Essays on Racial Segregation

“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…