Social Issues in the High C: an Analytical Revision

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Social Issues in the High C: An analytical Revision Social Issues in Reed's “The C Above C Above High C”. As anyone who has read this story could plainly see, the primary social aspect of this story is the racism shown between white people and black people. In the article by Nelson, Jacqueline K.; Dunn, Kevin M.; Paradies, Yin, page 263-264 “Racism can be broadly defined as a phenomenon that maintains or exacerbates avoidable and unfair inequalities in power, resources, or opportunities across racial, ethnic, cultural, or religious groups in society. Racism can be expressed through beliefs (e.g., negative and inaccurate stereotypes), emotions (e.g., fear or hatred), or behaviors/practices (e.g., unfair treatment) (Berman & Paradies, 2010).” In this essay I will show that there is far more to it than just that. This story was set in the 1950’s when social inequality was running rampant through the streets. Racism was not just between black people and white people. There was inequality between many of the wide range of people that made up the United States. In the central States including South Dakota there is an issue of racism between white Americans and Native Americans that lasts still to this day. Prejudice against people because of religion was and still is a problem to this day. In this story it briefly mentions this when Louis Armstrong is talking to his agent Mr. Glasser. Mr. Glasser doesn’t want to come too close to Armstrong because he doesn’t want to turn black. He says that he has a hard enough time in this world because he is Jewish and he doesn’t want to have the color of his skin add to his troubles. Religious discrimination has been around since the days of the world’s first religions. This is a fact that is unlikely to change. According to Jonathan Fox “RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION: A WORLD SURVEY” there are six motivations for religious

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