Racism: Past, Present and Future Essay -- Racial Issues

PrologueWhile feeler up with a topic for this paper, one of my questions dealt with war and pagan groups. I will be the first to admit, Racism was the last thing on my mind. The original question being, How does war affect a Social finale and how does it stand today? When I started thinking about Cultures that had been so late affected by war, one of the first that came to mind were the Japanese in World War II. Then I recalled what one person had told me of their jr. days at college, when they were attending crop. Their name will remain anonymous I do not want to make the victims name public as it has a very personal nature. They had told me that they had been trounce because they were Japanese. They told me how the group of people, mostly military brats had called them Jap. How they had beaten them up, many restraining them, some throwing punches or much worse. Knowing this persons experience make me understand why they acted in the manner that they do now.I was take aback initially, the only types of racism that I had heard of and witnessed firsthand was between Whites and African Americans as well as Whites vs. Hispanics. So to hear that another cultural group had been discriminated against in the past, here in the Mountains where I was attending school was an eye opening experience. While I was hearing this story, my mind unploughed querying, but my mouth remained silent. The question that has pestered me since then and before when witnessing these acts of shame was Why? My family, especially the female members are very suspicious of Hispanics. superstar close family member in particular would interrupt rudely while I was teaching my sisters some Spanish phrases I would say them and they would repeat, you a... ...e A. Ito. famed Lives Japanese American Students and World War II. Seattle University of Washington Press, 1999. Print.ten Broek J, Edward N. Barnhart, and Floyd W. Matson. Prejudice, War, and the Constitution. Berkeley University o f calcium Press, 1954. Print.Thomas, Dorothy S. T, and Richard S. Nishimoto. The Spoilage. Berkeley University of California Press, 1946. Print.Works CitedDr. Seuss. Mental Insecticide Cartoon. Dr. Seuss Sucks 7 Racist Cartoons From the Doctor. litigate 2012. Online.Lotchin, Roger W. Japanese Relocation in World War II and the delusion of Universal Racism. Journal of The Historical Society 11.2 (2011) 155-181. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Mar. 2012.ten Broek J, Edward N. Barnhart, and Floyd W. Matson. Prejudice, War, and the Constitution. Berkeley University of California Press, 1954. Print.