Friday, April 17, 2015

A friend experience with racism!!





As a reality actuality we can never preclude the existence of racism in today's society, racism is defined when treating an individual differently in a negative way because of their colour skin, nationality or ethnic background and sometimes simply because one might not find the other person physically attractive. For example, an individual with blue eyes are more inclined to be approached with deference due to their appeal, though other people who don't fit in that specific classification may not get the same treatment. The consequences of an individual who had confronted racism can pressure him/her to experiences depression, low self esteem and, poor achievement in studies. At the point when people choose not to talk about racism it is one of the major motivation behind why prejudice still proceeds, therefore, it is very important to encourage the victimized individuals to come forward and speak out, and thusly, others could have a clear understanding of the patterns of the way the victims are generally being dealt with. People who have not experienced racism normally have difficulties understanding or even seeing it happening direct, as indicated by Dubois the best way to genuinely comprehend the circumstance is if one looked themselves through the eyes of others, than they will have a more extensive comprehension. In spite of the fact that i have never encountered any prejudice in canada, then again a good friend of mine shared his own account of racism with me. As he let me know he had experienced multiple racism in the past, however, one of the numerous stories appeared to stay in his memory in which he portrayed it to be unforgettable. He recount to me the story by expressing it was one saturday morning a bank was robbed by where he lived, as he was walking down the tore with his neighbour which was situated by the bank that was robbed. Unexpectedly the police officers approached and, stopped both of them, and made a remark about how they fitted the depiction of the bank burglars. consequently, they must be searched and questioned until they have been totally examined. He explains to me there were multiple witness inside the police cars and were attempting to identified them, in any case, they were freed after such a long battle, he explained how nervous they both were because of how the witness were repeatedly responding in a sense of saying yes that these were the individuals who had robbed the bank. Simply because they were both people of colour. Consequently, they could have been arrested for no reason.

According to a you-tuber who passes by the name of (shakaama 2014) in explaining his personal experiences with racism, he characterizes the word racism from multiple point of view, racism is going to apply for a job and they are not going to hire you simply because of the colour of your skin, racism is likewise associated when one attempts to buy a house or find an apartment as a result they will not sell you because of the color of your skin. Ultimately, racism is applied when going to a store and being refused assistance and requested that you leave the store. He explains how he never encountered any racism across overseas but was a victim of racism in the united state.


Here are some sources for more stories regarding this topic.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIe1WQe2Cx0







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Racial profiling has destroyed public trust in police!!








Racial profiling is the practice of subjecting citizens to increased surveillance or scrutiny based on racial or ethnic factors rather than "reasonable suspicion." It is clear that, given the power and discretion available to police, the experience of being subject to racial profiling can lead both to a feeling of being harassed and to a sense of alienation from the legal system and the wider society. Over a long period of time, negative experience such as racial profiling can lead to specific ethnic groups' losing confidence in the police. Majority of black people have been treated unequal by the police, according to the story of Eric Garner and the series of other death of unarmed black men, it is clear that there are two issues that needs to be highly addressed: racial profiling and police use of excessive force. In the case of Eric, police targeted him for a crime of selling loose cigarettes, which is the types of crimes in which black people are usually targeted for at a higher rates, therefore, the police attempted to arrest him with a chokehold, however he was unable to breath due to the pressure that was put into his body, in less than a few minutes he was announced dead. Racial profiling has become one of the most dangerous act of the police, it has become normalized to profile an individual based on religion, ethnicity and national origin, rather than treating everyone as equal under the law. Hispanics and african americans are the most targeted and are more likely to be stopped and searched by police, even though they are less likely to be found committing a criminal act. The fear of driving while black has become one of the most well known tragedy in within the black community, profiling has undermined public safety and destroyed the trust between the police and the community, when law enforcement officers target residents based on race, one's skin color, rather than behaviour, crime fighting is less effective and community distrust of police is likely to increase. Police constantly single out black commuters and residents twice and sometimes three times more likely than their white neighbours. Once pulled over or stopped by the police, black residents are typically searched without warrants, fined, or arrested. In my opinion i believe police do such things to show how much authority they got, simply because there are no other explanation for killing Innocent, unarmed individuals.The current situations recalls the concept of Alexander, as she argues that the criminal equity framework, in the same way as all other open projects, is introduced as one in view of correspondence, everybody is equal in the eyes of the law. Yet, alexander exhibits how the law really attempts to target racialized individuals, and especially African-American, through many ways of operation or systems. The "war on drugs" its not a war on drugs, i firmly accept that its rather a war on blacks, it began as a war on blacks and its currently spread the hispanics, and it was intended to take the vitality that was originating from the common right developments and annihilate it. It is stunning to find that culture and one's skin color have such an effect on an association, such as the police that should be responsible, trusting and straightforward. Not at all like what is going on , police are more worst and against the actual law.


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Does the media influence racism?



Mass media have played and will continue to play a crucial role in the way white americans perceive african americans and other minorities in general. The media has created meaning about race and ethnicity, and played an important role in shaping the way we understand race and ethnicity as part of our identity, our history, race has become an institutional part of American society and, our everyday lives. race has become a way of classifying individuals and groups on the basis of physical characteristics, particularly one’s skin color. Ethnicity delineates one’s place of origin or nationality, one’s cultural background or ancestry, one’s language and by extension, one’s belief system. Moreover, As a result of the overwhelming media focus on crime, drug use, gang violence, and other forms of anti-social behavior particularly among African-Americans. However, before attempting to understand racism and mass media, one must understand the history of racism. In relation to class discourse David Goldberg's and hid concept of the racist culture attempts to argues that racial discourse may be interpreted as aversive, academic, scientific, legalistic, bureaucratic, economic, cultural, linguistic, religion, mythical, or ideological. He also stresses that racialized discourse and racist expressions towards African-American have been widespread. To make a connection in regard of how the media creates racism, Bonilla argue that racial grammar is more presented through the media or movies and is less involved with the focus of social construction, therefore it would still influence many to behave in a particular way or includes racism commentary. As a result race is socially developed, accordingly racialization and generalization of particular group of people is the results of todays period and race matters exist in different places and at different times under widely varying conditions. Media have divided the working class and stereotyped young African-American males as gangsters or drug dealers. As a result of such treatment, the media have crushed youths' prospects for future employment and advancement. The media have focused on the negative aspects of the black community in terms of explaining that black youth are normally engaged in drug use, criminal activity, welfare abuse.

In the year of 1997 a 14 years old Reena Virk, a girl of south asian origin, was brutally murdered in a suburb of Victoria, british columbia. The victim was first beaten by a group of seven white girls and one white male between the ages of 14-16. Rena was accused of stealing one of the girls boyfriends and spreading rumours. During the beating Rena reportedly cried out “i am sorry” however, the group of people smashed her head against a tree and kicked her to the point where she became unconscious, then they allegedly dragged her body into the river forcibly drowned her. Sadly, The murder of the 14 years old was singled out by the news media and heavily reported in the local national, and international press, the media's initial framing of the murder focused largely on “girl on girl” violence. The issue of racism, sexism, pressures of assimilation, and the social construction of Reena Virk as an outcast were rarely addressed. When the media addressed the victim it was always in the language of appearance that she weighed 200 pounds and was five feet, eight inches tall. According to media accounts, her heaviness and height precluded her from being accepted. The assumptions regarding the validity of normative standards of beauty and appearance were significantly absent in all accounts of the story. Rather they used other definition to cover stories of racialized immigrant and refugees communities, Reena's difference was underscored and inferiorized. Therefore, Bonilla furnish us with different samples of racial grammar, for example, “the beauty and the beast” TV hosts such as Nancy grace always seem to describe a missing or murdered young white women as "beautiful'' similar to other crimes shows, in cases dealing with the disappearance or murder of young white women, the adjective is often there, but when the victim is a black or latino women, and when discusses, the adjective is not there. 


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XmfaeZ0muUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk5hgJElSII


https://www.change.org/p/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/18/justice/florida-teen-shooting-details/

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