Essays on Racial Segregation

“Achievement has no color” – here is a deep and thoughtful quote from Abraham Lincoln about his ideas on equality. This intelligent and caring president helped the United States come a long way from the racism seen many years ago. He made a great impact…

The KU KLUX KLAN was a racist, outlawed, conservative organization that was started in order to keep white supremacy in the USA could be seen as a terrorist group to lesser extent and to a greater extent it was seen as a freedom fighting group/organization….

The Walt Disney Animation Studios have a long-standing history of creating art in the early to mid-1900’s that while in its day was socially acceptable, has proven culturally problematic by today’s standards. This is most prominently seen in Disney’s 1955 hit Lady and the Tramp….

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920’s recruited the most members out of any Klan before or after it. More than over a million white men pledged their loyalty to this organization. Their fear of society’s turn in direction is what struck many white men…

The article “How White People Became White” by James R. Barrett and David Roediger, examined how racial personality can in some cases be distorted in that individuals describe racial way of life as portrayed through social settings and even pop culture. Racial symbolism can be…

“What’s the difference between a park bench and a Malay father?” “What?” “A bench can actually support a family of 4.”Laughter erupts amongst my friends. I sit there, mortified. I glance at my only other Malay friend there, looking equally appalled. The girl who made…

What actually is racism? Racism, as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, is the discrimination against a person, or a group of people, by the color of their skin. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “I have a dream that one day my four children…

Throughout history minority backgrounds have endured many struggles which are still in effect today. For example, in the United States racial struggles for African Americans have been ongoing since the civil war. Law enforcement in the past has struggled with racial tension and those struggles…

Alternative sexuality is commonly defined as behaviors, identities and communities that contrast or are in opposition with the culturally and socially dominant sexualities. In the American culture, sexuality plays a significant role in the formation of ethnic and racial identities while ethnicity and race influences…