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T. Kathy enter for International Studies at Huey Deng High School 慧燈中學國際交流中! Social Justice: Racism "#$% Guiding Questions: What is racism and how does it afect me and others? Does T aiwan have a race problem? What can I do to promote racial equality?

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2. The belief that human races havspecial characteristics&' the ideone’s own race is superior

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and has the riht to rule or domin

others. !"ermany#

$. %&ensive-., or aressive(behavior to members of another r

Trump' (hild’s )ef .#

)e*nitions of Racism +."#$%0"

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,ustralia: The RacialDiscrimination Act 1975 was,ustralia’s *rst anti-discrimin

law. This law protects everyo,ustralia from discriminationthe basis of race.

hat does the law say about Racial )iscrimin

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men acreated equal, that the are endo!ed b their "reatorcertain unalienable Ri#hts, that amon# these are $ife, and the %ursuit of &a%%iness' (- 0S )eclaration of 1nde

The past almost 23 year history of the 0nited Stabe understood in part in terms of its peoples’ e&or

the (onstitution to be in line with the )eclaration o1ndependence. 

The *rst law aainst racism was the +$th and +4th,mendment aainst slavery. !5id+#

#merican $aw3 and acism"#$

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 The closest Taiwan has is the#nti% Discrimination &mploym#ct

Is this enough?

 Taiwanese $aw and acism

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+. 6hysical assault45

and harassment

2.5erbal abuse:;

' threats<=

' deroa?, lanuae' ridicule' stereotyped com!+#

$.Racist propaanda@A e.. symbols' sra7ti

(ateories of racist behavior

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4.1ncitementBC

of others to behave in a way !8iverpool#

.RefusalE

to cooperateFG

with othe

people because of their color' ethnicity' reor lanuae

9.1nstitutionalJ, racism e.. biased KL ' rules or curriculumMN !,partheid#

(ateoriesOPof racist behavior

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)nternali*ed \]^ racism+ absorbing

against your own people o, color" sel, h1alcolm 2" 1ichael 3ac4son*

&-: 5lac4 identi,ying as white" #sian woman " 6*

subtle_`a, racism or everda

racism+ commonplace ,orms o,discrimination" that seem innocent andbut add up to have a power,ul impact.

&2: being ignored" ridiculed or treated diferently '(ideo

Types of Racism

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Racial Stereotypes"#b

'8amily Guy" Top 79 *

Race["Y"#Racism"#$%;alcolm < =< 'mini 5io" +ouse and 8ield egros*

Racialism "#jk -a theory that race determine

traits and capacities 1dentitym(onsensualpq,)iscrimination120P; racial :"#Racial pre>udice"#

acism in #merica: reading (ocabu

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;re%eading Questions:

+. )o you thin? race is real/

2. hat are some misunderstandiabout race/

$. hat is the race problem in ,m

eading 7: : R,(@ (,R)S' A1T@ ;BTAS' ,C) 6%S,;@R1(,

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 There are stereotypes o, blac4s that go ba

least two hundred years: the seDualJ,

"animalistic #,rican" eDoticvw, seducerxwhite women. The philosopher 8rant< 8anon 7=@7* calls this the Ase-ual mythz{| surro

blac4 men. #s 8anon puts it" AThe white manconvinced}~, that the Cero•[ is an ait is not the length o, the penis€ " then itse-ual potency‚ƒ that impresses him.C '

0tereotypes„…,"#tuo, 5lac4s•[

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Summary: lac? men areseDually more powerful thwhite men

0tereotypes„…,"#tu o, 5lac4s

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;alcolm < claimed' that he wasreally sentenced@† to a lentˆ, prison‰Š sentence for slewith‹(Œ[!Ž a white woma!not for burlary‘’ #. The >3“ couldn’t bear” the EseDuCeroG EhavinG a white woma

 The &-ample o, 1alcolm 2 =<

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Summary: lac? power lewho said his arrest was fosleepin with a white wom

not burlary

 The &-ample o, 1alcolm 2

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ARacialismC" is at the center o, thismisunderstanding o, the problem o, rac

Racialism is the belief that races eD

eIually" but not necessarily that any hibetween the races e-ists. acialists typireect claims o, racial superiority.% modern p

Ewame #nthony #ppiah

'(ideo 7" 0ocial &-p" !onan*

Racialism"#jk

! sŸ 5 th d h ?

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R,(1S;"#$% R,(1,81S;"#

Fnacceptable_–— in good

society

#cceptable˜p, i

 A belief in the e.istenceand si#ni/cance of racialdi0erences

 A belief in the e.and si#ni/cance di0erences

hierarch ™š between

the races exists

Reject D› racial s

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&-: interracial_p"#ž,relationships are wrong

&-: may simply prepeople within hish

!omparesŸ : 5oth are dangerous" why?

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#ppiah arguedk that no such roups eDthe idea of race is a myth. Grouping races

biological¡¢, purposesq£ " your classi/ca

Pwill have so much human genetic¤¥, va

¦" as there is in the whole species.C The mocan classi,y as a AraceC is a group o, reproduc

§ isolatedt¨, people. This means that Anosocial roup in ,merica is a race.C

ace a mythz{ ?

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 The problem is that we seem to be stuc? thinthat races are real. This can lead people to or even to be ,orced into" particular 4inds o,identitiesm©p . !5ideos: iracial' Reframin' ,ppiah'

nce the racial labelª« is given to people" about what that means" may be much lessconsensualpq, and has negative socpsychological efects. '(ideo: Transracial?" acial Identity Disor

 The ;roblem?

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 ThereJs still a lot o, discrimination basedfalse idea that races are essential¬-,®¯to who one is. +ow does racial pre>udice away?

 The ,act that race is socially real butbioloically untrue" ma4es issues o, raciequality all the more di,/cult. We want to hrace and do away with it too. '(ideos: 5ill ye" #nim

 The ;roblem:

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Summary: elievin in raforces people into neatividentities that hurt societ

!5ideos: Race as 8abel' #

 The problem?

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When we see that races arenJt biologicaand that thin4ing o, them as real leads tinequality" we put ourselves in a positiongive up both racism and racialism. WeJll

better able to see the conseIuences±

our assumptions³j about race when

bubble upKand this will give us time to /- whatever in>ustices

_´µ we /nd.

!onclusion:

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Summary: 1f we ive upracialism' we have a betterchance to see our own

pre>udices tu and help oth

!Review "ame#

!onclusion

 

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is an international activist movement ¶C " that began,n ,frican-,merican community movement¶C . Thcampain aainst violence toward blac? people' or

protests ·¸ around the deaths of blac? people in ?police" as well as racial pro/ling" police brutality" and  racineIuality in the #merican criminal ustice system.

use o, the hashtag lac?8ives;atter on social media" the acquittal o, George Mimmerman in the shooting death #merican teen Trayvon ;artin. 5lac4 $ives 1atter becamnationally recogni<ed ,or its street demonstrations !¹8,ollowing the )97H deaths o, two #,rican #mericans: ;ich" resulting in protests and unrest in eruson" and @ric "ew Nor4 !ity.

lac? 8ives ;atter '8;*

l ? 8i ; tt d @ i "

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was a 5lac4 man ,rom ew Nor4 !ity who died wa police oOcer put him in a cho4ehold ,or 7> secew Nor4 !ity ;olice Department oOcers tal4ed because they thought he was selling cigarettes i

n December 6" )97H" a grand ury decided not

indict oOcer. This led to protests and rallies witho, police brutality.P#s o, December )" )97H" mo/,ty demonstrations had been held across the F0tates.

lac? 8ives ;atter and @ric "arner '0eptember 7>" 7=R9 3uly

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@ric "arner rally: Ais death was one of thde*nin moments of the lac? 8ives ;amovement. '7")"6"H*Interrupting ;residential !ampaigns '7)" 6*

 The !on,ederate Sag came down in !harlest'7")"6*

ABlack communities do not need more commu policing, he said. They need jobs, better educand better housing.C

lac? 8ives ;atter ;ovement

!h l t h h h ti

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n the evening o, 3une 7R" )97>" a mass shootinplace at &manuel #,rican 1ethodist &piscopal !h

that was the /rst church ,or blac4 people ever in in !harleston" 0outh !arolina" Fnited 0tates. ineat the church were 4illed and another was inuredthe dead was a ,emale minister and state senato

6ublic protest about the use of the (onfedela in' S( became a hot button issue at thtime of hih pro*le police brutality of lac?" )" 6*

!harleston church shooting

( f d t »¼國 l

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a widely reconiFed symbol of theSouthern 0nited States associated with r

slavery and ESouthern 6rideG . 1ts becamtopic after the (harleston (hurch hate crmassacre' especially the 8; movement.

It is also 4nown as the rebel Sag" Di-ie Sag" and 0oucrossA. It is protected in > 0tates the same as the F0 nat

'(ideos 7" )" 6*

(onfederate »¼國 la

 1nstitutional Racism eading ): 0S Rac

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unemployment rate½¾[¿0½¾ÀEwallpaper e&ectGStatus IuoÁÂ@thnicityÃ#,0"#,

eDplicitÄÅ`Æ,0`},0_ÇÈ,implicit_`É,YÇÊ, Implicit #ss Test

disparity_*™0_™p0Ëw

gand 0nemployment(ocabulary

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IT: The F0 unemployment rate is e-pectedsteady at >.6U the lowest unemployment rate inyears. Net there is one group whose unemploymestill close to 79U: #,rican #mericans.

 The unemployment rate ,or blac4 #mericans has

remained almost twice that o, the general populaso long that e-perts believe itJs sufering ,rom thAwallpaper e&ectG  no one notices anymore. Tbe about to change.

F0 acism and Fnemployment½¾[¿

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 The Awallpaper efectC is to blame ,or the lac4 o,to #,rican #merican unemployment" A '(alerie awlston

o, the race" ethnicity and economy program at the &conomic ;olicy Institute.*

AI thin4 that until we own up to the ,act that racisracial bias  eDplicit or implicit" directly or indare a maor part o, this ongoing disparity and dsomething to directly address these issues that lnothing will change.C

WallpaperÌÍ &fectβ

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0F11#N: o one notices 5lacunemployment because its invand normali<ed.

WallpaperÌÍ &fectβ

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5lac4 unemployment has been about twhigh as that o, white #mericans since 7the earliest that the Department o, $abunemployment rate by race. In 3une" th

unemployment rate ,or blac4 #merican=.>U. ThatJs more than twice theunemployment rate o, white #mericanswas H.@U.

5lac4 Fnemployment

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0F11#N: 5lac4unemployment has bee

twice ')-* the averagesince 7=>H.

5lac4 Fnemployment

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Fntil recently" politicians have ,elt contenod and say itJs always been this way. 5)97@ presidential campaigns get under#mericans and speci/cally blac? ,mer

are lettin their elected o7cials ?nthat this answer is no loner oodenouh. 5lac4 lives matter and so shoblac4 unemployment rate.

)97@ ;residential &lection

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%ne of the main reasons why racial

ineIuality persists in the wor?force'accordin to eDperts' is because of themployees recommend others for >obstheir wor?place.

EThere is almost no attention to the bpeople' speci*cally that whites are biapreference for other whites and proviinformation' opportunity and inLuenc

behalf of people that they thin? of as

acial Inequality in the Wor4,orce

0egregation still e-ists

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,mericans still live a very sereatedwith whites Edisproportionately in the

positions with hiher income' moreinLuence' more s?ills and traininG.

,s such companies need to pay attent

their entire hirin process as well as w?ind of candidates are comin down tpipeline than?s to current employees’references. or eDample' the lac? ofdiversity in the middle manaement w

because the were hirin the friends o

0egregation still e-ists

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S0;;,RB: usiness practices hirin friends' ?eeps lac?s froenterin manaerial positionslac?s stay separated in uns?i

low payin >ob and hites ?eetheir advantaed positions.

0egregation still e-ists

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#,ter analy<ing records o, R"66> randomly selectedin their )9s" researchers at the Fniversity o, 0outh,ound that H=U o, blac4 people had been arrestedage o, )6" compared to 6U o, white people.

,tentimes minor in,ractions li4e being arrested aprotest can become part a permanent criminal readversely afect ,uture ob prospects.

acism in the 3ustice 0ystem

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acism in the 3ustice 0ystem

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7. 6ut employment prorams in areas with hiunemployment and poverty. 1any o, these areahuge blac4 populations.

). $ocal" state and ,ederal governments could inveinfrastructure in ways that will create obs while p >ob trainin' >ob placements and childcare ser6. Re-entry services for eD-o&enders and remo

criminal record questions ,rom ob applicationsH. @nforce anti-discrimination laws' transpare

around hirin

0olutions

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We ,ocus so much on racism and discrimination assource o, the problem that that allows most whitesbelieve that race has nothing to do with them" thatsomehow about those racists  VThose other peoplemeJ. That legitimates the ongoing racial inequalitywhites donJt believe that they are part o, the problthin4 they are part o, the solution because they allbelieve in civil rights" I believe in equal opportunitynobody should discriminateJ. #nd yet" they donJt rein their own lives the way they reproduce racial ine

oadbloc4: VThose other people" not

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hite people are in denial(Œ[

(ÐÑŒÒ!

about their own raci(ould blac?s be in denial too/!,sian ac?lash of %scars#

,m 1 in denial about my ownunconscious

ÓqÔ,

biases

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oadbloc4: VThose other people" not

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+ow does employment afect 5lac4 #mericans? Why is that so?

 What current events recently happened that ignited attention to #mericaJs race  What organi<ations" political parties and politicians are supportive o, racial ustic  Why does racial inequality persist in the wor4place?  What is unconscious bias and how does it wor4?  +ow does the higher incarceration rate o, 5lac4s afect their employment?  Why are there more blac4s incarcerated than white?  !ould you have unconscious bias? &-plain.

F0 acism and Fnemployment

Racism in Taiwan/

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Racism in Taiwan/

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7. It is a good thing ,or a society to be mup o, people ,rom diferent cultures.

). Nou ,eel secure when you are with pediferent ethnic bac4grounds.

6. It is T a good idea ,or people o, diraces to marry one another.

H. Taiwan is wea4ened by people o, difethnic living here.

Survey: write a number between 7%> '7% strdisagree" 6 neutral" > strongly agree*

0tar War #wa4ens ;oster

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0tar War #wa4ens ;oster