Essays on Race Page 2

For the purpose of completing this assignment I select African immigrants residing in the US as protagonist to my thesis. Although of the same race and identic appearance, many of African Americans like myself refrain from identifying ethnically with our African compatriots. The reasons of the ethnic detachment are evident; different mother tongue, upbringing, cultural…

When we look at social construction, we are viewing how we have created our society, our social norms, our traditions; essentially what we have interpreted to represent our social reality. There are many factors that have shaped the socially constructed society we live in today. Looking at history; the path that the founders of North…

Introduction Walt Disney is one of the biggest entertainment companies to exist with an annual revenue of $59.43 billion (Statista). Yet, some would find it a bit shocking that racism and stereotypes would exist in their films. Because in most homes Disney’s movies are a beloved collection. Though, a lot has changed since the early…

The reading I chose is “Race, Class, and Gender” written by: Patricia Hill Collins. She begins with a short paragraph that helped me develop a new way of thinking and seeing things. She talks about how it is easy to see how women are oppressed that is, if you are a woman. It’s easy to…

The time setting of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is in the 1930’s and 1940’s, before the civil rights movement, but in the midst of the Great Depression and World War II. Stamps, Arkansas is a segregated Southern town in which Maya is raised by her grandmother. This was an era before the…

Healthcare, as it is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, means the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health, especially through the provision of medical services (Merriam-Webster). When someone provides health care to a patient, they do not only help with the physical ailment, but they must also attend to the person as a whole….

After searching for and reading several articles relating to race and ethnicity in education, I chose to critique an article I found in ASCA’s School Counselor Magazine. The article is titled “Serve All” and was published in the May/June 2017 issue. I found this article relevant to my practice as a future school counselor because…

In his book, Culture and Imperialism, Said brings us many insightful and provoking ideas. However, among all the concepts and discussions he presented, the one that most caught my attention was his statement that there is no such a thing as ‘purity”. If we consider the core definition of this word as “the condition or…

In “Do the Right Thing” directed by Spike Lee (1989), we introduced to numerous characters taking on the hottest day of the year in a seemingly low-income neighborhood in New York. The film takes us through the different lives of people trying to get through this extremely hot day, while also giving the audience little…

Introduction Inequality and social injustices in today’s society are issues that most communities or ethnic culture or races face globally. This issue has drawn the attention of most global bodies like the UNESCO to help in tackling the uncertainty caused by these issues in the society by developing and building network of municipalities across the…