Final Paper Sociology 101 George Ndakala
Racism is one of the most sensitive topic and also one that has an effect on me the most. Racism to me I can define it as thinking of ones race to be better than the other or down looking at another person’s race. Racism according to Albert Memmi’s Assigning value to Difference is defined as, “generalized and final assigning of values to real and imaginary differences, to the accuser’s benefit and at his victim’s expenses in order to justify the former’s own privileges or aggression.” From sociology in modules racism is described as, “the belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.” Many people always think racism is a one sided issue, from whites to people of color, but that’s not always the truth, racism can also be towards white people from people of color.
From another perspective Gloria Yamoto in “something about the subject” defines racism from a different angle, “Racism is the systematic, institutionalized mistreatment of one group of people by another based on racial heritage.” From all this, the one thing that is common in…show more content… I used to think things are always smooth and rosy but that wasn’t it. I had the believe that America being a first world country, a super power and being in the 21st century, racism was something of the past. I started learning the truth and that racism is still rampant, alive and kicking. I lived in a majority white community, and I can recall going to the store with my cousin and we being the only black people. People used to look at us like we are at the wrong place. At first I was thinking its normal, but my cousin told me that’s not the case. He said most of the people felt like we don’t belong there and we are intruders, which left me wondering, I thought this is America and people are free to live and stay where they feel
