I experience plain racism quite often, whether it is acted towards me or I act it upon others. People will meet me for the first time, and they assume I am a mathematician or computer engineer. The person is automatically using plain racism, but they would never use the word racism with their assumption. I will admit that I will avoid talking to a certain race, because I think that they may h

In the circumstances of the Dred Scott case decision, I would have to disagree and say that fancy racism was being applied. The court switches its opinion from feeling empathy to superiority. The statement starts off saying “Negro”, and then in the last paragraph uses the term “African”. I received mixed signals throughout this whole statement, and found myself quite bothered and confused at the end. I could not exactly grasp they point or decision they were even trying to make. They thought that blacks came here as slaves, and should remain forever inferior to the white race. They even stated it in the finishing sentence, “that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of the people.” This does not show any characteristics of being plain racism, for it shows that “their belief that White supremacy—or White separatism—is necessary,” (Schuman 161) which is exactly what fancy racism defines. There is a tone of supremacy that sounds out this statement, and the race that is being promoted is that of White people. They believe that since blacks were not the first people to set foot on U.S soil, and were sent here to be slaves, that they should not be considered citizens. “We think they are not, and that they are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word “citizens” in the

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