Argumentative Essay on Racism

One of the most pressing issues since the beginning of the very idea of a society would be the issue of racism. Racism has been interpreted to mean many different things, some argue it to be systemic while some simply state it to be based off of interpersonal interactions. Sociology is a social science that attempts to explain racism in many different ways. Sociology can be described as the study of society or the study of large groups of people. Sociologists look at these groups and tries to…

The American Dream is “The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative” (Oxford). However, this opportunity was limited to the whites when the Dream was introduced. A major necessity for achieving the American Dream is the having a proper education. However, at the time before the Civil Rights Movement, schools were segregated based on race and African Americans had a disadvantage in achieving the…

America has undergone many political changes and many leaders with different agendas have come and gone. Many political movements have left its mark on American history, Reconstruction was one such movement. It was a time period in American history after the civil war where the whole country was at unrest. Years of constant tensions between northern abolitionist and the southern pro slavery plantation owners pushed United States to the Civil war, the greatest tragedy in the history of our…

recently, deep racial disparities have been uncovered as a result of race related fights at the school which led into school shooting threats. Valley asked an Iowa State team to conduct a study to help empiricize the racism, and the findings support that individual and institutionalized racism are prominent, causing different high school experiences for students of color (District Action Plan). The data results of the Iowa State equity report speak for themselves, regardless…

Racism has been around for many years and it is an issue that has never been fully resolved, although some may believe that it has. It is not uncommon to see crimes being mentioned everywhere but thanks to the media, we have seen the many incidents occurring recently involving white cops and black men, hence we have come to realize how racist we really are as a society and how big of an issue racism actually is even now. In the textbook Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory, we are…

The article “Building the Troost Wall”, the film Do the Right Thing, and the film Our Divided City all share common issues and shows inequality. The main urban issue that these three share deals with racial inequality. These two films and article shows how different discourses affect each other. All of the rhetors in these examples have their own discourse, but they have similar forms of life which is an example of how these texts and images relate to each other. “Building the Troost Wall”…

Running Away from Home: Prejudice in the South The songs Alabama Blues by J. B. Lenoir (1965) and Good Kid by Kendrick Lamar (2012) both exemplify the rampant racial prejudice against black Americans that occurred in the southern states back in the 1960s and in the present, respectively. Alabama Blues is a blues song that tells the story of a man who blames the state of Alabama for all of his misfortunes, specifically the deaths of his sister and brother. Lenoir’s brother is murdered by police…

Human civilization is like a well made salad. The lettuce, the chunks of carrots and cucumbers don’t necessarily taste the best, but eating them is great for your body and your mind. You feel amazing having eaten your salad; you committed to your goal and you succeeded, sort of. Upon closer inspection, you realize you’ve glazed ranch over the salad, and washed your lunch down with a sugary soft drink, simply to distract from the bitter taste comes with accepting good nutrients in your body. Much…

black pride and empowerment. Dr. King was an integrationist preaching for blacks and whites to work together in civilization. The BLM movement has emphasized sit-ins in the spirit of MLK due to the racism and issues in the United States. The Black Lives Matter movement protested on violence and racism, but people refer to the fact that All Lives should matter. Furthermore; blacks suffered through centuries of slavery, civil rights, mass incarcerations and brutality. BLM specified values and…

The movie “Crash” tells interlocking stories of various races and the experiences of racism based on their position within American society. Essentially crashing together in this movie are issues concerning beliefs of pre-conceived judgments, stereotypes, gender roles, and racial discrimination. Running rampant throughout the movie are examples of these negative beliefs depicted in the typical day in the life of a Los Angeles citizen. While the film does exhibit the experiences of various groups…