By:

Matthew O’Grady

PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY & POWER

RACISM

Racism is a belief system, or

ideology, that includes 3 basic ideas.

They are ;

1) Humans are divided naturally into

different physical types.

2) The physical traits associated with each

human type are innately related to the

culture, personality, and intelligence of each

type.

3) On the basis of their genetic inheritance,

some groups are innately superior to others.

Modern Racism:

- Not your traditional Blatant

racist

- Places the blame for social

inequality of races on social

and political issues

- Modern Racists are typically

unaware of their negative

racial feelings

Aversive Racism:

- Unintentional form of Racism

- Negative feelings towards

minority groups are not

feelings of hatred or

aggression

- Possess feelings of

discomfort, uneasiness, or

sometimes even fear towards

certain minority groups

MODERN RACISM VS AVERSIVE RACISM

PREJUDICE

Although Racism is not as evident as it once was 30+

years ago, it can still be found across the world in

many different forms. A lot of the times the person

committing the racist act may not even know that they

are, though in some incidences this is not the case. A

“Prejudice” means having an attitude or judgement,

usually negative about an entire category of people

based on their group membership

• The recent police shooting incidents like

the one that happened in Ferguson

Missouri where a white police officer shot

and killed an unarmed black male have

sparked racial disputes.

• Riots persued for days after the incident,

and a white couple was attacked walking

down the street in Missouri just a few

weeks after the attack by a group of

blacks for no apparent reason.

• The shooting of an unarmed Trayvon

Martin by an white police officer named

George Zimmerman not long before was

also a huge media race dispute.

ACTS OF RACISM IN THE MEDIA

NUMBER OF RACIAL “HATE CRIMES” IN

CANADA IN 2006 AND 2007

HATE CRIMES

• Unfortunately black canadians

still experience the highest

amount of hate crimes in

Canada. Although these

statistics have been going

down.

• After the 9/11 incidents,

Muslim and Arab-Canadians

have experienced much more

hate crimes. Increases were up

towards 40% after the

incidents.

• Hate crimes in America were

not recorded until 1990 with

the passing of the Hate Crime

Statistics Act.

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE

• Looks at how a persons colour can mean and define a person.

• For example. Thinking that just because a person is white that he or she

is better and more superior to a person who is not white because of

their ethnic race.

• Stereotyping is a good example of this.

• Stereotypes: Exaggerations or generalizations about the characteristics

and behaviour of a particular group.

• Stereotyping is a form of racism

• Judging or making assumptions on a person because of the color of their skin can be a form of a Racism, making Interactionist Perspective and Racism similar

• Putting a label on a certain group of people because of their nationality

RACISM RELATED TO SYMBOLIC

INTRERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE

The Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society (CAERS) is aCanadian non-profit organization that tracks hate groups and extremism, provides direct support to victims of racism and discrimination, and lobbies government and governmental agencies for the development of effective policy and legislation to stop racism.

CAERS

PUTTING A STOP TO

RACISM!!

• Forgive those of other races or tribes who have hurt you or have hurt people of your race or tribe.

• Be willing to share the political power and resources with all people.

• Speak out when racially motivated hate crimes take place. Write letters to the editors of newspapers expressing your disapproval of racism.

• Learn more about the contributions people from different racial groups made to the development of your country.

WAYS WE CAN HELP TO STOP RACISM

• Impossible to Eliminate

Racism Completely

• We can try to prevent racism

as much as we would like, but it

is an impossible task. People

are are always going to judge.

As part of human nature, it is

natural for us to judge based on

appearances. People are

always going to 'judge a book

by its cover' until proven wrong

or otherwise.

• Try to Prevent Racism

• As humans we cant stop

racism because we're not

perfect. We need to try to

discourage though. I think

racism is still very big today and

it won't change and the only

thing that will change is how

society deals with it. We as

people should try our best to

prevent racism.

IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE

COMPLETELY?

REFERENCES

• Stop Hate (2013), Racism Help. Retrieved from:

http://www.stophate.us/racism/racismhelp.html

• Debate Org (2014), Can we Prevent Racism? Retrieved from:

http://www.debate.org/opinions/can-we-prevent-racism

• Arab American News (2012), Hate Crimes Against Muslims only escalating 10 years after

9/11. Retrieved from http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_6246/Hate-crimes-

against-Muslims-only-escalating-10-years-after-9-11-.html

• Wikipedia (2014), Canadian Antri-racism Education and Research Society. Retrieved from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Anti-racism_Education_and_Research_Society

• National Post (2013), Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada. Retrieved from:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/14/hate-crimes-on-the-rise-in-canada/

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