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RACISM

Definition of Racism:

1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. a.) Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be

defined as the hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.

b.) The most notorious example of racism by the West has been slavery, particularly the enslavement of Africans in the New World (slavery itself dates back thousands of years). This enslavement was accomplished because of the racist belief that Black Africans were less fully human than white Europeans and their descendants.

Quotes on Racism:

“Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.”

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

(MLK)

Dennis Leary

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

William Faulkner

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

Unknown Author

“Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color.”

“Racial superiority is a mere pigment of the imagination.”

Dave Chappelle “I still think

people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.”

"Anybody ever been down south? So you guys know what I'm talking about. Now the racism down there is just perfect. It's stewed to a perfection. It's omfortable, it's out in the open. There are no secrets in Mississippi. Everybody knows the deal. Good morning nigger. Good morning sir."

Oprah Winfrey

“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”

Albert Einstein

“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”

Time Line: Establishment of a “New World”

Freedome from Oppression.

Fight to Freeing the Slaves.

Search For New Opportunities, a New Life. Going Overseas to “End Opression & Free

Others”

Attacks at Home.

Pilgrims:

Revolutionary War:

Civil War:

Early Immigration:

WARS!!!

WWI

WWII

Vietnam

Korean War

Desert Storm

September 11, 2001

“Hate Groups”

A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hate, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other designated sector of society. These Organizations have been know for promoting ethnic conflicts, even ethnic cleansing, and other acts.

KKK

Nazis

Solutions?

Suggestions?

Ideas?

Concepts?

Love? Understanding? Separation? Education? Fighting? Racial Clensing?

Solutions?

Suggestions?

Ideas?

Concepts?

Multicultural America

APOLO ANTON OHNO

Caucasian American

Japanese

Olympic Gold medalist; Skater

ADRIANA LIMA

French, Portuguese, Inidigenous Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian

Model

FAITH EVANS

Mother: African-American

Father: Italian-American

Recording Artist for Bad Boy Records

MAGGIE Q. Mother:

Vietnamese

Father: American of Polish, Irish, French-Canadian descent

Actress, Model

PHYLICIA RASHAD

Actress, Model

Mother: African-American

Father: Cherokee Indian

LENNY KRAVITZ

Mother: African-American, West Indian

Father: Russian-Jewish descent

PETE WENTZ

Mother: Hawaiian and Indian

Father: Caucasian

Actor, Director, Musician, lyricist.

PAULA ABDUL

Mother: French-Canadian, Jewish

Father: Syrian, Raised in Brazil

Singer, Actress, Tv show Host

Tiger Woods

Mixed African American, Chinese, and Native American ancestry.

Famous Golfer

“THE ROCK”Dwane Johnson

Samoan, Polynesian, African American

Professional Wrestler, Actor

Cameron Diaz

Mother: English, German, Cherokee

Father: Cuban

Actress

Alicia Keys

Mother: Scottish, Irish, Itallian

Father: African American

Singer, Actress

Barak Obama

Mother: English, German, Irish

Father: African

President of United States

Mariah Carey

Mother: Irish American

Father: Afro-Venezuelan and African American

Singer, Actress, Tv show Host

VIN DIESEL

Father: African American

Mother:Itallian

Producer, Writer, Actor, Director

2.4 percent of the United States is

multiracial Hawaii has the largest multiracial population. – 24.1 percent of its population. Alaska is second with 5.4 percent.

The five least multiracial states are Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama, and South Carolina.

All have multiracial populations less than 1 percent

CensusThe 2000 census over 6.8 million Americans marked an identification with two or more races.

The 2000 census was the first census to allow respondents to choose more than one race.

What does it mean?

The multiracial individual is a visible indication of our country’s move towards acceptance not just tolerance.

As we become more integrated as a society, discussions of race may become unnecessary.

Diversity is not only about race but experiencing various perspectives, values and the thoughts they bring with them.

Future projections

It is expected by 2050, the majority of the US population, nearly 75 million, will identify with more than one race.

Thirty years ago it was 1-100, today it is 1-20.

When they asked –Arnold Arnaff

When they askedIf I was Black or White

or what.I said:I was Black and White

and whatdifferencedid it make to them.and they said:did I have the answers

to the math problems? and I had the answers.

Ways to combat racism.

Face our reluctance to discuss race. Realize that sometimes it isn’t what we

say it is what we do not say. Let children lead the way. Confront stereotyping when it occurs. Don’t wait for Heritage Days and History

months. Beyond Tolerance: Expecting Acceptance.