However, I have noticed in the multicultural counseling class that there was more information. White Supremacy is a concept that was not fully explained to me during high school or middle school. White supremacy depicts power, a group that claims everything for themselves through making a system that works for themselves. In a sense, White supremacy is a system that defends those with wealth and power. Also, White supremacy consists of white supremacist that tend to look up to those of wealth, power, and that “stand up for our country”. Before this class, I once heard the term White Supremacy but did not know exactly what it meant till now. In addition, before the multicultural counseling class, I did not know KKK or white supremacist group still exist. In high school, my teacher depicted that KKK was a group from the past. However, I recently learned there are still supporters of White supremacy through multiple organizations. Additionally, White supremacy has replaced God and has made themselves God. Many White supremacists believe he or she is…
White supremacy was created based on the belief that white people are more superior people of color and for this reason, the while people believe that they are supposed to be dominate race amongst the other races. Though started a couple of centuries ago, this notion continues to dominate today. Because of white supremacy, the white people are now believed to be better and more powerful than people of color, especially the blacks. However, regardless of the dominance of this concept in different…
Post-Slavery South, the Redemption of Southern States, and the Rise of White Supremacy White supremacy is an ideology that stems from the belief and premise, which advocates and puts white persons at a higher ranking compared to individuals from other racial and ethnical background. According to the ideology, white people are believed to possess superior traits, features, attributes, and characteristics, which gives them the authority to control non-white people in all spheres; economically,…
Yasmin Mendoza 8/24/17 5th hour Informative Essay What is White Supremacy? White Supremacy is the belief that the white race is the dominant or superior of all races, especially towards the black race. Whites believing they should dominate society. The emerging abolitionist act in 1800s incarnated and made white Supremacy rise when the whites were trying to keep control of all whites in the southern states although many white supremacists are not associated in hate groups but rather…
Assata an autobiography tells the story of Assata Shakur and in doing so shows the many facets of white supremacy within the American culture. White supremacy is not just the Ku Klux Klan spewing rhetoric of being a superior race and all other races being inferior, it more than this because it can affect how one views his or herself within a certain society. Also, Assata Shakur tells what happed in her trial and she recalls her childhood through her college years to show the extent of white…
Though it somehow improved Africa’s coastal navigation infrastructure which gave them access to international trade routes. When the Europeans brought the Africans to the Americas as slaves, in order to ensure submission to the slaveholders, many were converted using profound religious doctrines and were racially discriminated with the notion of alleged ‘White Supremacy’. Yet, it was considered significant. A common religion unified African slaves that had distinguished cultures and languages…
All throughout history, white supremacy has existed. From slavery to segregation, whites have always seemed to have some type of authority over people of color. Within today's society, white supremacy shows in many ways with a modern touch to it. Several people do not believe in white supremacy or ignore it, but the more people know about the less it will occur. White supremacy in today's society includes in the media, wealth and workplace, and in school systems. One way white supremacy shows…
Analysis paper: Sovereignty and White Supremacy/Privilege and Inequalities within Gendered Ideologies When one has the mindset that because of your skin color you are worth more and valued as more prestigious and powerful compared to others with a different skin type and that person is is born of Caucasian descent it is called white privilege. White supremacy and privilege are presented in everyday life through racism and sexism ideologies. White supremacy…
White supremacy came about in the 1500s when European powers began a process of conquest and colonization. The English and French fought many battles in the French and Indian war. The English defeated the French and were able to control what we now call the United States of America. In the mid fifteenth century the Portuguese began taking African people as slaves out of Africa, beginning a process that led to the enslavement of millions of Africans in Europe and the Americas. Africans were made…
quote, revealing to us that there is no such thing as equality. Set in the southern state of Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird is a story through the perspective of young Scout Finch during the time of the Great Depression. A controversial case is put on trial, exposing readers to the effect of white supremacy. Similarly, Rosa Parks’s discriminative society was what caused her take action and stand up to segregation. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson’s trial exemplifies racial superiority,…