James Rachels Reverse Discrimination

Whites were given job opportunities and proper education, showing the unfairness blacks faced. “During the Great Migration (1910–1920), African Americans by the thousands poured into industrial cities to find work and later to fill labor shortages created by World War I. Though they continued to face exclusion and discrimination in employment, as well as some segregation in schools and public accommodations…” (The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom). As emphasized by the historic movement, whites have more rights than blacks.

While reading Black Corporate Executives by Sharon M. Collins, one of the overarching cemented themes that resonated was the racialization of labor. Specifically, public and private sector jobs hiring African Americans to fill roles that serviced other black people, as well as catering to what was deemed as black interests such as marketing tactics that targeted the black dollar. Although this approach helped some blacks to amalgamate and form the newly emerging black middle class, I question the psychosomatic effects beyond these individuals [possibly] losing their employment and pecuniary status as a result of economic shifts and evidence suggesting that African Americans were equally on par with whites within the job market. Affirmative

Module 1 How did this reading and analysis change, extend, and/or align with your notions of how the world works? In the chapter excerpt, Breaking the Silence, Chris Knaus made me realize that regardless of your race does not mean you have an easy life. People underestimate the fact that everyone has problems. You can be rich or poor, black or white, tall or short, etc. Whether it should do with race or not.

Affirmative action is the policy of giving special consideration to minorities and women. People should be chosen based on their abilities and not race, or gender. In the case of Gratz v. Bollinger (2003), the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional if affirmative action automatically increases an applicant 's chances over others just because of their race or gender. The University of Michigan used a 150-point scale to rank applicants, with 100 points needed to guarantee admission. The University gave minorities an automatic 20-point bonus towards their score.

Jane Elliot, an elementary school teacher from a small, predominately white town in Iowa, brainstormed an experiment focusing on racism and the effects of discrimination on individuals. After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Jane Elliot felt it was a perfect time to try this experiment when her students questioned why one would want to murder their “hero of the month.” To explain the reasoning of King’s assassination to the students, Mrs. Elliot created a two-day experiment to teach them a very important and unforgettable lesson on discrimination. Mrs. Elliot divided her class up based on the eye color of her students; the first day children with brown eyes were the inferior group that had to wear collars in order to clearly identify they were the “bad group,” while all the students with blue eyes were superior. On the second day the roles were reversed.

This was the result of many studies that looked at these academic tracking programs. From this, one can conclude the Black group is a disadvantage when compared to another group such as the whites. They are mostly in the lower academic tracking programs and it would be hard to move up to the higher academic tracking programs. They then receive unequal amount of education as the whites do. This can then affect what type of job they have in the future.

There are several ethical dilemmas presented in this case. The first is that of racial discrimination, or more specifically, reverse discrimination. Reverse discrimination is the unfair treatment of a dominant or majority group which results from policies established to correct discrimination of a minority group. If a person is not allowed to have the same privileges or rights as another because of his race, it is considered inequitable. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the basis for all discrimination issues as it outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin.

Shortly after 6 pm on April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. At the time, King was at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee . As he was standing on the balcony of his hotel room, he was struck in the head by a sniper. The assassin was none other than a man known as James Earl Ray. It is theorized that James Earl Ray had worked alone in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.. James Earl Ray was a man known for his racial prejudice.

This lead to black adults being less educated than the majority of white adults. “A white student who completed the eighth grade was almost certainly far ahead of the black child at the same grade level,” (Peter Irons). White students were taught more. The learning

Also, white people gave many orders to black people do any order they take from white people. Black people were educated and worked anything white people wanted. Then, black people were forced to learn and know the history of slavery. They should know the true history not the history of slave because they able to take their right in that society, but white people do not allow by that because white people do not want black people have any right in that society. The ideas of race and strategies between black and white people prevented equality among people in education and in other aspects.

The world says, intelligence and talent are the criterion a man is judged upon. Is it really so? Even in the most modern and civilized of societies discrimination prevails in forms numerous and indirect. In a most modern society, where we humans call ourselves advanced and rational, here is a story of a man whose life was shaped by indifference to his racial identity.

Elie Wiesel said in his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Discrimination happens in three different forms: bystander, perpetrator, and victim. Every single individual is guilty of judging another person for being themselves.

Many people throughout the world have either witnessed or been targeted towards reverse discrimination, in work, school, or in public places. There are different ways to be reverse discriminated from race, religion, age, and so many more different types. There have been many stories of reverse discrimination; many people don’t realize how much of it there is. When someone feels they have been Discriminated from something or by someone such as in a job or at a school many people tend to take it to court and fight for the rights they have but that process becomes difficult. How difficult can it be to spot reverse discrimination, many people don’t actually realize it 's happening because they are the ones discriminating.

Racial distinctions between Africans Americans and Caucasians have been used to justify significant differences in jobs, policing and housing, leading to great injustices. If we want to address those injustices we need to change the way we think about what our society needs to do in order to strive. The racial influence on finding jobs for African Americans in modern society still worsens as discrimination still decides who gets the job or the promotion. For example, if two qualified males of both races applied for a job the one who would be called up for the job is most likely the Caucasian male.

It has proven to be a difficult issue in the past and today as many things a bias towards one type of people rather than another. This is present in many colleges all across America. According to the document, racial inequality is present in all of the following forms; “the racial-ethnic disparities that existed among administrators, faculty members, students, and other staff persons in that part of the university; the cultural-biased epistemology that dominated the courses taught at the COE; and the continued practice of using culturally biased tests as a major criterion for student admissions in various departments in the college,” (CITATION). Due to these, many university staff members are working to eradicate this inefficient learning community. The discrimination of other races by whites is unbelievable.