Laws on never events
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“The Whiteness Project is a multi-platform media project that examines both the concept of whiteness itself and how those who identify as “white” process their ethnic identity. The project’s goal is to engender debate about the role of whiteness in American society and encourage white Americans to become fully vested participants in the ongoing debate about the role of race in American society.”
The task is to dialogue with two different people who are profiled on The Whiteness Project website. You must choose two of the following four people:
1. The white man wearing blue hospital scrubs;
2. The white woman wearing Purple Blouse w/silver chain and medallion;
3. The white woman with long blonde hair and wearing black shirt with white vertical stripes;
4. The white woman with short brown hair, nose ring, and glasses.
You can agree with what they say. You can disagree. You can strongly object. You can get into a heated argument. That decision is entirely yours.
To aid your efforts, please read (and reference in your essays) the attached readings: (1) Bonilla Silva, “Rethinking Racism” (2) Desmond and Emirbayer, “To Imagine and Pursue Racial Justice.”
Write 450-500 words for each of the two people that you choose. That means the total length of your essay should be between 900-1000 words.
SAMPLE ANSWER
Laws on never events
The white woman wearing Purple Blouse w/silver chain and medallion
To some extent, there is agreement with the utterances of the lady. She points out to the domination of the country by white men who have turned to be exclusive. However, there is no problem with the abundance of the white men in the country. This is because; no one chooses the color of their skin. People just find themselves in certain pigmentation. The problem is with the exclusion of others on basis of color. The lady points to the exclusion done by white men to people who are not white males. This is where the problem comes in. The abundance of the white males in the country would yield no negative sentiments without the exclusion element. Although the tendency to exclude others can be said to have been planted in the orientation of people by their predecessors and therefore hard to do away with, there is responsibility of every one to put efforts to ensure a correction of this orientation. We are all responsible in correcting the mistakes done in the past even if we did not participate in doing the wrong. (Matthew and Mustafa, p260) On this note, with the inclination that the excluding attitude of the white men is wrong, it calls for efforts of every one to ensure a correction of the same.
On the same note, there is need to understand that the issues of racism, or specifically white male domination as discussed by the lady, is not a matter of biological component, rather it is a social issue. Even social scientists acknowledge that the issues of racism are socially constructed and not based on biological matters, (Eduardo pp472).This calls for understanding of the past orientations, and not to show the negative attitude toward the white male domination as indicated by the lady toward the end of the conversation. Gain, the inclination of the issue towards social aspects means that there are all possibilities of arriving at a viable solution; hence it is not a matter to be given up on.
It is crucial that everyone does not regard their pain as being the largest. This is because, as the other people accuse the white (males) of domination and exclusion of others, the whites feel that they are unfairly accused. With this in mind, it is crucial that every one considers the feelings of the others and come up with solutions that are aimed at bringing consensus and not oppressing one side of the issue., It is not helpful to only concentrate on the pain on our side, rather there should be efforts to understand the issue from the other person’s side of view, (Matthew and Mustafa pp 260-261)
The white woman with short brown hair, nose ring, and glasses
To some extent also, there is some degree of agreement with the assertions of the lady about whites and racism. First, it is true that the whole issue is complicated by the association of white with power. It is agreeable that many people associate the white people with power, and therefore, the debates of racism and color are not entirely on the outward issues but on the power associated with the color. As the lady points out, it is crucial that everyone feels powerful and proud wherever they are. This is because, when one explores their abilities to the maximum, there is always opportunity to reach the feelings of power in a certain area. This is what people should work towards and not on excluding others are accusing others of doing the same on basis of their color.
It is in alignment with those thoughts that there is need to put efforts in addressing the attitudes of the people in both sides, the whites (majority) and the non-whites (the minority). The efforts of ensuring that the people in both sides of the issue have positive attitudes towards the efforts of addressing racism is crucial in ensuring success of tackling the issue, (Matthew and Mustafa pp262) With absence of instilling the positive attitude, the efforts would not bear fruits. There would be much disparity between the two sides such that to arrive at a consensus would be too difficult.
However, the utterances of the lady, that everyone could feel proud and powerful whenever they are is doubtful. This view does not orient to disagreement that everyone could arrive at this. Rather, the doubts originate from the difficult circumstances posed by the domination of the whites that render it difficult for the non whites to achieve the pride and the feelings of powerful as said. There is acquisition of relative autonomy in the social settings by the racism, even as much as it is socially addressed, (Eduardo pp 474). This autonomy at times translates to dominance which is so high such that the non whites find it difficult to cultivate their power and feelings of pride. With the domination of the whites in all spheres of life, it is difficult for the non whites to cultivate their pride. But this view is still arguable because; the domination of the whites can rightfully be said to be pegged on numbers. The whites being the majority in the country are expected to be higher in number in most of the areas. It is crucial to look for means of softening the extents of the effects of discrimination even in work areas, (Hochschild pp 337) Of crucial point is the extent of the domination especially in relation to power and the extent of the exercise of the pride because, show of pride such that it interferes with other people will impact negatively in the society.
Works cited
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. “Rethinking Racism: Towards a Structural Interpretation.” The University of Michigan (1996)
HOCHSCHILD, JENNIFER L. “Acting White? Rethinking Race In Post-Racial America.” Political Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) 129.2 (2014): 336-337. Academic Search Premier. Web. 29 May 2015.
https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub1038713
Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer. “To Imagine and Pursue Racial Justice”: Harvard University (2012)
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