This is a wikipedia page explaining the term racism and discussing the various issues surrounding this topic. Statistics about the number of black people under attack from racism are shown on this page.
Dave Chappelle - Open Racism
In this video the stand up comedian Dave Chappelle pokes fun at the use of racism in various regions and highlights the ridiculous nature of some white peoples' views towards black people. He mentions various stereotypes associated with his skin colour as well as questioning the use of the word 'nigger'.
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
This video is a protest song dedicated to ending racial violence. Throughout the song they mention that they are entitled to freedom of speech and in the video they have gathered a crowd of protestersholding up signs and pictures. The pictures they are holding in the video show black people they would consider to be heroes. In the song they use lyrics like 'Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me you see, straight up racist that sucker was' as an example of the fact that most of the celebrities publicised as being heroes were white men.
Bob Marley's song No War No More Trouble is a song about ending the trouble and suggesting that we need to focus more on love than starting wars. The song may be seen as going against racial stereotypes as black people are often stereotyped as 'troublemakers' and this song is dedicated to ensuring there is less trouble. Love and peace are they key themes running throughout this song as he uses lyrics such as 'We don't need no trouble, what we need is love'.
This video is explaining that skin bleaching has had a rise in popularity in Jamaica and it shows different peoples' views towards the idea. The process of skin bleaching suggests that the paler you are the more likely you are to have a good sense of identity which is suggesting that being paler is superior to being black. Our society is highlighting being paler as a better skin colour which is making people with darker skin want to adapt their tone in order to gain a better social status. In one part of the video someone states 'black skin is associated with social disadvantage, while brown skin is believed to be more beautiful'. The mentality that brown is beautiful while black isn't has encouraged Jamaicans to bleach their skin and this epidemic is shown in this video.
This page discusses the term cricket test and how British politician Norman Tebbit doesn't believe immigrants to be loyal. The phrase was created in 1990 making it a fairly modern phrase which suggests that racism is still a rising issue. He suggests that immigrants are still sticking to their old culture despite them moving to Britain as well as claiming they are 'dangerous'. This narrow minded view highlights the fact immigrants are discrimated against as a whole purely for coming from different cultures.
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