isolated from co-workers and then fired for a trivial offense. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48154,00.html
In 1995 Sandy Atkins earned her master's degree in educational administration and she also obtained a chief school business official certification. At that time Atkins submitted two applications for promotion in Benton Harbor -- one for the principal's position at a magnet school in the district (the Creative Arts Academy), and one for the assistant principal's job at the Hull Elementary School in the district. Ms. Atkins was denied an interview, and the suit alleges that both posts were filled by less-qualified black women. www.adversity.net/c22_tbd.htm
All of these are real people who work in the US now. All of them were able to do the job they were working, yet someone higher up made a decision that because they did not fit in they should not get a better job or keep the one they had.
A lot of race misperceptions are enabled by the pictures we receive from media and advertisements. The media are quick to label those whom they report on and kids are quick to grab on to what they see in the media. But:
We need to be aware that when we attach labels to other people, we reveal more about ourselves than the individuals we are trying to define. Young adolescents often use put-downs to conform to the behavior of what they consider to be the "popular" group without considering the painful impact of their insults.
http://www.courttv.com/diversity/lesson7.html
It is important for the media to report news in a responsible way and to put a wide variety of people in front of the public in order to fully represent the true fabric of America. In this way they are making it possible for young people to learn how to respond positively to people of other races, cultures and religions.
In Chinese, the term for a foreigner is 'wei guo ren', and that translates to 'big-nose'. As I was looking at books for t...