Kayla Gouy English-01 5/21/2014 Within The Glory Field there were many things that explained how America is a product of its past. The Lewis family shows how the black community on Curry island gets along with their lives. Even though they don’t really have the hardest time once America decided to abolish slavery. But being black in America before though was really hard. Since people are treated differently based on the color of their skin, the books shows it from America's past to its present.
Daniel Pacheco English 101 H. Barsamian 4/29/12 The Immortal Life of Segregation To me social class is what matters most today. People have judgments about others based on their economic standing. People treat other people differently because one is richer then the other. We are all separated into social class the lower class are all grouped together in one neighborhood and the rich in another but we cant be mixed we have to stay in our social class. If we look back in history race was what mattered most.
The USA had mass immigration from1890 onwards and this had an impact on America in multiple ways. There were both positive and negative impacts of the mass immigration. One of the impacts of immigration was that there was a lot of social tension this is because a lot of the immigrants were staying in the big cities. This meant that there was not room for everyone to live comfortably in the same environment, due to this some of the immigrants created ghettos as there were not enough places for them to stay. This also caused the immigrants to stay with their own social group and culture which then caused gangs to form and this lead to gang warfare, this was apparent in big cities such as New York.
This legacy continues today, for minority groups such as Latinos, Asians, Philippines, and Indians discriminate against the members of their own groups. This intra-racial discrimination is evident in a recent study, which found that lighter skinned individuals were rated as being happier and smarter than darker-skinned individuals (Note physical features and briefly discuss the result of the 20/20 video.) This issue is very insidious because colorism is an open secret in many ethnic communities. Although it is rarely discussed publicly, it is a prevalent and well-known pathogen among members of ethnic communities. The area of life that had the most prodigious effect on the perpetuation of colorism among ethnic minorities is social life.
A lot of the states’ laws had to be overcome in order for the act to become effective such as Jim Crow laws. These laws made African Americans feel as though they were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Jim Crow laws prevents blacks from voting due to illiteracy, social class, and/or poverty. It did take some muscle from the federal government, the attorney general’s office and executive orders from the president to make sure civil right laws were enacted. But it was all worth it.
Brooks argues that we are a “congealing pot” that tend to gravitate to like-minded, like-cultured people. He also states that there are marketing firms that collect data on where we live and what we buy. He asks us to look at our daily life and do something out of the ordinary. Although Brooks dislike of segregation is apparent, he makes references that there are some advantages of grouping together and the losses Americans would have if they were integrated. There are other losses by segregating due to religion, politics, race, class, profession and sexuality.
Throughout the essay, the author makes his point by providing concrete historical facts, details, and definitions. In this essay, George relies on logos to show how socio-economic privilege and skin color privilege created the conditions that led young Black people to create gangsta rap music. Privilege is the idea that some people are basically born having certain advantages that other people don’t have. What makes privilege interesting is that the people who have it have not really done anything to earn it. In fact, most of the time, the people who have it don’t even realize that it is working in their favor in their everyday lives.
Mainly African American men suffer with such cases as the right to vote when considered a convicted felon. I think the glass escalator effect would prove to be a consideration for men in such positions as child care, teaching, and even parenting in some cases. In these positions a woman is assumedly more able to handle these positions as opposed to a man, and in many cases the profession is dominated by women. Glass ceiling is a suffrage by the males and females of this ethnic group based on the fact that a woman may not move up based on the fact she is a woman. Take for instance the presidency of the United States of America.
Our society remain with a long history of racism, segregation and low expectations for African American children, and the public education system has not sufficiently responded to resolve this situation. The segregation of African American and Caucasian children in the early 1960's continues to have an overwhelming effect on the achievement levels of student. There are issues of socioeconomic class that play an important role in achievement levels. In recent years this Achievement gap has increased significantly as the inequality between the rich and the poor have also widened. Since there are such differences between the wealthy and the poor in this country there're also large differences in the system of education from place to place.
Marriage in the African American Community Marriage in the African American community is almost null and void. The divorce and separation rate in the African American community is at an all time high. This is to some extent due to the value of marriage in the African American community changing. More and more of African Americans are being raised in single family homes. African American women are not getting married for love anymore.