Theremaybeadebateastowhetherwhite

RootsofRacism supremacyandracismevenexisttoday.Id

suggest that these terms are highly

relevantandrelatedtothesocialproblems
NEWSFLASH:Racismstillexists!
oftoday.

The first step in analyzing white

supremacy and racism in modern America
Media&Entertainment:
is to define it. White supremacy, by MediumsofExpression

definition, is the belief that white people Media, specifically music and film, gives a

are superior to those of all other races powerful platform for any individual to

(White Supremacy, n.d.). Today, white declare their position on social issues.Init

supremacy can be defined as the power

white people have to partake of more

privilege and exceptions than someone of

another race. Racism, by definition, is the

hatred or intolerance of another race or all

other races (Racism, n.d.). Today, racism

can be defined as the means of action

most commonly used by white

supremacists in order to inflict white

power.
we can observe that many artists, shore of thebeachastheyslowlywalkinto

particularly AfricanAmericans,addressthe the ocean. At Igbo Landing, a number of

problems of todays racism. Beyonc, a slaves overtook the slave shiptheywerein

successful music mogul in todays

entertainment industry, has symbolically

and brought it to land. Instead of

submitting to slavery and capture, they

memorialized the racism surrounding walk into the shore of the ocean,
slavery in early America. One of her recent connected by chains, and drown
singles, Love Drought from her album themselves. Beyoncs portrayal of slavery
Lemonade (2016), is about the Igbo indicates that many African American are
Landing suicide (para. 2).AsBeyoncsings still tied to the same issues of the past no
of how her love with herhusbandcanstop matterhowmuchtimeispast.
disasters like drought, her music video
tells another symbolic story. In the music Another example of media
video, she and other women are tied and expressing racismfromwhitesupremacyis
connected by ropes; the setting is on the the recent film titled Get Out (2017),
directedandwrittenbywell-knownAfrican they want from black cultureandusesitin

American comedian Jordan Peele. In it,an their own ways, ignoring and giving no

African American male comes across odd, credit to struggles black communities face

psychologically twisted, high-class white despite the talents or uses they have. The

Americans while visiting his white film also hints at slavery, blackhousemaid

girlfriends parents. The entire plot of

these white Americans is to surgically and

hypnotically take the talents (ie.

photographic eye, physical stature, sex

appeal, etc.) of African Americans and

literally use it themselves. This depiction

implies how white supremacy takes what

help, and police brutality, all of which are

major issues involving racism often

expressedinothermediums.

RepeatedRacism,Today

From the Emmett Till incident wrongfully

punished on the basis of his color, to the

declaration of living beyondstereotypesin

Maya Angelous Graduation (para.1)piece,

one cannot deny how much racism and

white supremacy influence society. A
significant indication of this underlying
racism in America is in data gained from
incarceration and crime rates. The 13th, a
Netflix original crime film/documentary,
discusses modern slavery is in the form of
incarcerating a mass number of African
Americans and making them work in
prison. This documentary alludes to the
idea that primary problems in American
history never actually go away, theres
simply a break and then the next
generationfacesitsownversionofit.
Though found in many forms, racism
still existstodaywithmoderntwistsand
changes from how it was in the past.
Racism is rooted in the foundation of
many nations, especially the United
States. The oppression races feel from
another race has been anexistingissuefor
centuries, and has not yet died out.
Methods and works of white supremacy
have changed, and racism has changed
with it also. Especially today, one cannot
dissociate white supremacy with racism
because they are so deeply rooted and
interrelated with each other. Like a
metaphorical portmanteau of two ideals
rather than two words, racism and white
supremacy are connected in American
history at least. White supremacy has
changed to be more commonlyassociated
with conservative principles, ever present
inhigherauthoritypositions.
WhatareWESupposedtoDo?
The power and influence of white
supremacy trickle with an internal desire
to be the superior in knowledge, money,
physical stature, and many other aspects.
Racism has changed to be an undisturbed
topic that many do not want to talk about
anymore for fear of offending another.
However,whentalkedaboutitisviewedas
a plea of desperation and attention to We are to react radically against it!

reassess problems of the past; which is Violence is simply a reaction, real action

why it still exists because few seek to will and can take place civilly. We as

changeit. membersofthecommunitymustact.

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