Race or Ancestry? Is there really an argument as to whether or not race should be a decisive factor in the identification of an individual? The fact of the matter is that race can still be used as an identifying factor today in narrowing down the missing. The majority of the population can stil...
The cultural climate of Texas in the 1800s contained a generalized distaste for diverse peoples, and racist attitudes and actions were exceedingly prevalent. In the novel, "They Called Them Greasers," Arnoldo De Leon forcefully illustrates the segregation and ferocious treatment of Mexican Americans...
People who are fond of creating generalizations are those who wish to fit the story into a neat, little box. Those people that make generalizations might tell us that a piece of fiction must have one or more characters with whom the reader can relate to. The reason being the person on the page is li...
The Pitfalls of Affirmative Action "I want to be the minority. I don't need your authority. Down with the moral majority, "cause I want to be the minority" (www.greendayauthority.com). As a result of affirmative action, many students share similar feelings of the members of Green Day when...
For years experts have argued over the topic of how evils we have committed in the past affect us currently. One specific evil that garners a large amount of attention is slavery. While some may argue that slavery no longer affects African-Americans, we still see small amounts of animosity even toda...
The Pitfalls of Affirmative Action "I want to be the minority. I don't need your authority. Down with the moral majority, "cause I want to be the minority" (www.greendayauthority.com). As a result of affirmative action, many students share similar feelings of the members of Green Day when...
Slavery and the American Experience More than any other history of race relations in America, the struggle between white and black Americans is by the far the most complex and long standing. Beginning with first contact between white Europeans and Africans during the English colonial period, Af...
Racial and social justice was the root factor to start the American Civil Rights Movement, due to years of racial segregation such as the Jim Crow Segregation. The civil rights movement was like a war conducted on many fronts. Slavery was abolished however the rights of these 'slaves' were not...
The ideology of apartheid as proposed by Daniel Francois Malan and the implementation of these ideologies into societal regulations created a new wave of strong nationalist thinking. In conjecture with the attitudes on racial separation in America, South Africa was taking a radically opposite stance towards segregation with plans to further separate the races while in America the the seedlings of a civil rights movement began to take root. Fundamental to the understanding of these differing stances is the reasoning behind the driving forces of these doctrines and how they may or may not have ...
