Ethos within “The Ballot or the Bullet” In 1964, Malcolm X gave a speech entitled “The Ballot or the Bullet” which described how African Americans were being used and should fight for their civil rights. Malcolm X stresses on the importance of understand how to vote for the proper candidate. The reason he stresses this in his speech so much is because he believes that this is the solution to ending the discrimination against African Americans. He addressed in this speech that most of the African American community don’t understand on how to vote properly and because of this they are getting miss treated from the very people they are voting to put in office. The reason Malcolm X says “the ballot or the bullet” is that its either going to come down to the “ballot” which is allowing them to vote, or the “bullet” which is going to result in violence in order to get the rights the deserve.
One cause of this change could be the occurrence of the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was one of the shifts that transformed the attitudes of the majority of American citizens and, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, made them realize that all people were entitled to live the “American dream.”Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner was made toward the end of this era, so of course there is a connection. The conflict within the movie is similar to the conflict associated with the movement because, as in both movies, the African Americans involved had to prove themselves to the opposite race. Only difference is, in the ’67 film, blacks were trying to prove their credibility to the “superior” whites, while as in Guess Who a white man had to show he was good enough for the “superior”
He has written many books and in this on in particular he criticizes the prevalence of Native American and African American studies programs. His complaints about these programs stem from the fact that “people who support these programs assume that by communicating the best aspects of a group they have somehow solved the major problems of that group in its relations with the rest of society.” His essay makes many comments about the evolution of stereotypes and how certain oppressed groups of people are viewed over time. A quote that would be applicable to a gender/popular culture essay can be found on page 733, “The problem of stereotyping is not so much a racial problem as it is a problem of limited knowledge and perspective.” (Applicable to gender stereotypes as
Some critics say that the results show more about the historical and cultural climate of the USA at the time -when McCarthyism was at large and people feared being accused of being communist spies- than fundamental psychological principles. The study was conducted when obedience was seen as a good thing and this may be why many of the participants went along with what the experimenter told them to do. This is a weakness as it means the study may not be showing actual reasons for obedience, such as legitimate authority. Another example is the agentic state theory. When in the agentic state, people are more likely to ober, as they become the ‘agent’ of another person’s wishes and therefore enter a different state of mind
The fragmentation caused by cable television in the 1980s led to the creation of new networks, such as Black Entertainment Television (BET), which catered specifically to blacks. Among African Americans in the television industry today, a few—such as talk show host Oprah Winfrey and basketball star Michael Jordan, one of the nation's most important corporate sponsors—wield disproportionate power. However, most black stars are still in comedic roles, and blacks are greatly underrepresented behind the camera. Moreover, racial stereotypes continue to appear on screen, and taboos against interracial sex have not completely
This shows why some sociologists may not use questionnaires as with a low response rate they can lack generalizability. It is argued that a higher response rate can be obtained if follow up questionnaires are sent out, if they are collected by hand or even if they sent out by email. However these methods tend to be either more time consuming or more costly. As well as this a great danger with low response rates is the fact that those that are returned are usually from people that aren’t fully employed or an isolated group of society and therefore means it lacks representativeness. Another reason why sociologists may not want to use questionnaires is their inflexibility.
It holds this view as it saes that within the media there was “too little discussion of racial matters”. This could be due to it being a sensitive subject among the viewers and that they believe the views they hold are correct and that the ones they watch are unrepresentative and stereotyped. It also mentions how “to listen to some people is to believe there are no racial problems in the United Kingdom” which shows how it believes a minority view that is shown through tv programmes like Love Thy Neighbour might not give a true representation of the level of race relations and acceptance of other races. By using the sources and my own knowledge, I have come to the conclusion that since the Second World War race relations have improved due to British television. Source 13 highlights how even the young could acknowledge despite the differences in cultures white people are shown to be acceptant of other cultures in the media.
However it does have aspects that might be considered as flaws of the system. One disadvantage could be that in a country with which consists of a majority population, a person of a minority community might be in a trial and the verdict handed out by a jury consisting of the majority community, the verdict may have racial intentions present. Another disadvantage is that juries may not understand the burden of proof, as they are just common citizens. Another disadvantaged is that some members of the jury can be easily influenced or be corrupted; these reasons undermine the Jury. However advantages of a Jury include; Jury includes common values and not just upon evidence as a factor in determining the verdict.
This is meant that certain scientist classified people by skin color or geographical origin. For example, the Europeans were white-skinned because they are gentle character and intensive mind or the Africanus were black-skinned because they had relaxed and negligent character. This showed that scientist even gave a scientific theory to racism. Prior, historical use of “race” have affected people today by having older generations teaching newer generations about other races whether it is good or bad. For instance, black people are known to be bad, have no education and possibly steal from or hurt other people.
First part I disagree with is where one of the researchers mentioned that “we might not have been taught to be prejudice”, which in my opinion, I think stereotyping and prejudice is a learned behavior. We are not born with racial prejudices, however depending on the environment you were exposed to and the people you were raised around, you tend to think a certain way. For example, if you are born in a family who are racist towards a certain culture, you are most likely to grow up with the same ideas. Another part I disagree with from the article is how the researchers tend to suggest that the men who killed Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, Trayvon Martin, and many more innocent people, were not conscious and may have not been racist at all during the incident. I think this was just a lack of training and stereotyping against these innocent men who were put into a category they did not belong in.