Systematic Racism In American Society

In this essay, the author

• Opines that racism still runs rampant among american society and until it is completely acknowledged true equality will never be achieved.
• Analyzes beverly tatum's essay, "defining racism - can we talk," which examines what racism looks like in america.
• Explains that a white student asked them what they would be teaching the following semester, and i assured her that there was still racism. she suggested that she sign up for my course.
• Analyzes how tatum discusses the roots of racism, arguing that it starts when people are young as they have limited interactions and lack of firsthand experience with people who are different.
• Analyzes how tatum argues that racism is a system of advantage based on race as opposed to prejudice.
• Explains that smog in the air is visible and less apparent, but we are breathing it in day in and day out.
• Analyzes how racism is ingrained into american society and has dreadful consequences if not addressed.
• Explains that racism is so deep-rooted in today's society that people have been trained to unconsciously ignore it despite the powerful ways it can affect them.
• Explains how the woman was able to shop in department stores without being followed by suspicious salespeople, send her child to school confident that the teacher would not discriminate against him on the basis of race, and speak with her mouth full.
• Argues that the benefits of a racist system exist, but the only group of people who do not see it are those who are benefiting from it.
• Analyzes how carrie ching discusses racism and the lack of the discussion around it in her essay "personal voices: facing up to race."
• Explains why a person whose great-great-grandfather emigrated from china 150 years ago is still called an ‘asian-american,’ whereas he or she becomes just plain old ‘american in one generation.’
• Analyzes how ching encourages everyone to spark the change within themselves and open their eyes to all the racism around them. when it goes unchecked, it perpetuates a racist society.
• Opines that racism is more complex now than it was in the past. racism is now systematic and structured into political and social institutions.
• Explains that in an expensive restaurant, managers and servers are usually white, while busboys and kitchen help are mostly people of color.
• Opines that racism is ingrained into a system that benefits white people. it's not about treating an individual differently based on their race.
• Opines that the lack of awareness around racism is what keeps it going unchallenged. education and critical thinking skills play a major role in identifying these issues, but sometimes people simply cannot acknowledge the benefits.