Culture Clash

This article starts itself off by saying that you do not get to choose what race you are. You are labeled the moment you are born, whether or not you realize it or like it. When you are born into this world you are pretty much forced into a race whether you like it or not. Even if you change your religion, the area you live, your beliefs, or anything else, you cannot change the race you are born into. Throughout the ages though, people have always viewed certain races of people as more dominant than others. Although you cannot choose the race you are born into, you may get lucky and be born into a race that is more powerful, or at least viewed as more dominant. The article says that racism really developed and took hold in the 14th and early 15th centuries. One good example of racism in early America is when Christopher Columbus landed in search of a new territory. They saw the indigenous people, they compared them to the people who they called the Canary Islanders. Once they started colonizing America, they developed a class system and the indigenous people were on the lower end of things. Throughout time racism has developed more and more into a bigger issue. Through colonizing and creating new civilizations, class systems and new laws have created more restrictions. Racism has grown very strong in the last two century, mainly caused by many political issues. Many civil rights activities, and other political leaders have try to make a change for the people. All around the world in today's day and age, people are fighting for more power and for equal rights, and this leads to a lot of stereotypes and classification. Much more than that it leads to revolting people and harsh racism. Racism started in the 14th century, and not it has taken hold and may never stop.

The next article starts off by saying the guy writing it is racist. The way he opened the article up, the guy is very racist in my opinion. He says that he takes the race of  a person into consideration when making practical decisions.  People judge each other based on their color or their race instead of basing their judgement off of a persons true work ethic or true ideals. The article then talks about different races of kids going to school and it talks about cultural diversity in these places. Later on the article talks about individualism rather than racism. It talks about how some people take into consideration the true identity of someone instead of judging them on their appearance or race. Some people take into consideration another person's work ethic, their morals, their values, and other individual characteristics when judging a person. Racism is not just a "white person problem" in our society today. Racism is everywhere, in everyone. If a person doesn't like something about another person based on their race, they will make it known. People hate each other for no reason, and every race does this. Racism problems have increased in recent years due to political issues. Also, as society had evolved and developed more class systems have evolved. People will discriminate against each other based on how wealthy they are or where they live. People will always find something to judge you for, and each person's culture, race, and more or less identity has a big part in this. People have come together and created more or less culture dominant groups. People of the same culture come together. The three main culture groups are the white culture groups, the black culture group, and the Latino culture group.

The last article talks about how American culture has contributed to racism. American technology has lead to a developed form of racism. Literature, radio, television, magazines, newspapers, and other forms of technology and have created norms that influence a lot of peoples decisions. Many people throughout the world base their decisions off of what they see throughout the day. If they see racist or stereotypical information on the television or if they hear it on the radio, they think it is acceptable. This leads to a chain and causes more political and racial issues. A study was conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology on racism and prejudice. The study showed that people in our society are prejudice or racist without even thinking about it. We just say what comes to mind and don't really think in detail about what we are saying. It is our gut reaction to say these racist or prejudice remarks, and we cannot completely control what we do. These reactions and things we say are normal. Our reactions have been shaped by the world around us. The cultural diversity in our society has created prejudice no matter if you think so or not. The most important thing is not prejudice remarks that you say in the spare of the moment. The most important thing is your overall behavior and how you truly feel or act.

I think that racism is a cultural universal. "Culture lies at the root of racial differences."Racism, or at least a branch of it, has been been around forever. Since the beginning of time people have discriminated one another in some way, shape, or form. People have had slaves working for them, they have had people working in the fields and tending to their farms, and people in history have killed people because they are different. Throughout history people have always had class systems, and in all class systems you have a higher race or people ruling lower level, less fortunate people. "Societies throughout history have shown a tendency to view some groups and nations as inferior, and have therefore treated them differently." I also think that media does affect the way racism has evolved. "Literature, movies, TV, radio and the Internet all contribute to the problem by exhibiting the same stereotypes." With the forms of media we have today, information travels everywhere within hours. Everyone knows everything all over the world. Along with this, any racial or prejudice sayings or information that gets put our there spreads quickly. With this information traveling everywhere, the people that see it think that this is acceptable and okay. This leads to more racial problems throughout the world. Racism as I said above has been there forever. Since the beginning of time people have discriminated against one another. People of the same culture and race have even discriminated against each other. It has always been with us and has always been a problem. Racism is everywhere whether people want to admit it or not. Since the beginning of time people have had different cultures. People have always been able to find something they dislike about another person based on their culture. They don't like how a person dresses, who they worship, and or even how they live. People will fight with each other no matter. No one can get along. People always have to put each other down and people always are fighting for power. Racism has been a problem forever, and it will continue to be a problem. The best thing we can do is individually try to limit the amount of prejudice you show. Hopefully this can limit the amount of racism in the world, and make it a better place to live.