The, Race, And Gender - 1512 Words

Sometimes people find themselves trapped between the lesser of two evils, struggle with which to identify with. These â€Å"choices† though not really choices at all, are given to people everyday and we are forced to suffer or benefit from the consequences of each choice. Now, these are choices that we, ourselves didn’t even pick ourselves, but rather the accident of birth and genetics chose for us before we were even ourselves. The choices I speak about here are the ways in which people deal with intersecting realms of class, race, and gender. Some say that we lose a part of ourselves when we attempt to change how people perceive our class or race, but can we truly change who we are? And do we lose a part of ourselves by trying to be something else? One could fit into a multitude of different labels, and they will have to adjust their persona for each one. For example, a person could be a woman which already relegates them to lesser than a man, or so our society and hi story says. That woman could then be a race other than white, which drops her even lower, and she didn’t choose either of those â€Å"adversities†. On the flip side, one could have been born into the world being a white male with wealthy parents. This male will not have to face the same struggles as the non-white female. Though there will still be struggles for the male, those struggles will still be different than the non-white female. Oppression isn’t a competition, but the fact that non-white, non-male persons haveShow MoreRelatedRace And Gender And Race1409 Words   |  6 PagesThe idea of race and gender is an idea that has been socially constructed. Society has created roles for race and gender, they are determined by what society thinks is appropriate for the gender or race. Some people argue that certain behavior roles are based on gender where as others may believe that it is based on race. I will first discuss how in today’s society we promote to stop racism yet it is still happening everyday, and people are just blind to see it. Creating a role for race is racism,Read MoreGender And Race And Gender889 Words   |  4 PagesGender and Race What is gender and how is it defined? Gender and its definition have been argued over for decades, by the religious, scientific and civilian community. Everyone has created their own definition and their opinion on how to define gender. From a nonscientific perspective, gender is defined by society, which is based on anatomy and basic aesthetics. Determining an individual’s gender based on their anatomy was the common practice in western society since the early 1950’s when televisionRead MoreThe, Gender, And Race1292 Words   |  6 PagesIntersectionality is the practice (law) of looking at the overlap of a gender and race regarding an individual. In most practices before intersectionality it was common practice in law to group a gender together or an one race together in belief that they all had the same struggle and searched for the same outcome. Which was misguided and instead of handling one gender or race for instance (black people as a whole) looking at someone s gender and race as a package (black women not just all women). This new practiceRead MoreRace and Gender1803 Words   |  8 Pagescolor. Those who want to dismiss the notion of the social construction of race normally do so due to their inherent bias to attribute dysfunctional behavior in minority communities due to a racial makeup instead of addressing more systemic problems that plague these communities. Countless studies reveal that lower income people of all groups tend to follow the same negative trajectory. 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Mayella is powerful due to her race; however, she would not be powerful due to her class and gender. One might think she is powerful over all; however, she does not have power in the eyes of some readers. Proceeding on to see if Mayella has power in race. Mayella EwellRead MoreRace, Ethnicity, And Gender783 Words   |  4 PagesRace, ethnicity, and gender has been a significant topic discussed throughout many years. However, it can has its negative cognectation because people feel superior to other people due to their race, ethnicity, social class and gender. There are many philosophical theories that relate to these discussion such as white gaze, one drop rule, and five faces of oppression. Moreover, these theories also applies to my ethnicity which is Dominican. Even though race is not a real concept, due to the factRead MoreGender, Race, And Class957 Words   |  4 Pagesafforded by primarily white, rich males. 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In this society the narrator and all his schoolmates are seen as lower than the â€Å"big shots† and when the narrator goes to give his speech forRead MoreRace, Gender, And Class1501 Words   |  7 Pages How did race, gender or class evolve in America in economic and social terms? Was race or class most important in shaping Colonial America and how do they interact today? Has the very idea of Class become almost synonymous with race (or ethnicity)? I would like to begin my research about immigration from what is was back in the day until modern times. Immigrants play such an important role in American History. People from different countries arrive to â€Å"The New World†, searching