https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s en-us 2017-12-05 12:54:39 UTC 2017-12-20 05:33:36 UTC hello@padlet.com carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214467220 In the United States, people often fix problems by creating solutions that basically just cover up the problem, this especially evident when it comes to race. Instead of attacking the situation of racism head on, people tend to find easier solutions that circle around the problem but never completely annihilate it. An example of avoiding problem would be censorship. “Censorship [is] designed to appease adults rather than educate children,” which happens to be completely backwards (Morrison 153). Children need to know and learn what and why certain things happen. If all the “bad things” in life were taken out of books, then the children who read them will be ignorant to the ideas that were intentionally put there by the author, subsequently taking away from the novel itself. The intended purpose of the novel was to create new arguments about race, and if the book were to be censored, the discussion would diminish. When it comes to difficult topics, such as race, people like to avoid it all together .]]> 2017-12-08 13:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214467220 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214526585 One word can have a really strong impact on other people. The “n-word” is one of those words. Due to the history of it, the meaning word has become extremely complex and controversial. The history of the word makes many black people feel afraid, threatened, and uncomfortable. The only way to truly understand how it feels is for people to experience it themselves, which isn’t possible for the people who are inflicting it on others. White friends of the victim may feel sorry about the situation, but there is no way they can fully comprehend what the word means to black people. Many describe it as "dehumanizing" and it evokes a strong feeling of uneases.]]> 2017-12-08 15:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214526585 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214535238 After 9/11, hysteria inflicted the nation. People were angry about the attacks and needed people to blame, and they found a group of people to blame; muslims and basically any other culture in the Middle East. People coming to the United States to find the American Dream saw America as the land of opportunity, but what they don’t realize is that it’s really difficult to reach certain goals unless if they happen to be a white American. White Americans don’t normally see how just being white gives them an advantage, more of a chance to reach their dream. People with different colored skin and ethnicity have a physical barrier which they must overcome in order to achieve their goals. ]]> 2017-12-08 15:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214535238 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214541829 Although many people don’t realize it, the color of their skin immensely affects given opportunities. White people are given unfair advantages, and this was especially prevalent from 1934 - 1968 when the FHA released a policy that basically only allowed white people and white people who only associated themselves with white people to get home loans. This created segregated neighborhoods. Although that this policy ended in 1968, its still around today. This is because the neighborhoods have been established and integrated within the cities. It’s like on the first day of school when students pick out where they want to sit and then they continue to sit in the same spot for the rest of the year even though they were never told to sit there. The neighborhoods, just like the students, have become comfortable where they are and don’t open up to change.]]> 2017-12-08 15:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/214541829 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215387234 In the United States, racism isn’t confined to white  vs. black, yet racists have begun to attack people based on their religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. This happens mainly because people are ignorant. In the article “What it’s Like to Grow Up Muslim”, the author explained how in grade school other students would ask if she “spoke Muslim,” completely numb to the fact that being Muslim is a religion and not a race. Many people don’t realize that Muslim women aren’t forced to wear a hijab, and they think that the religion is oppressive because of this. The author of the article states that no one in her family wear a hijab, and that they have nothing against wearing them they just don’t like to. Although at times Muslims don’t feel welcome in this country, she states that she loves America and what it supposedly stands for. If people were to learn more about the religion itself rather than relying what other racist people have to say, then they would realize that being Muslim isn’t any different from choosing any other religion. ]]> 2017-12-12 13:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215387234 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215757903 It is proven that people are not born racist. Racism is something that is taught and practiced throughout the United States in many different forms. There are many miscommunications between the races with makes the divide even stronger. This article states that black people say they have a harder time succeeding because of the poverty they come from while the white people claim that it’s their fault for not trying hard enough. The white people don’t understand that doors open much easier for them solely because of their skin color. In order to prevent racism, students should begin to have conversations at young ages before their judgment becomes clouded. Furthermore, racism isn’t just confined to white vs. black. People attack others, verbally and physically, based on religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, and these are things that also need to be talked about, even if it seems to be too difficult.]]> 2017-12-13 12:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215757903 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215769926 Although racial profiling is illegal in the United States due to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it still happens everyday. There is a small number of people who acknowledge and favor racial profiling and these people more often than not are part of groups who happen to discriminate against minorities. These people actually believe that certain races, ethnicities, and religions, are more likely to produce criminals so in their eyes racial profiling is okay. Some scientists actually theorized that non-whites had physical characteristic that indicated they were less intelligent or more criminal than whites and even though they had no data to back this up, people still accepted their claims. Racially profiling must be done discreetly because it is illegal, and that also fuels the problem of miscommunication and misunderstanding. Many white people don’t realize that racial profiling happens in the United States, and that’s because it’s never happened to them or their friends. 

]]> 2017-12-13 13:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215769926 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215777804 The Northeast has always been known as a place where African Americans could seek refuge from the racism that ensued in the south and a possibility for a successful future. Sure, this happened for many people, but it’s not as glorious as it may have seemed. Neighborhoods were still separated and were not equal by any means, it was still difficult to go to college and get a degree, and racial profiling forced many African Americans into jail and into poverty. In the Northeast, the majority of people are white. It’s hard for people in the Northeast to understand what racism is like because they aren’t exposed to it very often, so often times Northerners are being racist without even realizing it. It is shocking that people are incapable of sympathizing just because they are ignorant to the ideas of racism that they end up being racist themselves.

]]> 2017-12-13 13:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/215777804 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/216836105 It’s difficult to describe what exactly ‘race’ is because it takes on so many different forms. Some people believe that it’s solely based on skin color, but people are victimized for their religion and sexual orientation just the same. People don’t often talk about what race really is because it’s a lot easier for people to just avoid the topic itself, but this does nothing but create more problems. Laws have been established to stop slavery and other things that are plainly inhumane, buts that’s where the progression stopped. Many people still see minorities the same way townspeople saw Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and other people do nothing about it. Racism is basically the same as it was back then, but it just takes on a different form due to the change in dynamics of race itself.]]> 2017-12-18 03:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/216836105 carlie_white https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/216838302 The biggest problem with racism is ignorance. Most people don’t realize that they’re being racist when they are and they often don’t see what they’re doing wrong. People who don’t witness it in everyday life, or people who aren’t victims of racism themselves, have a hard time understanding what it would be like to be intimidated and persecuted solely based on the color of their skin. It is also true, currently, that being biracial is actually a lot easier than being fully black. A lot of people think it’s because biracial people happen to look completely white and colleges and other institutions like to include biracial people for statistical purposes. Throughout my life, people have said to me “you’re not even that black,” in a way that it makes seem as though it’s bad to be black, and honestly it makes absolutely no sense, to me at least. Being biracial, I haven’t had to go through nearly as much criticism as anyone who has darker skin than me, and for that I am lucky. Moreover, being biracial has allowed me to have a certain perspective that most people don’t have, and it leaves me perplexed by this nation as a whole. I am white, but I am also black. I don’t look black, and therefore people don’t see me as black so they treat the same as they would any other white person. I just don’t understand why that is. The only difference between me and any other black person is that I don’t look black, and that creates a substantial divide. ]]> 2017-12-18 04:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carlie_white/vq9hsnn9l77s/wish/216838302