Soc. 3251W Race, Class, and Gender

In response to America's Colorblindness, I think that we as a people are moving in the right direction toward equality. However, I only believe that this is occuring because the cultures are mixing and forming a new blended less distict culture. The United States is becoming less racist because they have to. What I mean by that statement is that people are becoming more accepting of other cultures and races because they have to accept the doctor who saved their life, or their sons wife, etc...Therefore, think the US is making giant strides forward in terms of acceptance of other races but acceptance is not what we need as a unified country we need equality.

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The three reading assignments for today (May.1) deal with cultural opposition when it comes to constructing one’s own image. In the first article it talked about how Asian Americans are seen as exotic aliens who are different from others. Moreover, it showed how minorities are discriminated against in many different ways whether it is their race, class, gender, or ethnicity.

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For May 1, I read the readings on Resistance and Social Change by ORE. The three articles I read broke down the stereotypes against Asain Americans, and Latinos. These articles also viewed the studies between "Seeing more than black and white". Mostly, these articles focused on the struggles for minorities to fit the mold of American culture. They show insight to where the future is headed with saying goodbye to the white majority. The most powerful message to me was reading about the beginning of racism through American Indians. I am part Indian so it is important to me that light on shed on what I feel sometimes is overlooked. Looking past Americas racist past, is the first step to finding a new future.

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In the three Ore readings for May 1, the connecting themes of all the passages relate to oppressed groups in America which do not receive as much publicity as the Black and White conflict does. The first passage focuses on the Asian American population in the U.S. and how they are thought of as recent transplants in this country, no matter how long their family may have been here. This culturally separates them from the general population. From lecture in class we have learned that Asian Americans have the smallest gap in median earnings compared to whites, and generally are seen as the least discriminated against race in America. Does this necessarily mean they are approaching equal footing with the majority? Of course not; Espiritu describes the feminization of Asian American men in the view of the American public as one way in which they are oppressed. This places Asian American women in a precarious position.

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As far as the future is concerned, we always hope that things will improve and that our society will make positive changes. The truth is, that there will probably be separate problems, and of course, they will be unpredictable.

An interesting part of the article was expanding upon the idea of "black and white" in our culture. Obviously, its already not like that right now, but in the future it will change even more. The author discussed that non white/black population will be around 32 percent. Hopefully different cultures will continue to embrace each other.

1. How you do think race relations will change as American culture becomes more integrated?
2. Will there be any economic impacts of an even more diverse America?

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It was pointed out how in the United States race is viewed as being a black and white thing, which seems to be both irrational and problematic. This is something that harkens back to a century or more ago when it was the case that there were few citizens who were not either black or white. Currently though blacks are not even the largest minortiy group, surpassed by hispanics, and the population of non whites or black are projected to surpass 30% during the middle of the century. I t can often have very negative effects when groups of people are ignored like this. Most other groups are grossly underresresented or made to seem non existent by the media. These rare portrayals are also usually likely to be more stereotypical and have a negative impact. A problem that needs to be address is how minorities seem to always be portrayed in extremes and not as more normal with a middle ground in their physical, emotional, and personality characteristics.

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