Campus Racism 101 Writing Prompt: Nikki Giovsani wrote this article in 1944. Is this topic still an issue in today's society, or has it become an outdated argument?

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Mrs.Rebecca Lynn Witt

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4 September 2012

Campus Racism 101 Writing Prompt:

Nikki Giovsani wrote this article in 1944. Is this topic still an issue in today's society, or has it become an outdated argument? To what extent do you agree or disagree tht her comments are still timely in today's society?

                

        Civil Rights Movement proved nothing more than to solidfy and establish only federally accepted racist Proxies by policies... Martin Luther King died in vain because many of his closest followers turned his message of peace into a message of hate and entitlement. In today's society people sweep racism under the rug like it is not a big deal. We are fortunate enough to live in a country where the law allows us to believe in what we want to believe in, wear what we please, and live where we want to live, but is this something that society condemns?

        When Someone does not look like an American; people immediatly belittle them. The truth of the matter is that, to be an American, means that you can be any shape, size, enthnicity or race, but this is not how society looks at it. take the new show All-American Muslim for example. These people come to America in hopes of making a better life for themselves and their famalies, but are quickly shown that this maybe harder than expected because of all the hateful acts done againist them. This happens more than people think in today's society.

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        Many people give up on activism, especially when it has to do with race because they feel as though they are not guilty of being racist. When they feel that too many people will disagree with them and their opinions or simply not pay any attention to it, they give up and move on. What we have to realize is that forr those the activists that don't give up, the outcome of their hard work can be very rewarding. While thinking about activism and how it related to racism in the 1960s.  I started to think of racism and where ...

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