I HOPE WE WON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND RACISM ON DAY

I hope we won't have to understand racism on day



I hope we won't have to understand racism on day

Summary

Racial discrimination plays a major role for America, today and throughout history. Racism, the prejudice and animosity against a person, or group based on stereotypical construction of their race, is highly relevant in America, especially in the case of the African Americans (Howarth 2009 378-401). African Americans are traditionally Type caste as being violent and untrustworthy. This discrimination has been promoted by prejudice texts, both visual and written. Even in contemporary society, this negative outlook is still prominent. Throughout history the white race has been constructed as being superior to the black race, this concept is created for what purpose? Noticeably after investigating “I hope we won't have to understand racism one day” by Howarth (2009). (Howarth 2009 310-368) Society, when dealing with racial issues seems to propose that African Americans are the main problem in society. The three mentioned texts reflect African Americans with negative ideology.

Justification

Howarth (2009) justifies in this article that the African Americans community help to shape a significant part of society's views. “I hope we won't have to understand racism one day” by Howarth (2009) tells the shameful attitude of how civilised white society treated American Negro's. The story follows a black man's trail of raping a white woman. (Howarth 2009 250-300)

“I hope we won't have to understand racism one day” by Howarth (2009) shows a stereotypical black character as common criminal and portraying them in a simplistic manner. The Negro seems to have little personal life and dies in both stories. Also, the black community is barely incorporated into the text. This marginalization of black Amerians is reinforced by the way both texts foreground the power and prominence of the white community in direct contrast to the lack of power given to the black minority. (Howarth 2009 197-210) It confirms how long African Americans have been negatively represented and constructed in texts and furthermore shows that white people are valued and hold power in our society.

Method and Data Collection

For this article Howarth has utilized the qualitative research approach. Qualitative research is much more subjective than quantitative research and uses very different methods of collecting information, mainly individual, in-depth interviews and focus groups. (Howarth 2009 165-187) However, since this research study is a secondary qualitative research the data ...