Social Issues Essays

Article Rhetoric Analysis The article focuses on racial profiling and emphasizes the significance of comprehending its definition. As stated by the American Civil Liberties Union, racial profiling is when law enforcers target crime suspects based on factors such as race, ethnicity, religion or national origin (Gardner, 2014). This definition underscores that racial profiling dismisses any […]

This paper provides a critique of a publication called “Institutional Racism and the Social Work Profession” (National Association of Social Workers, 2007). The publication examines institutional racism, also known as structural racism, which refers to widespread and systematic practices that demonstrate deeply ingrained and often unconscious biases in society. The presence of institutional racism hinders […]

Racial profiling is the discriminative practice done by the law enforcers. This is done by targeting some group of individuals for crime suspicion based on race, religion, ethnicity or even national origin (American Civil Liberties Union, 2016). As practiced, it is based on reliance on characteristics believed to be associated with crime. This paper will […]

If there was no racial segregation in the United States during the 1940’s rock and roll may not have been created. Rock and roll had an overwhelming influence on how white teenagers and black teenagers began to intermingle with each other. The rock and roll “movement” forced bigot Major Record labels to change their business […]

The United States of America – land of the brave and free – has a dark, sordid past that is entirely different from its present dedication to upholding human rights and supporting equality and democracy throughout the world. Despite the so-called “black advancement” following the victory of the North in the Civil War, loopholes and […]

Income Inequality and Economical Segregation, by I Kawachi, explores the effects of income inequality on economic segregation. The article highlights a decline in the proportion of urban poor Americans living in non-poor areas from 45% to 31% between 1970 and 1990. Additionally, those residing in impoverished neighborhoods increased from 38% to 41%. Moreover, wealthy American […]

Although there have been global efforts to counter the trend, women continue to enter traditionally male-dominated occupations. Nevertheless, they encounter various personal and professional challenges while striving for success. One such challenge is the rarity of women holding leadership positions within construction teams. The freedom for women to choose between being nurses or staying at […]

“Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life. ” -Sri Sathya Sai Baba Cleanliness is the absence of dirt, including dust, stain, bad smells and garbage. The place where you live somehow determines the kind of person you are and the kind […]

Self-segregation of students is taking place in high school as well as on college campuses. Student find comfort and security among their own groups but when this division occurs where individuals “hang out” with a specific race, does this encourage racism? Should action be implemented in this event to prevent self-segregation in our schools or […]

Roads have become an essential aspect of America, especially since the late 50s. The development of the interstate highway has connected far-reaching cities to one another, intending to share opportunities and increase accessibility. It has also facilitated the movement outwards and has reshaped the urban environment. These low-density areas on the outskirts of cities characterize […]

Self Worth and Pride in Langston Hughes’ Poems Self worth and pride show up in the poems of Langston Hughes in vague, but important ways. In his poems Hughes talks about the role of African Americans in society today and how it misleadingly reflects on their part in building and keeping America strong. He also […]

June Jordan’s essay entitled, “Many Rivers to Cross” talks about racism and injustice in the voice of Jordan herself.   It demonstrates her personal experiences to emphasize the reality of oppression that were prevalently being experience by most black women. The essays also contain several narration of Jordan’s life story that highlighted several instances of […]

Issues of race and sport in the United States are certainly still prevailing and obvious; many would rather have these issues not be addressed. Some people may choose to ignore them, perhaps stemming from a belief that if we single out the black athletes for discussion, we only heighten stereotypes. As a result, American culture […]

In her moving and astonishing novel Sula, published in 1973, Toni Morrison presents the lives of two black heroines – Nel Wright and Sula Peace. The author pictures their growing up together in a small Ohio town, their sharply divergent paths of womanhood, and their ultimate confrontation and reconciliation. Nel Wright chooses to stay in […]

The system of racial segregation and discrimination known as apartheid had a pervasive impact on South Africa. It required individuals to occupy specific areas at school based solely on their physical traits, such as hair color, leading to extensive social segregation and limitations on opportunities. In this discussion, I will highlight the inhumane living conditions […]

In technique and material, I think that no American had ever offered a more moving analysis of the racial situation of America than Fredrick Douglass did at Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852. I have noticed a lot of things about how there are so many things that people don’t think about or choose […]

Anyone can point out many kinds of discrimination in their daily lives such as gender discrimination at their workplace, ethnic discrimination in foreign countries, and age discrimination. The book titled Desiree’s Baby, was based on the generation in the 1850s where great hatred was demonstrated towards negroes, mulattos, and whites. Even some states have laws […]

A topic that is very dear to me and strikes me is African-Americans not embracing their self as a whole. Ever since the early days of slavery, many people have felt that their skin color is ugly. Time after time after time, white people perception of superiority and desecration of the Africans skin color has […]

In my interpretation, the concept of race pertains to individuals’ physical attributes such as facial features and skin color. Conversely, ethnicity encompasses cultural and social aspects including beliefs, customs, and language. While in America, race is commonly defined by skin tone and hair structure, this can prove challenging in countries like Brazil where the climate […]

James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” portrays the theme of suffering through the struggle between two brothers attempting to comprehend each other. The story highlights the challenges faced by African-Americans in the mid-twentieth century, where their societal status was determined by race. Though the brothers seem dissimilar initially, Sonny’s brother starts comprehending his sibling’s peculiar ways towards […]

Desiree’s Baby by Fury Borges Diaz As I read “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, I couldn’t imagine living in an era where my value as a human being was determined by my skin color. I ask myself if I would have been considered an Afro-Cuban and treated like a slave just because my father is […]

The use of similes and metaphors emphasize the feelings and emotions of Callum and Sephy. The use of descriptive writing is employed by Blackman to give the reader insight into the effects and emotions of racism. An example of this is shown to the reader when Sephy describes how difficult it was for her to […]