The Critical Race Theory
There are many people today that believe that racism has been terminated. There are a lot of ways to support it too, with affirmative action, having a black president, and even interracial marriages. In reality, however, racism has not only progressed, but it has evolved throughout the time of its life. In “Theories and Constructs of Race”, by Linda Holtzman and Leon Sharpie, the authors use different logical theories and facts to let the reader know that racism is still alive. Firstly, The authors introduce the readers to The Critical Race Theory(CRT). The theory has many core components which include “[t]he permanence of racism, critique of liberalism, whiteness of property....”(600). CRT revolves around the permanence of racism, so this
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This is one of the main reasons why racism exists and continues to thrive in the United States. Meta-narratives do not only justify the existing power structure, but they also explain situations in simple manners(601). This is important because it creates schemas that impact the way certain groups perceive others, A schema which is “a mental model or thinking that influences the way we organize and simplify our knowledge of the world around us”(601). Schemas create perceptions of different people because it is what people take out of a story. Everyone is different, and will have different opinions. No matter if the person’s viewpoint is right or wrong, they will always want to state their opinion or viewpoint. Many people, however, do not support their viewpoint with concrete facts and create schemas that have negative effects on certain groups. In fact, the authors specifically talk about the “primitive people” schema. The schema states that “[i]ndigenous people of the Western Hemisphere were primitive, uncivilized, and underdeveloped with little or no understanding of science and technology…”(610). This schema has hurt Native Americans as a whole because “[f]alse beliefs based on this schema can be activated in our mind by a variety of stereotypical words or images…”(610). The stereotypes end up harming the way Native Americans view themselves, and the society they are forced to live in. Racism will not go away until people begin to educate themselves instead of creating facts out of their own
This is one of the main reasons why racism exists and continues to thrive in the United States. Meta-narratives do not only justify the existing power structure, but they also explain situations in simple manners(601). This is important because it creates schemas that impact the way certain groups perceive others, A schema which is “a mental model or thinking that influences the way we organize and simplify our knowledge of the world around us”(601). Schemas create perceptions of different people because it is what people take out of a story. Everyone is different, and will have different opinions. No matter if the person’s viewpoint is right or wrong, they will always want to state their opinion or viewpoint. Many people, however, do not support their viewpoint with concrete facts and create schemas that have negative effects on certain groups. In fact, the authors specifically talk about the “primitive people” schema. The schema states that “[i]ndigenous people of the Western Hemisphere were primitive, uncivilized, and underdeveloped with little or no understanding of science and technology…”(610). This schema has hurt Native Americans as a whole because “[f]alse beliefs based on this schema can be activated in our mind by a variety of stereotypical words or images…”(610). The stereotypes end up harming the way Native Americans view themselves, and the society they are forced to live in. Racism will not go away until people begin to educate themselves instead of creating facts out of their own