Essays on Racism

Part AThe podcast highlights an experiment in racial discrimination that a teacher used to improve the awareness of her class on prejudice during the peak of the civil rights movement. The video titled “A Class Divided” starts by highlighting a reunion of the then third graders who took part in...

The compassion of human suffering that is portrayed in the work of Mother Teresa, Simone Weil, Martin Luther King and other movie characters tells much about the attributes of a secular saint. They acknowledged that people have souls and bodies, and therefore they would work hard to improve the human...

Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) in America is associated with the constant push that is a result of black activism which can also be related to the NFL protests by African American players. The activities of BLM have raised the question of where the tendency stands regarding the understanding of...

The society tends to accept the standard normal people who are able to relate to the rest of the people easily. Unfortunately, some might not be lucky enough to fall under the ‘normal people' bracket and end up having a tough time trying to fit into the society. During birth,...

Ableism refers to the dominant practices and attitudes within the society which either devalues, limits, or demeans the potentials of the individuals living with disabilities (Logan " Burdick-will, 2016). It forms a set of beliefs and practices that make the people with psychiatric, emotional, developmental, and physical disabilities feel inferior....

In essence, culture as a foundation of resilience, strength, confidence, identity, and happiness is inseparably connected to the wellbeing and health of Aboriginal people. Nonetheless, the ordeals of colonization keep on significantly affecting the promotion and maintenance of culture through racist practices and policies that are part of the daily...

The Bluest Eye: Racism Symbolized through Color The novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison provides the readers with an insight into the life of an African American girl in a community that lived under the standards of the white people. The main character, Pecola, sees herself as ugly because she...

Martin Luther King Junior was the most inspirational orator, preacher and thinker America has ever had. All of his writings have been analyzed to study the potential of rhetoric. His rhetoric in the two writings suit the audience in several ways. The tone of King’s writings inspired numerous activists to...

Introduction “The Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. was mainly written as a response to the Birmingham clergymen who published an open letter vehemently challenging and criticizing the actions of Martin Luther King and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). However, when one further scrutinizes the contents...

There have been many cases of prejudice in our society and around the world. Similarly, there are varied causes and consequences of prejudice. There are many people who have been affected by prejudice across the world. Prejudice mainly arises as result of premature judgment and attitude that people have towards...

Cause: Using technology and letting it take people places we don’t want to go. Effect: Use of the virtue world by people to learn about themselves and identity Effect: Devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication.             Turkle asserts that for the past 15 years she has studied people, both...

On the steps of Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most important speeches in the 20th Century. His speech “I Have a Dream” talks about ending racism in the United States of America while calling for civic and economic...