other countries in the world. Homogeneous countries typically have the highest racism.
Hopefully common sense will prevail;
If we believe in the concept of logic while realizing that racism is a political term and not really based in logic, as is nothing political, then we are forced to look at the term in a slightly different manner than is common among most Americans. That humans prefer the company of people who look like themselves has been documented by several studies concerning the reactions of newborns to their caretakers. For too long, so-called social progressives (perhaps they once were) have controlled the hearts and minds of people who are not seriously concerned with solving our most grievous social issue, preferring to allow their personal political biases to get in the way of clear thinking.
Since racism is such an inflammatory word, I think it would behoove us to tone down our phrasing and realize that "racism" and even ethnocism, if there even is such a word, are natural and common weaknesses that we all share. But since weaknesses can be strengthened, it is not something that we have to be stuck with for the rest of our existences. Unfortunately, getting rid of useless prejudice is an individual endeavor often encompassing many disparate issues and thought processes and is not always well advised. This is an us vs. them world whether we like it or not and there are times when sticking with one's own can save one's life. The trick is recognizing when separation is necessary and when it's just plain silly.
For example, it would be insane for a "liberal-minded" Boer family in South Africa to live in a predominantly low income African neighborhood, or as some farmers have discovered, isolated from other Boers and surrounded by tribes other than their own. On the other hand, for an American to refuse to live next to people of other races whose background is more similar to his than many individuals with similar facial features and skin tone is ridiculous. This is the problem with ideology, it too often gets people killed and it continues the problem without even a trace of resolution.
If pragmatic people and not ideologues had tackled the problem of racial prejudice in the beginning of the battle in this country, we would have been brought together instead of torn apart, and we are being torn apart. Just because our citizens are less vocal about their hatreds doesn't mean they don't still have them. But, alas, this is not how we humans have ever chosen to do very many things.
Why is racism harmful?
It's not always harmfull. If we didn't have racism, we could possably be dead right now. If the Holocaust never happened, one of those Jews might have produced a killer, which could have killed your grandfather or grandmother, so I wouldn't be answering this question right now. Because we did, we are here today. Sure people died, but, people died because of Stallin too. no one points him out though, do they.
But, anyways, racism makes people angry, which can cause fights, which can cause harm, which can also cause death. so, DO NOT BE RACIST.
unless you are ready to face the consequences.
What was the date that racism begin?
There is no exact date that segregation began, because since America was "founded" there has always been segregation. Segregation has always had a prevalence in America from the time of slavery to the days of separate restaurants and bathrooms. The year that segregation ended was 1967.
That's very hard to say as "measuring" racism is a complicated thing to do. Some of it is covert and hard to detect while some is overt and comes in many forms that isn't so easy to, again, measure; (e.g., slurs, action, attitudes, etc.)
People who fought against racism?
Although there were many groups and people who fought for (Freedom Riders, Rosa Parks,.etc.) and against (Ku Klux Clan, Topeka Board of Education) racial segregation, the most famous and prominent leaders include Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, the Little Rock nine, and the Freedom Riders.
Segregation is defined as what?
Segregation is the separation of people into racial groups without reasonable justification on the basis of discrimination. Racial segregation is outlawed in the United States, but unfortunately it may still exist within social norms.
What caused the apartheid in south Africa?
The South African National Party caused and started apartheid.
What country in Africa used apartheid?
Apartheid - or cultural separation - was official policy in the Republic of South Africa until fairly recently.
How did the blacks feel about apartheid?
Most white people remained "neutral" to Apartheid, since they feared the backlash from the government which was known to commit horrible acts of violence against protesters to the various segregative laws. Many still were in agreement with it, since there was (and still is) a mind set that said that all non-whites were inferior to white people and therefore did not deserve the same rights as white people. This was also, in part, fueled by various popular denominations of the Christian church in South Africa. A small number of white people (such as Helen Suzman, Pieter Dirk Uys) publicly spoke out against the Apartheid government.
How did they feel about this segregation?
it made people feel very low and have no self esteem
Answer:
Segregation made the people who were on the "right " side feel superior and self righteous. People being segregated against (the "wrong" people) feel angry, depressed persecuted etc. It did not matter what grounds for the segregation were (national origin, race, religion, political alignment) or where the segregation occurred (America, Germany in the 1940's, South Africa, Ireland etc)
What are the differences between the holocaust and racism?
The holocaust spanned over a much shorter period than the middle passage and the lives lost during the holocaust are a mere fraction to the untold amount of African lives that were lost during The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.
