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Not only did Obama come to recognize this basic racism in most of the others he encountered, but he even developed his own rather race-centric views that he was able to consciously exploit to his advantage. Basketball, for instance, became a way for Obama to celebrate his Africa-American heritage and solidify his identity. He recalls that "on the basketball court I could find a community of sorts...on a turf where blackness couldn't be a disadvantage" (Obama 80). At this point, Obama had accepted the reality of the divide that was thrust upon blacks and whites alike. Adolescence is a time when everyone is searching for their identity, and for Obama for a time this meant determining a specific racial identity and attempting to live up to it.
Of course, these attempts did not really a provide a long-term tenable position for Obama, and his views on the reality of racial differences eventually underwent an extreme examination that included extensive reading of African-American authors and scholars as well as personal conversations and reflections on racially-charges events in his own life. One of his most important memories leading to his epiphany regarding the tendency of all races to practice a fair amount of xenophobia based on any available criteria,...
Though such a viewpoint from someone in his own family could be -- and was, to a degree -- taken as an extreme betrayal, Obama reacts with a stoic and well-reasoned attitude to his grandfather's anger: "In my steadiest voice, I told him that such an attitude bothered me, too, but assured him that Toot's fears would pass" (Obama 89). While acknowledging the universality of such racist beliefs, Obama had learned that such attitudes did not need to be accepted.
The strength of Obama's oratory (and textual) style is his frankness in admitting the way things are without the cynicism that often accompanies it. He does not attempt to portray blacks or whites in a kinder light than they deserve, acknowledging the faults of both and of certain individuals without condemning them and at the same time without granting them an okay in continuing such thoughts and behaviors. It night simply be part of human nature to mistrust others, especially those that are different from us on the surface, but this doesn't mean that this part of our nature must win out.
Racism in America: Where do we stand? From the time of the New World's discovery in the year 1492, racism has remained at the forefront of U.S. history. Even in the present day, it is reported that in America, one Black man dies from police confrontations every 28 hours. A majority of these incidents even fail to show up in local newspapers and news channels. It is only occasionally that these
Racism and Various Forms How does an understanding of racism in its various forms inform the counseling professional practice? Racism is regarded as the negative feelings exercised by one ethnic group towards other individuals belonging form a different group. The brutality and attitude towards the group is observed in the behaviors and attitudes of individuals and members of certain group causing major issues in terms of their religious, social, color, or descent.
They tear her nose loose on one side. They blind her in one eye. She swole from head to foot. Her tongue the size of my arm, it stick out tween her teef like a piece of rubber. She can't talk. And she just about the color of an eggplant" (Walker, Part 2, pg. 87). In this case, the color purple is used as a symbol of the oppression of
Given that archetypes appear consistent across dreamers, the impact that culture has on the meaning of archetypes and dreams, and the fact that mourners consistently have the four types of grief dreams, it seems logical that culture would impact the appearance and interpretation of archetypes in dreams. For example, given that, culturally, the mother plays a more central role in the African-American family than the father, it would seem that
Perception of Racism and Colour Students Historically, ethnic minorities are at a disadvantage in comparison to their White counterparts in real society. Living in poverty also plays a role in being considered a disadvantaged individual. According to Boyle (2008) and the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 25.3% Black/African-Americans, 21.5% Hispanics, and26.6% Native Americans and Native Alaskans live under the poverty line (Boyle 2008).In comparison, 10% of Whites and Asians
This was racism at its worst. The enslaved Africans and the native Indians began to get closer to each other, and started to share certain ethic traditions between themselves, and soon, they started to marry each other, especially because of the disproportionate number of African males to females. A number of red-black people began to emerge from these unions, and these people formed traditions of their own. However, slavery