Discrimination In Western Society

Race is and has been a controversial topic that has been prevalent in all societies from the dawn of modern civilization. In particular it has become more well known and publicized in modern western civilization because of our technical advances, it has allowed different cultures and races to be able to interact in a way like never before. Even with all the positives of this multicultural revolution in most countries across the world there has been significant setbacks including racism, prejudice and incarceration which has had a huge effect on not only minorities but has had a trickle down effect on the communities in which they reside. In our modern society there has been an ever increasing stigma between law enforcement and minorities,

The increased media attention on race and inequal has given rise to the white privilege a hot topic issue in western society. Racism has served to make people feel less than others whom have power due to who they are as they have no control, causing them to fear for their life due to being targets of issues as their civil rights are taken away. White privilege is a power that is going unrecognized within the Western society. People who are not aware of this are not on the other side of the issue which is what our society suffers from. The people who notice these prerogative are majority people who are colored as they feel excluded regardless how “diverse” society claims to be. In the article “The Legal Alchemy of White Domination: Embedding White Logic in Equal Protection Law” by Wendy Leo Moore, examines how white privilege structures deep racial inequality for citizens in America (Moore, 2014). The effects of privilege in our society are by the way we can view the effects of privilege in our society is through the occurrence and universality of racial discrimination. “Privilege” majority of the time creates societal inequalities, leading to social stratification. As we explored in class about white privilege we looked at “White Privilege in El Barrio” where we learned about how many people who

However, it is disturbing to see the excessive force used by police in unnecessary situations towards minorities compared to others causing people to have an image of police as a portrayal of white supremacy and oppression. Due to some of the recent high profile cases involving law enforcements and African American people, questions have emerged about the use of police officers while on the job. As most decisions made by the police are based on judgment it causes their actions to be illegal use of police brutality. Police prejudice is responsible for a variety of false arrests, convictions, and death of minorities which cause a difficult and miserable times for people in their life. Police being prejudice has been a problem that African Americans have been dealing with for over 500 years (Moore, 2014). In the last few years there has become a pattern of white police officers who seem to be targeting only black males and killing them. For example the Trayvon Martin tragedy has been a case in society that is much spoken about throughout the world. This shooting has caused and affected many people who are minorities to protest for ‘justice’ in America. People of all backgrounds share different perspectives as to why they think Trayvon Martin was shot and killed for self-defense, where others believe that is was murder due to prejudice gone without