Racism
There have been several well-publicized incidents of blatant racism in the news lately, including the bigoted remarks by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, and the racist rant (suggesting that blacks were better off as slaves) by Nevada rancher, Cliven Bundy. Meanwhile other nationally known figures have also made statements about racism, including billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, who claimed he, too, is bigoted against African-Americans (especially when he sees a black youth in a "hoody"). These remarks -- and the media's coverage of the verbally expressed racism -- have piqued my interest in the subject. So I have in this paper referenced the position of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) on racism, and have also presented some of my own views as well.
Section One: What is your person opinion on racism and what led you to this opinion?
My parents and my extended family of relatives, friends and colleagues all were shocked by the recent racist statements in the media, especially by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Here is a man whose team is made up of a majority of African-American athletes, in a league that is dominated by African-Americans; and, incredibly, he attacks his girlfriend for bringing her black friends to the games? Moreover, Sterling launched an outrageous attack on Magic Johnson, a sports icon who is beloved in Los Angeles and elsewhere as a hall of fame player who has (in retirement) helped the African-American community by developing businesses -- and creating jobs -- in the inner city.
And of course the outrageous racist comments by the Nevada rancher would never have made the national news if he hadn't been for the confrontation with federal officials when Bundy refused to pay the fees to graze his cattle on federal lands. Still, given that these remarks have been played over and over again and every commentator has had his or her say, it created an interest in me to discover what the literature was saying about racism fifty years after the landmark legal decision, Brown vs. Board of Education, that supposedly...
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