RACISM IN AMERICA
STRATEGIES TO CURB ON RACISM AND STEREOTYPES IN USA
- Introduction
Brief Description of Problem
Racism from the definition is about the belief that one’s skin color, race, a group, or religion is more superior to the other on humanity grounds. Racism has been a topic that has raised concern from the international community, the civil society, the communities that define our existence and many other stakeholders. The issue of racism has had topics of confrontation in the past years, and nothing, in particular, has happened to either to curb racism and its prominence in the American society. Racism has its roots from time immemorial in the American history and all along the impact of racism has been felt in society ( Sidanius et al, 2000). The repercussions are evident right from the lowest ranked individual in society to the top most. Racism manifests itself in many ways and the list and manner in which it shows up differ greatly in many ways. Important is that racism exists in American society and has been in existence all the way back to 17th century. There have been activists that stood at the outposts to malign the acts of racism in all efforts that they could. Nothing was forthcoming, and in the event of time, some were assassinated in the event of carrying out the noble duty if saving the population and more specifically the undermined and an inferior lot of people that make up the society. America is one great nation in many spheres, but racism has taken a huge percentage of their problems. Racism has been in America against Native Americans, African Americans, Jewish Americans, and Islamophobia and against the Japanese Americans ( Sidanius et al, 2000). It can be understood how racism has taken roots in the society and how it has impacted negatively on the larger percentage of the American Citizens. It is like a national disaster that has hit the nation mercilessly and is not at any point giving the nation a break. It is a malady that eats the nation from within, a nation that is destined for greatness and one which other nations revere in leadership and levels of competency it depicts in its institutions of change for the better society.
Research Question
What should be the best alternatives that can be applied to help rescue America from the malice and humiliations of racism as a national disaster that has gotten the better part of the nation from time immemorial (Jonas et al , 2005).
Thesis Statement
Racism is a counterpoint to all the prevalent practices and beliefs of equality in most developed nations. It exists despite the efforts used to combat it in all manners possible. It has gained ground in the societal setup and clings to human life and coupled with stereotypes that are the agents of doom to societal progress. It is so entangled in the society that it forms the fabric of the same society.
Summary Argument
There should be put measures to help reduce and if at any cost stamp out racism in the American society if the nation has to move forth and adopt the proposals laid out below. Healing from the injustices performed in the name of racism and stereotypes have to be brought to an end by concerted efforts from everyone including the federal governments, national government, the civil society and more importantly the individuals.
The American society should encourage the interracial and intercultural communication in many setups of the society to help reduce on the sharpness of the effect of racism. The move will allow for closer interaction with the people as a whole and a build-up of relations in the long run. Good relationship among people from various divide would result in finer interactions that would help eliminate the animosity that exists in society on grounds of racism.
Reduction of the incidents of hate crimes on the minorities in the country would help cool down the racism and encourage multiculturalism which is the main institutional practice to help curb the disaster.
Avoiding judgment at individual levels about certain races as it has been done before basing on stereotypes and instead judgment be based on one’s performance and level of competency at work. The proclamation of one being lazy and underperforming without getting a personal feel for the problem would only make the state of things for the country worse. The civil society should come in on the same issue for this is where it performs based.
Institutions of learning should also be involved in controlling of racism by setting up a syllabus to be learnt in a class by pupils and students on the benefits of social cohesion through the elimination of racism. It will serve the country a big deal since the knowledge will gain ground right from the grass roots.
Politicians spreading the gospel of cohesiveness and opposition to racism in society should be encouraged and be elected to leadership positions as their visions get upheld for the future generations. Politicians should be at the forefront of the antiracism campaign (Jonas et al , 2005).
Frame Work
The paper will address the contemporary issues that the American society is experiencing in as far as racism is concerned. It will help expose the ill associated with racism in society and work on provision of the remedies to the problem so as to be assured of a unified society that has a common history and one that lives on utmost believe of highest social and political morality. The paper will seek the pertinent issues that are leading to uproars in the public domain as well as what contributes to the stalemate of the matter. In any sense thereof, the paper will try to bring out the truth that is hidden behind falsehoods on which community propagates racism the most and the way to calm down the situation amicably. The paper, however, will not hold anyone at ransom but work on proving that every community is responsible for the problems associated with racism and the only solution is to own up and work on remedies. Issues, as stipulated in the outline, will follow each other concurrently to bring out the exact meaning of the main objective of the paper in the most congruent manner possible (Jonas et al , 2005).
The main objectives to meet is to ensure that the issue of racism has got the ultimate solution basing reference to the earlier experiences on the matter and working on the best way out to bringing a lasting solution to the American population that is overburdened with the state of affairs. It will be for everyone‘s joy if the nation heals from the malady that has been eating it from within and for any reason contributing to its low scores as compared to other nations out there that seek the same position as America.
- Summary of data
It would comprise of most of the statistics that have been initially carried out by any research institution on every sub-topic highlighted beforehand. This would help in giving a projection of what should be done to bring the negative impacts of racism to a standstill. Figures used in this section and other parts of the paper would be based on the true findings, and surveys mostly carried out by the independent civil society and Non-Governmental Organizations. Other research and reports that concur with the paper would also be of value in the provision of leading information for the final draft of the paper and relevance (Hernton et al, 1992).
- Recommendations
It would serve the nation better if took part in the procedures for remedies and correction of the problem that is amongst the people. It is also wise to for every citizen at their levels to work on the eradication of the problem that undermines our country in many areas.
- Conclusion
It will provide a recap of the whole paper in a condensed way and in an exact manner.
References
Hernton, Calvin C. Sex and racism in America. Anchor, 1992..
Jonas, Gilbert. Freedom’s sword: the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969. Routledge, 2005.
Sidanius, Jim, Lawrence Bobo, and David O. Sears. Racialized politics: The debate about racism in America. Chicago University Press, 2000.
