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Malcolm X and Black Rage by Cornel West
Malcolm X
White supremacy
Malcolm X and the anger he had for the states because of their unfair treatment to African Americans. Malcolm wanted to create a psychic conversion which is making a black person truly believe in the capacity his or herself by destroying white racist oppression. He also wanted black people to stop the portrayal society had…
Book Review on “Where We Stand: Class Matters”
Book Review
White supremacy
In her book “Where We Stand: Class Matters”, Bell Hooks address the issues of classism interlocking with racism, white supremacist ideology and sexism in contemporary American culture. Her arguments in this book are greatly tied to her personal experience that she moved up from working class to the upper class as she succeeds in academic…
Sociology: Black Like Me
Sociology
White supremacy
Part A – [Structural Functionalism] One argument made by Structural Functionalists is that society should be a meritocracy. People should be rewarded based on their abilities. (Class notes, SOCI 201, Winter 2010) An example to illustrate this argument from Black Like Me is found on page 39. The elderly owner of the Y cafe complained…
Racism – Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazis, The Aryan Nations Party
Ku Klux Klan
White supremacy
What are these groups? Why are they present in a land of supposed equality of all men? “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character” (Martin Luther King…
The Issue of Slavery and Racism in America
Slavery
White supremacy
Slavery in America stems well back to when the new world was first discovered and was led by the country to start the African Slave Trade- Portugal. The African Slave Trade was first exploited for plantations in that is now called the Caribbean, and eventually reached the southern coasts of America (Slavery Two; Milton Meltzer)….