Problems of inequality & power
- 1. PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY & POWER RACISM By: Matthew O’Grady
- 2. Racism is a belief system, or ideology, that includes 3 basic ideas. They are ; 1) Humans are divided naturally into different physical types. 2) The physical traits associated with each human type are innately related to the culture, personality, and intelligence of each type. 3) On the basis of their genetic inheritance, some groups are innately superior to others.
- 3. MODERN RACISM VS AVERSIVE RACISM Modern Racism: - Not your traditional Blatant racist - Places the blame for social inequality of races on social and political issues - Modern Racists are typically unaware of their negative racial feelings Aversive Racism: - Unintentional form of Racism - Negative feelings towards minority groups are not feelings of hatred or aggression - Possess feelings of discomfort, uneasiness, or sometimes even fear towards certain minority groups
- 4. PREJUDICE Although Racism is not as evident as it once was 30+ years ago, it can still be found across the world in many different forms. A lot of the times the person committing the racist act may not even know that they are, though in some incidences this is not the case. A “Prejudice” means having an attitude or judgement, usually negative about an entire category of people based on their group membership
- 5. ACTS OF RACISM IN THE MEDIA • The recent police shooting incidents like the one that happened in Ferguson Missouri where a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black male have sparked racial disputes. • Riots persued for days after the incident, and a white couple was attacked walking down the street in Missouri just a few weeks after the attack by a group of blacks for no apparent reason. • The shooting of an unarmed Trayvon Martin by an white police officer named George Zimmerman not long before was also a huge media race dispute.
- 6. NUMBER OF RACIAL “HATE CRIMES” IN CANADA IN 2006 AND 2007
- 7. HATE CRIMES • Unfortunately black canadians still experience the highest amount of hate crimes in Canada. Although these statistics have been going down. • After the 9/11 incidents, Muslim and Arab-Canadians have experienced much more hate crimes. Increases were up towards 40% after the incidents. • Hate crimes in America were not recorded until 1990 with the passing of the Hate Crime Statistics Act.
- 8. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE • Looks at how a persons colour can mean and define a person. • For example. Thinking that just because a person is white that he or she is better and more superior to a person who is not white because of their ethnic race. • Stereotyping is a good example of this. • Stereotypes: Exaggerations or generalizations about the characteristics and behaviour of a particular group.
- 9. RACISM RELATED TO SYMBOLIC INTRERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE • Stereotyping is a form of racism • Judging or making assumptions on a person because of the color of their skin can be a form of a Racism, making Interactionist Perspective and Racism similar • Putting a label on a certain group of people because of their nationality
- 10. CAERS The Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society (CAERS) is aCanadian non-profit organization that tracks hate groups and extremism, provides direct support to victims of racism and discrimination, and lobbies government and governmental agencies for the development of effective policy and legislation to stop racism.
- 11. PUTTING A STOP TO RACISM!!
- 12. WAYS WE CAN HELP TO STOP RACISM • Forgive those of other races or tribes who have hurt you or have hurt people of your race or tribe. • Be willing to share the political power and resources with all people. • Speak out when racially motivated hate crimes take place. Write letters to the editors of newspapers expressing your disapproval of racism. • Learn more about the contributions people from different racial groups made to the development of your country.
- 13. IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE COMPLETELY? • Impossible to Eliminate Racism Completely • We can try to prevent racism as much as we would like, but it is an impossible task. People are are always going to judge. As part of human nature, it is natural for us to judge based on appearances. People are always going to 'judge a book by its cover' until proven wrong or otherwise. • Try to Prevent Racism • As humans we cant stop racism because we're not perfect. We need to try to discourage though. I think racism is still very big today and it won't change and the only thing that will change is how society deals with it. We as people should try our best to prevent racism.
- 14. REFERENCES • Stop Hate (2013), Racism Help. Retrieved from: http://www.stophate.us/racism/racismhelp.html • Debate Org (2014), Can we Prevent Racism? Retrieved from: http://www.debate.org/opinions/can-we-prevent-racism • Arab American News (2012), Hate Crimes Against Muslims only escalating 10 years after 9/11. Retrieved from http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_6246/Hate-crimes-against- Muslims-only-escalating-10-years-after-9-11-.html • Wikipedia (2014), Canadian Antri-racism Education and Research Society. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Anti-racism_Education_and_Research_Society • National Post (2013), Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada. Retrieved from: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/14/hate-crimes-on-the-rise-in-canada/
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