Tory – Contemporary Racism

A Story of the Way Racism Manifests Itself Today

Tory — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:43:01 +0000

I recently spoke to my mom the other day and she told me a story about her best friend from high school that I thought was particularly interesting for purposes of our class. Her friend Carrie adopted three children from China since she was never able to have her own children. The middle child is currently a senior in high school and for the past few years has been struggling with a disorder known as ...

Taking The Next Step

Tory — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:59:55 +0000

Throughout the past few weeks I have noticed many people posting comments about Trayvon Martin on Facebook. Their comments range from different news articles, pictures of a boy holding skittles and their own personal opinions filled with anger at the injustice of the situation. Whereas I am glad to see that these individuals are clearly outraged by what happened, I also know that these postings are their only efforts to speak out against this problem. ...

The Unknown Gravity Of Stereotyping

Tory — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:29:07 +0000

The following links provide news coverage about an assault that took place at Trinity College, which is about 15 minutes from the town I live in CT. http://vimeo.com/37918446 http://articles.courant.com/2012-03-05/community/hc-trinity-assault-0305-20120304_1_frederick-alford-trinity-tripod-trinity-college The victim was a Sophomore at Trinity College and the incident occurred in the early hours of the morning on Sunday March 4, 2012. Trinity College is located in Hartford, Connecticut, an area that does not hold a very good reputation for being safe. The second ...

Does Race Have Anything to do With It?

Tory — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:01:32 +0000

The link below is a news article in the Hartford Courant regarding a member of the Northwest Catholic High School basketball team (my high school which I graduated from). http://www.courant.com/sports/high-schools/hc-zach-lewis-0210-20120209,0,2674229.story Zach Lewis was dismissed from the team as a result of an issue that occurred completely outside of school. The school was not obligated to kick him off of the team since the incident did not happen on school grounds. However, he is no longer ...

Addressing an Individual of Another Race

Tory — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:53:26 +0000

This past weekend I went to see the movie Red Tails in theaters which is the story of the a group of African American fighter pilots during World War II. They are faced with a great deal of racism as they are viewed to be not as capable to fight against the Germans in comparison to the other White pilots. Towards the end of the movie the African American pilots start to conquer many missions ...

Moving Past Discomfort and On to Change

Tory — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:06:21 +0000

When talking about systemic racism, Connie addressed us as a class inquiring about who was a racist. Being asked such a weighted question has truly stuck with me and I have continued to re-address it since that class. I also have another class with the same teacher; while teaching a lesson she used me as an example and asked the same question (are you a racist) infront of the whole class. I was completely aware ...