Often in modern day we hear white people say, "they are too sensitive " trying to minimize the problem of racism. ... Through this weeks lectures and readings we can see that white people still have the privileges and that systematically black people are put as inferior to the white race politically, economically and socially. ... I am Mexican and while I was growing up in the states I was discriminated against often and felt that I was less than white people at some point in my life. ... To be totally honest I don't really associate myself with black people and in my neighborhood thei...

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Both texts discuss the racial discrimination which has built up over generations due to the cultural assumptions held by members of both the Aboriginal and white communities and examine the tension which exists between the Aboriginal and white communities. ... The Aborigines live in the back streets, a place where any white man is afraid to venture. ... Also, people like Old Darcy, a man who Blacky respects says things about Aborigines such as "You've got to be careful of these gins now, lad they've all go the clap, every last one of them". ... The poem "Redfern at Night" also presen...

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Thomas Whitecloud, an educated Native American, finds himself distant from his people while he and his people are forced to be "imitation white men" (Whitecloud, 3). ... Just as Macedo had to deal with being treated as inferior, Whitecloud also mentions how Native Americans are continuously treated as inferior to the white man, and that they try, to no avail, to imitate and rise to the white man's standards. "... tries to keep his home up to white men standards. White standards. Funny that my people should be ever falling farther behind" (Whitecloud, 3)" In this regard, bot...

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The author emphasized the opposing views of many white males used to discredit Affirmative Action. ... Another opposing argument to Affirmative Action is that promotions given to white males employees were based solely on merit and intelligence, reason being that white males score higher on standardized test. However, it is not mention that Asian Americans score higher than white males, but rarely receive the same benefits. ... Affirmative Action has opened the door for many people who would have never been able to go to a top school or get a managerial position. ... White America has limite...

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Another relative advantage is that my hometown is predominantly white by a huge margin. As this is a good example of white privilege, people of color are suffering just as much as we are benefiting. ... This is mainly due to the fact that most people don't even realize that unearned advantages actually occur. ... Racism is described as a beneficiary system of advantages for white people. This definition describes the reason why racism still exists, as white people see no need to change a system that works to there advantage. ...

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By singling out minorities as the only people that affirmative action applies to, you are discriminating against them from the start. ... People should be considered as individuals and not members of a different race. ... Another counter argument to the abolition of affirmative action is that minorities for the most part are brought up in poor neighborhoods and therefore their education is not as good as most of the white people whose income level is higher and subsequently have better schools. ... The percentage of white students accepted by Berkeley totaled 36.8 percent. ... People thr...

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Although people that are of the minority benefit from the Affirmative Action program, people of the majority do nothing but suffer because of it. Innocent white males who have done nothing in the past to promote racial inequality are left unemployed. ... However, "programs to simply help backs win jobs or gain access to higher education have a much higher level of support- by roughly 70 percent of the white public" (Kleugel 797). ... This is not only unfair to employers and the white males who are not given deserved positions, but it also not beneficial to the economic status of the United ...

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When this case was brought to court, it was to a nearly all-white community without any jurors that were African American. ... Department of Justice report stated that in 1999, African Americans were 20% more likely to be stopped than white Americans, and police were more than twice as likely to search the car of an African American or Hispanic driver than a white driver. ... In a 2000 Census, the percentage of judges who were white calculate to 83.2%, 8.8% were African American, and Hispanics made up 4.5%. ... Most white judges cannot relate to many of their cases because of their prior lifes...

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Prior to these laws and the Title VII law, the U.S workforce was primarily dominated by white males. ... Quotas by comparison, "establishes a definite number of people who must be hired. ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... By "patronization" I mean the setting of a lower standard of expected accomplishment because of...

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Prior to these laws and the Title VII law, the U.S workforce was primarily dominated by white males. ... Quotas by comparison, establishes a definite number of people who must be hired. ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... By patronization I mean the setting of a lower standard of expected accomplishment because of th...

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One of them is white, while the other is a minority. In this situation, four for five times, the employer will choose the white applicant. ... " (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Not only that, but while the Recession hit everyone hard, the official African American unemployment rate was 50% higher than the white American rate (PubMed). ... What people mean when the say "war for freedom from other races" is that if white people do not discriminate, then in 70 years or so, they will be the minority in America, and they can not let that happen (CounterPunch). If people do not preserve...

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Similarly, important was the role black women on an individual level played in offering a model for white women to follow. ... They were able to combine employment, child rearing and homemaking in ways that white women would later emulate. ... This served as a great inspiration to white women (MacLean, 2009, p. 70). ... Females participating in the Civil Rights Movement identified with the subjugation white females experienced from white males since they too had been treated as second-class citizens, inferior to both black and white men. ... The Civil Rights Movement influenced them "to ...

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Many people thank the pioneering ideas and hard work from various minority and women organizations for enriching this nation with its diverse workforce. ... While some people agree that affirmative action is needed, whether in its current form or a "mended" form, a number of individuals believe it has done its job and is no longer required. ... Slavery, which had been in use for hundreds of years, was an accepted practice of the white majority. ... Women's Suffrage was put aside and wealthy white landowners dictated societal standards. ... The white majority populace simply believed th...

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Interaction allows students to learn that persons of the opposite race are people too, more or less like themselves. ... Individuals who benefit from affirmative action must achieve academic excellence relative to other people with similar backgrounds. ... The constitution says we must treat all people equally but the affirmative action treats some people unequally, actually more equally. ... Whites who work harder and or are more qualified can be passed over strictly because they are white. ... Or when applying for a job, if there are two men with the exact same qualifications on white and on...

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Of course, this vocal minority is not challenging traditional forms of preference and discrimination that favor the rich, the educated, white people and men. ... With years of change and constant focus, we as a people continue to find ways to bridge the gap and level the playing field in a much larger vineyard. But there are still thousands of examples of situations where people of color, white women, and working class women and men of all races who were previously excluded from jobs or educational opportunities, or were denied opportunities once admitted, have gained access through affirmativ...

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Latinos earn 56 cents for every dollar white men earn. African- American men earn 75 percent of what white male men earn. ... Affirmative action does not penalize white males. Fairness requires ending biased practices, not perpetuating them, and that includes ending the unjust advantages traditionally enjoyed by whites and white men. ... Affirmative action is needed to make previously excluded groups of people more competitive in economic and professional life. ...

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In addition, the administration has resisted pressure from fellow Republicans to support white students in the Michigan cases who claim that racial diversity is not justified by giving preferential treatment to minorities. ... Without affirmative action, it is likely that the premier colleges and universities would be made up of predominantly white men and Asian-Americans. ... The core of the problem arises from the fact that some people, mostly white males, are being denied access to educational institutions and jobs not based on merit but rather based on discriminatory factors. ... So ...

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If the percentage of blacks in the community exceeds 15 percent, a significant number of white families, especially those with children, are likely to move away in search of a more white community. ... However, blacks experience barriers in moving to white communities even while earning comparable income. ... Boustan (2013) categorized policy solutions to racial residential segregation into people-based solutions, place-based solutions, and indirect solutions. People-based solutions focus on enabling blacks to access homes in the neighborhood of their choice. ... The other form is making white...

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Similarly, laws forbidding sex and marriage between people of different races were ended. ... The Movement also brought about important non-legislative impact on the American people. It brought to the surface the amount of racism that existed in the country and initiated change from the heart of the people, not just politicians. ... When describing his high-school experience, Malcolm writes, "it has historically been the case with white people, in their regard for black people, that even though we might be with them, we weren't considered of them. ... The inaccurate media portrayal of vio...

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His definition was a policy of preferring qualified women and minority candidates who have been disadvantaged by past injustices over equally or more qualified white male candidates who have not been similarly disadvantaged. ... It is directed at the wrong people. 4. ... It is unfair to the white males whom it discriminates against. ... To support the fifth and last objection Barry Gross claims that affirmative action is unfair to white males because it takes away their opportunities of equality by placing women or minority candidates over more qualified male candidates. ...

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Clearly some affirmative action was in play, for some better qualified white students were not accepted by that school. ... I especially found it unfair that a relatively poorer and more qualified white student was not accepted for this reason. ... However, basing affirmative action solely on race has allowed for some people to abuse the system. We can't blind ourselves to the fact that there are poor white students as well. ...

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These words were spoken by white individuals who did not have any reliance in the blacks attempt to become soldiers. ... "A black soldier can stop a bullet as good as a white soldier, and for less money too!" ... "White men dying for you, time has come and hidey up and fight like men. ... Trip was very angry with himself and the white soldiers, he felt a lot of anger because of the fact that they were being very discriminated. ... Even though these men are unfortunately dead, they have left a great example of what America stands for, and how our people should join. ...

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Research has shown, however, that affirmative action "has been an important policy for improving the economic status of people of color and White women" (Konrad, 429). ... The truth is that "for decades black unemployment has been about twice that of white unemployment" (Feagin, 258). ... This is one of many reasons that some people argue that affirmative action lowers standards. ... This view suggests that white men have "indeed paid a price for some affirmative action programs" (Feagin, 28). ... Other people argue that the ratio of white to black students should stay disproportionate in ...

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Of all the people within western society, women have been the most heavily scrutinised by society. ... Stereotypes are often made by people in order to make a quick judgement on a persons character or the ethics that person holds. ... The common "white" view of Aboriginal women that is expressed in the play "What do they call me?" ... My father is a white man, just like you that proves I am not a primitive. ... These women not only need a way to identify with their surroundings and the people in them but also to themselves. ...

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As the war raged on and the battle against Nazi Germany was won, discrimination against non-white people became more apparent. People of differing ethnic groups wanted the chance to participate in society as equal members, with all of the same opportunities as white Americans. ... The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) gained half a million members. ... Nazi Germany and Hitler's attitudes toward anyone that wasn't part of the Aryan race showed people firsthand the horrors of extreme prejudice. ... I believe that with each new generation, people beco...

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