Problem+Research

"Preface to 'Is Racism a Serious Problem?'." //Racism//. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Current Controversies. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011. 


 * Store owners lock certain things up in more diverse areas do to racist stereotypes
 * African-Americans feel that white Americans are afraid of them because they don't take the time to know them.
 * Racism has improved over time, but is still something that needs to be addressed.
 * 1920's 75 percent of whites said blacks were lazy but in 1993 only 5 percent said that in a survey
 * Segregation and Jim Crow laws were some of worst racism acts in our country, next to slavery of course

"Introduction to Is Racism a Serious Problem?: At Issue." //Is Racism a Serious Problem?// Ed. Jeff Plunkett. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. At Issue. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010332101&mode=view&userGroupName=pl7053&jsid=6d59edf96867d04aefed081aadb56fa4


 * Nearly 4 million african americans were enslaved before the civil war
 * African American men make up 41% of inmates in prison
 * African Americans make an average of 19,000 per household compared to 121,000 for white families
 * African Americans feel that they don't have same rights and aren't given same oppurtunities as whites are
 * Racism occurs more in south then north

"Racism in America." //Popular Issues - AllAboutPopularIssues.org//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. . Racism Problem- Society
 * The problem is people categorize and hate on people of different color.
 * The government must react strong to racism because we will do what the government does in most cases.
 * It is important to society because it impacts jobs people can get because of being scrutinized over their race, same with renting houses and other such social events.
 * There is no way to really get rid of racism, people will say what they want and most times won't have to pay for their dumb choices.
 * Racism is a moral issue!

Background/Historical events

Bates, Aryana. "Race and Racism." //Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America//. Ed. Marc Stein. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 1-7. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX3403600423&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w


 * Racism originated in the colonies when we started slavery, ranged from verbal to physical types of racism
 * People think since 911, every arab is a terriost and wants to do harm to this country
 * Certain white groups believe they are still superior to other races
 * Stonewall riots of 1969 showed racism to those who were gay or lesbian
 * Homophobia and racism are very similar and both are big issues in our society.

Tucker, William H. "The ideology of racism: misusing science to justify racial discrimination." // UN Chronicle // Sept. 2007: 18+. // Student Resources in Context //. Web. 28 Oct. 2011.http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA173423302&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w Background/ theories  Cummings, Philip W. "Racism." //Encyclopedia of Philosophy//. Ed. Donald M. Borchert. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 223-227. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 28 Oct. 2011.http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3446801694&mode=view&userGroupName=pl7053&jsid=d32b9cb6c1d231d99655bd3a18359145
 * Racism began because of the power other races felt that they deserved and had over other races.
 * Science has been used to try to prove theories of racism and why it exists and what racism is all about.
 * Racism back in the day mainly was because they believed that 2 different races getting married and having children would cause a "mutiny" or biological dangers in interbreeding.
 * Started figuring out that 2 races who intermingled with one another would create and mix of those 2 races.
 * Some scientists believed mixed races would turn out "morally and inferior" to their parents which was one of the earliest forms of racism
 * Some believe racial discrimination is natural and neccesary for insuring the integrity of the gene pool.
 * Scientists say that some groups don't have as great behaviourol or cognitive traits.


 * Racism is the belief that one group of people are morally or mentally superior to another which causes disputes.
 * Racism is the biggest hate crime that aims at dividing groups of people and making one better then the rest.
 * Racism is an issue that is hard to solve and hard to prevent, they can't just make a magical potion that will prevent this.
 * Some races are more mucial, athletic, warlike, and more then other races which can lead to problems.
 * Some believe Higher races and lower races should not be mixed due to different "strengths" of different races.

Shanks-Meile, Stephanie. "White Backlash." // Civil Rights in the United States //. Ed. Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. // Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context //. Web. 28 Oct. 2011.http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ2338231238&mode=view&userGroupName=pl7053&jsid=033cdc467037c1731bb80456f0daa96d


 * There are barriers for every person of color, women, and people who have disabilities
 * America grew up a racist country, only giving white men the power that everyone deserved to have.
 * Civil rights movement was the main way we eliminated the racial discrimination and should have come sooner.
 * Ku Klux Klan was one of the most intentionally racist groups our nation has ever seen, terrorizing mainly blacks, especially in the south.
 * People who are on the far right in terms of government are mainly people who feel racism is right and should be allowed
 * There is racial codes, or symbols, to be able to communicate without people thinking you are a racist, which is an absurd act and is far beyond racial discourse

Wing, Adrien Katherine. "Conceptualizing global substantive justice in the age of Obama." //Journal of Gender, Race and Justice// Spring 2010: 705+. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011.http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IACDocuments&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=GIC&docId=A233412590&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0
 * The Presidential Election of 2008 was a pivotal moment in U.S. history for racism.
 * Showed that our country was beginning not to care what color skin people had, and elected our first black president.
 * Critical race theory is study in which was developed primarily by law professors of how race and ethnicity are perceived in society.
 * This theory created a conference that tried to identify racism in our society and legal system, but ended up failing and being a bust.
 * So many groups have been formed and so many conferences have been held to figure out and eliminate the racial hatred in certain parts of our society.
 * People believe just because a black president was elected, that racism is over, but it's not and we have to keep fighting as a country to eliminate it.