Master Harold And The Boys

Members of a society can be and many are prejudice or racist to minority races when the government has prejudice ideals. Previously, governments have formed laws to prevent equality and success for minority races. The play “Master Harold” … and the boys, by Athol Fugard takes place during the Apartheid laws, that regulated the segregation of non-whites from society, making racial discrimination conventional in South Africa. The laws were directed to preserve white privilege economically and socially. Similarly in the past, Asians wanting to immigrate to America had laws that prevented many from entering the country, and ultimately impacted many Americans views on Asians at the time and currently. Sometimes the government does not even have

From the beginning of colonization in the U.S. minority races have been criticized, and regulated by the government because many of them shared white supremacist ideas. Asian-Americans have been viewed as the ‘model minority’, suggesting that they are a minority group that are all achieving cultural expectations. The ‘model minority’ stereotype silences the problems Asian-Americans face, and views all of them as a monolithic group with generally the same experiences. “The Model Minority image lets Americans’ consciences rest easy,” (Chang, 371) because it allows Americans to believe a minority group can succeed on their own, while ignoring the racial inequality Asian-Americans endure. This ‘model minority’ group was formed by the U.S. government from the laws that subjected them to discrimination. Some laws divided the immigrants into class: “Until 1976, the U.S. immigration Department only admitted Asian immigrants that were termed “skilled” workers. “Skilled” generally meant college educated,” (368). This law set forth the assumption that Asian-Americans are the ‘model minority’, therefore, Americans believe that the entire Asian-American race is well off, unlike the other minority races. The government's law to only let Asian immigrants who were labeled “skilled” is discriminatory to the entire race, which sways the way

After the election, some Trump supporters demonstrated his ideas about minority races, by committing hate crimes. One, that I personally got shaken from, was the letter written to the Wayland mosque. The letter starts off by acknowledging that it is “To the children of satan,” (Wayland Mosque Letter) and then goes onto criticize the religion, by sharing that “You muslims are a vile and filthy people” (WML). Correspondingly to the way Trump speaks about minorities, the author of the letter addressed them the same, by grouping all muslims as one. The letter moves on to threaten muslims, by letting them know their “day of reckoning has arrived. There’s a new sheriff in town -- President Donald Trump. He’s going to cleanse America and make it shine again.” (WML). This racism has been stirred up by what Trump has said in his interviews, social media and policies. Trump has spoken on multiple occasions about getting rid of many immigrants, or regulating them. He shared his beliefs, several times, that muslims should have to walk around with badge indicating their race. Hitler used badges, to indicate the jews from the ‘superior’ race, when he was trying to exterminate the inferior ones. The author of the letter, even explains this by expressing that “He’s going to do to you muslims what Hitler did to the jews.” (WML). What Trump has said, has a huge impact on people’s