Lexie – Contemporary Racism

The “N” Word

Lexie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:15:43 +0000

As we left class on Thursday, I decided to ask a question that I have wanted to ask for a while. At 4:15, as class was getting out, I said, “Connie, I have a complicated question that I want a quick answer to. My friends use the ‘n’ word, and I know it’s wrong, but I don’t know what to say to them to prove that it is inappropriate to use. How do I make ...

Colorblind Ideology in Children

Lexie — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:55:43 +0000

On Thursday, we talked about the use of colorblind ideology in general, but what I found most interesting was the way in which it was taught to children. In the study by Apfelbaum et al. (2010), children were put into two conditions: one in which colorblind ideology was taught and one in which talking about racial differences was promoted, or the value-diversity condition. The thing that interested me the most was the way in which ...

How Much Do I Expect of You?

Lexie — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:32:52 +0000

In class on Tuesday, we talked about the consequences of stereotype threats on certain individuals. In our society, we have many stereotypes that we use every second to help us better understand our surroundings. We use these in every setting, including school. We believe that Asians are smart, men are better at math than Women, and Black students will fall behind. Are these true? Maybe in some cases. Definitely not in all cases. But just ...

Racism? What Racism?

Lexie — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:23:15 +0000

When I started reading an article for this class last week and realized that it was about Hurricane Katrina, I was confused. To be honest, I did not know that Hurricane Katrina had anything to do with race. The only negative things that I heard about Katrina (besides, of course, the terrible damage that it did) was that the government took a long time to respond. When I learned about the hurricane in school, the ...

Children and Racism

Lexie — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:09:55 +0000

http://library.adoption.com/articles/young-children-and-racism.html After discussing the Devine (1989) article in class, we had a lot to discuss. Unfortunately, in such a short period of time that we have for class, we were unable to talk about all of the implications of this study. This study had three main findings: all individuals are aware of racist stereotypes; individuals, when primed, automatically act on these stereotypes and change their behavior or perception of an individual; and when in a ...

Speak Up!

Lexie — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:20:14 +0000

King, M.L. (1967). The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement. While reading the essay by Martin Luther King, Jr., a specific part truly stuck out to me. In regard to discussing racism he stated, “These are often difficult things to say but I have come to see more and more that it is necessary to utter the truth in order to deal with the great problems that we face in our ...