Race and Ethnicity

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This paper discusses how race and ethnicity have been one of the major factors in discriminating against other human beings. The paper suggests that political leaders, religious scholars and champions of different causes have always looked for some common factor that can unite them against their rivals and give them an advantage over the others. The paper gives some examples of this and discusses its consequences.

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"[Gates, 1991] points out that the subconscious and subtle prejudice built over the years is the greatest obstacles to black's progress today. Negative stereotyping has the effects which are not easily understood. By stereotyping one basically closes his or her eyes and the person is not judged. In stereotyping, if a person does not fit the stereotype, people look for excuses for this departure from the stereotype. The result is that a rightfully entitled person is denied many opportunities and the psychological effects on the individual and the stigmatized group are enormous."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ahmed, O., Fairness of American Muslims, Chapter 15: Race & Ethnicity
• Feagin, J. R. and Sikes, P.M., Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience, Publisher: Beacon Press. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1994.
• Freund, D., What is the difference between race and ethnicity? [Online] retrieved from Internet on 5th May 2006, http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-experts-03-02.htm
• Gates, H.L. (Ed) (1991). Bearing Witness: Selections from African-American Autobiography in the Twentieth Century, New York: Pantheon Books.
• Pyrillis, R., Sorry for not being a stereotype, Chapter 15: Race & Ethnicity

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