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In “The Other Side is not Dumb”, Blanda observes that, naturally, among human beings in society, people independently make decisions of their own that are dependent on their tastes and preferences or whatever it is that strongly appeals to them (Blanda). Because of this, opinions and preferences may differ and this becomes the basis of conflict. Over the years, human beings have learned to be defensive of their ideals and in this way, they are biased in their schools of thought and logic or critical thinking is hardly complication due to opposition to ideas (Blanda) . In current society, there are different treatment of students based on race in school. Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: These first five paragraphs summarize your sources. Instead of starting in this way, introduce the main argument of your paper. What is your topic? What is your argument regarding that topic? Which major text will you be using as a framework to understand the topic better? Remember that you must still introduce your topic before discussing the sources you’ll use to support your argument.

Boyd, in “Why America is Self-Segregating”, argues on the same as the appeal to common belief. The postings and publications by the American public in social media platforms are only accommodate to those that they feel are compatible to their ideologies beliefs and are more likely to like, share or subscribe to their content whilst belittling and shunning any opposing ideologies in the process and shutting out persons from the conversation in totality thus creating pocket groups in the online community (Boyd, Why is America Self-Segregating).

In “Self Segregation”, Ferguson argues that ideas peddled on social media platforms, and other social gatherings, are found to appeal to persons who share the same ideology and are usually skimmed over by other parties (Durden). This leads to little or no challenge offered against these extremist opinions and people remain within their own opposing clusters and does not create an opportunity for the development of centrist opinions (Durden).

Bhopal, in her book “White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society”, she discusses about the effects of white privilege on self-segregation and the power of racial ignorance in the interactions of the colored persons in the UK and the US. It analyses antidiscrimination policy in educational and work scenes and critiques their application and their roles in the promotion of racial ignorance (Bhopal, White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society).

In the speech that former president of the US, President Barrack Obama delivered in Howard University commencement address, he acknowledges that racial relations have changed over the years but denied the existence or his creation of a post-racial society (Kennedy). The former president also regrets to announce that racism persists and inequality persists despite the improvement in the racial relations in the US (Kennedy).

Self-segregation is observed in many various life situations. An example of self-segregation in the US may be viewed by studying university systems in terms of boarding. Where most universities allocate the boarding facilities, it is observed that students organize their own closed group associations that might cover their living standards such as people of the same race occupying certain buildings as boarding spaces. This observation is similar to that of the Jim Crow era of forced educational segregation as well as community racial segregation. Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Can you provide evidence that supports your claim? Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Re-phrase this to “could be the dorm rooms at universities.” Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Bring one of our main readings into the conversation. Could Obama, Boyd, or Blanda add anything to your observation? Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Are you talking about sororities and fraternities? If not, what are these “closed group associations” called?

Self-segregation has also been observed to exist in areas where it had previously been battled before or eradicated. In the US military, desegregation was a major characteristic and recruitment was open to all persons and citizens of the US. Privatization of the military has, however, rendered the military prone to the segregation patterns applied in other societal institutions (Boyd, Self-segregation: how a personalized world is dividing Americans). Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Since this paragraph has the same topic as the previous one, I suggest combining them.

Race has no absolute biological base and it is a conception created by the society at large and the concepts of race differ from both between and within the white and colored peoples of the US, or any other country for that matter. Society can change the description of the social structure, because society has created these descriptions, with the development of the community, these concepts are also likely to change (Hodson). Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Again—same topic, same paragraph. Remember that paragraphs are used to separate topics : ) Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Change to “people of color in the U.S.” Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: This is a great point.

The institution of race as a social construct has effectively blurred the society’s view on what is racist and what is not (Hodson). There is observed an ignorance of the feelings of peoples of color in institutional and public treatment and racial ignorance promoted by self-segregation. Much like the social construct of race, gender is a social construct that has developed over the years and what was once believed to be biologically predisposed roles for gender categories has slowly over the years been understood to hold no scientific fact or basis. The social construct of gender has changed since then and continues to change with feminism.

In the study of the effects of auto-segregation in the US, one particular topic of segregation that was experienced in the US and that is integral to the history of the country is that of racial segregation (Cohen). America being a conglomerate of cultures and communities is thus a country that has quite a number of people of different racial construct (Nesoff). The topic of race as a social construct is often seen to be a difficult one owing to certain beliefs held by parties in the US that may have indifferent opinions on the subject matter (Cohen). Following one-time events such as development of legislation to include certain races (for example suffrage), or the 2008 Presidential election win by a black man, is one way the difficulty in addressing the issue at hand is ignored and passed up as post-racial metamorphosis (Bhopal, Towards a post-racial society: how to make universities more inclusive). Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Reflect/interpret/explain this paraphrase. What is being said here, and how does it support your claim that the U.S. (and greater world) is still racialized?

Post-racial society refers to the existence of an environment free of racial prejudice, preference or discrimination (Nesoff). This is however theoretical as it is yet to be observed and the social construct of race created by man serves only to categorize the objective world in a fashion that belittles certain races as inferior to others. In recent times, racism has been observed less directly as it was in the slavery days and following the 2008 Presidential elections the US believed itself to have entered the post-racial phase after electing their first black president (Bhopal, The myth of a post-racial society: white privilege is still being perpetuated in English schools). Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: What is problematic about this “post-racial” belief? For instance, if the public believes that racism no longer exists, how likely are they to take action against racism? You’ve given your readers the information, now explain how the information causes conflict/division, and how we could address it as a society.

Although ignorance is one of the most famous names in the social construction, but the impact of racial ignorance of the American state of a threat to the will of the Constitution, reflects the commitment to the land of the free and equal opportunity for endless (Nesoff). Racial ignorance only goes on to support and feed white supremacy and white privilege alike. This has been observed in the universities where self-segregation can be studied in a small scale community (Bhopal, Towards a post-racial society: how to make universities more inclusive) (Nesoff). Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Again, you’ve provided great information, but you still need to add your own statements that explain your argument. Be explicit and tell your readers how the belief that we’re living in a post-racial society as well as the unequal treatment of people of color is problematic for the U.S.’s progression. How (exactly) do these things incite conflict within the public, and how (exactly) can we progress towards a less racialized and more equal society? I recommend bringing in one of our major texts and explaining what they suggest as a solution. Would their solution work for this specific conflict? Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Re-phrase to “racial ignorance in America is a threat to the constitution, which reflects the commitment . . . ” I think this sentence will better articulate your meaning.

Post racial society remains a myth in the US as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Statistics) documented that median black and Hispanic workers are observed to earn about 80% of what their fellow median white co-workers earn (Bhopal, The myth of a post-racial society: white privilege is still being perpetuated in English schools). News stories have also been rife with sad stories of the incarcerations and extra-judicial killings of black persons on the streets with black people incarcerations beings 6.6 times the rate of that of whites.

In the video study, the speech delivered by former President Obama highlights the non-existence of the post-racial society (Kennedy). He names the inequalities that exist in the treatment and societal approach towards persons of color. His words speak about the looming existence of white privilege in the US and in US institutions of education and business (Kennedy). Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: What video study are you referring to?

With the spread of information being hastened and the spread of mass and social media use around the country, and world alike, the spread of fake news and notions such as that of the existence of a post-racial society that snuff opposing ideals has been encouraged (Cohen).

Preferential attachment, which is heavily characterized in this process of spread of fake news, undermines opposing notions and ideals no matter how true and this very easily leads to the ignorance of the feelings and challenges faced by groups that may be subject to the claims purported by the fake news publications (Boyd, Why is America Self-Segregating). Ferguson observed that implications of social media use demonstrate the sharing of common ideas amongst people who share the same belief or status in life (Durden). Ideally, social media prevalence in human interactions illuminates the society’s beliefs where existing white privilege groups or groups where beliefs of racial ignorance are peddled further serve to segregate the nation (Cohen).

As social constructs are susceptible to change as the society that forms them changes, then the effects of self-segregations, especially those in reference to racial ignorance, may very well evolve/ change dependent on how the present society handles the subject. A deeper understanding of the feeling and history of these racial divides and persons could in turn develop a desegregated generation in the future that achieves the conception of a functional post-racial society.

In the US, the post-racial society remains a dream and to the people of color it has now become the true American Dream. The dreams embodied in the great Martin Luther King Jr. “I have a dream” speech are yet to materialize. The society that generates segregation within itself challenges the evolution of human society in its interactions as a species. To break down racial ignorance there, as Blanda provides, needs to be an understanding of one another’s emotional composition, history and mentality (Blanda). Racial restraints are born of mental and emotional limitations rather than physical as race is not a biological trait that places dominance over any human to another. Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: Great sentence. Comment by Vasquez, Haley Katherine: YES! Write more sentences like this throughout your entire paper. If you see Blanda giving a possible solution to racism, then talk more about him in each paragraph and how his solutions can directly affect these problems.

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