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Racism Assignment

Racism Assignment

Q View the following lecture“Understanding Our Past to Change the Future” (Links to an external site.) Jemar Tisby is Assistant Director of Narrative and Advocacy at the Center for Antiracist Research. He is the author of The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the Church’s Complicity in Racism and How to Fight Racism. You are to watch the lecture in its entirety (including the Q & A session) and write a response to the following prompts: 1. In 1-2 pages, double spaced, describe the argument Tisby makes by the various colors of compromise. 2. In 1-2 pages, double spaced, write your reflections on his argument. Do you find his argument convincing? If so, describe what you find compelling. If not, describe why you don't agree with him. Describe how you approach the topic of race and racism.

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The argument of Tisby is about the diversified ways in which the African-Americans have been made scapegoats in the past as slaves and are also being exploited in the present situation. The color white has been described by Tisby to be the color of supremacy of white Americans over black Americans. This is because white privilege has been prevalent and evident from the past from the inception of American history. The difficult aspect is to observe that highly educated individuals are still showing similar levels of biasness like not-so-much-educated individuals of the past.