Race and Gender Discrimination
__________________________________________________________________________ Analogies between racial and gender discrimination are highly problematic, both theoretically and historically. Discrimination can perhaps be better understood when analogized with cancer. Discrimination, like cancer, kills humanity. Discrimination, like cancer, comes in many specific forms. And each form of discrimination, like cancer, must be recognized treated with specific and focused efforts. The purpose of this paper is to show that when we recognize the differences between racial and gender discrimination we validate history and are more aptly able to end the current oppression of racial minorities and women. Ten years ago one of the most exclusive golf and country clubs in America, Shoal Creek, admitted its first black member after controversy surrounding the club's racial exclusionary policies nearly derailed the club's coveted plans to host the championship tournament for the Professional Golf Association. Today, the National Council for Women is waging a similar war on a different golf and country club. The National Council for Women discovered that Augusta National golf and country club, a privat
The rich old codgers at August National have a constitutional right to assemble, regale each other with politically incorrect jokes and bitch about the money NBA players make. What's the use of being rich and bigoted, if you can't have a little harmless fun? Now, I don't want to be totally one-sided. Now is responsible for the elimination of all TV commercials during the 121/2 hours of CBS's coverage of The Masters. For that, every man in America should be thankful. Racial discrimination and gender discrimination are not the same. The history, side effects, consequences, and complications are different. Racial discrimination was a primary cause of the bloodiest war in our nation's history. Gender discrimination ..... Racial discrimination sentences black men to death row at an alarming rate. Gender discrimination prevents women from getting equal pay for equal work. Racial discrimination allows the police to profile and beat black and Latino men without fear of repercussions. Gender discrimination allows pop culture to make massive profits promoting women as sexual objects. Oftentimes, that's not the case when it comes to race. That's why racial-exclusionary policies, especially those established by the majority (power) community, must be eliminated from our society. Now, I don't want to be misunderstood, I don't necessarily believe that racial discrimination is worse than gender discrimination. In fact, it's foolish to debate which form of cancer (discrimination) is wo
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