Slave Mentality Research Paper
Removing the Slave Mentality and Oppression through Violence
Freedom is defined as the custom of being free from restraints; Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression, political independence, and the possession of civil rights (dictionary.com). Freedom and equality are connected to each other so much that you can not have freedom without having true equality and vice versa. When looking at the twentieth century many people all over the world were not born with freedom or born with equal rights. In most cases, people were oppressed by various forms of state sponsored racism, discrimination, and terror by other social groups. These same people have also been victims of the social hierarchy, which affects all other aspects …show more content…
One might say that if a law is changed then eventually people will change with the law. But we see numerous occasions where this is not true. The courts have no power to enforce the laws that they change; the laws of equality must be enforced by the masses. If we have equality why are percentages so disproportionate in colleges, why is unemployment higher for African Americans, why are laws so racially charged, and why are so many more African Americans in prison today. If the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the constitution were real and not just symbols we would not have racial tension within the United States that holds such high standards of freedom, equality, and tolerance. Our ideal selves tell us that people are not racist and discriminate today, when in actuality people are and still hold racist and bigoted beliefs close to their …show more content…
Racism has also affected all other aspects of American society such as politics, the media, and all other social interaction. Racism serves both to discriminate against ethnic minorities and to maintain advantages and benefits for white Americans. Racism is so engrained in American culture the only way to end racial tension and discrimination is for the masses of African Americans to either take arms against their white countrymen or to leave this country entirely and return voluntarily as all other groups of minorities have done throughout this nation's short
Freedom is defined as the custom of being free from restraints; Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression, political independence, and the possession of civil rights (dictionary.com). Freedom and equality are connected to each other so much that you can not have freedom without having true equality and vice versa. When looking at the twentieth century many people all over the world were not born with freedom or born with equal rights. In most cases, people were oppressed by various forms of state sponsored racism, discrimination, and terror by other social groups. These same people have also been victims of the social hierarchy, which affects all other aspects …show more content…
One might say that if a law is changed then eventually people will change with the law. But we see numerous occasions where this is not true. The courts have no power to enforce the laws that they change; the laws of equality must be enforced by the masses. If we have equality why are percentages so disproportionate in colleges, why is unemployment higher for African Americans, why are laws so racially charged, and why are so many more African Americans in prison today. If the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the constitution were real and not just symbols we would not have racial tension within the United States that holds such high standards of freedom, equality, and tolerance. Our ideal selves tell us that people are not racist and discriminate today, when in actuality people are and still hold racist and bigoted beliefs close to their …show more content…
Racism has also affected all other aspects of American society such as politics, the media, and all other social interaction. Racism serves both to discriminate against ethnic minorities and to maintain advantages and benefits for white Americans. Racism is so engrained in American culture the only way to end racial tension and discrimination is for the masses of African Americans to either take arms against their white countrymen or to leave this country entirely and return voluntarily as all other groups of minorities have done throughout this nation's short