Sumblog #7 Julia Cooper

A great leader named, Julia Cooper was an African-American woman who that racism was societies fault and not the fault of the individual.  She would explain this through different theories of power. One theory is the power of pluralism. This is meant to be in a positive way. It helps celebrate diversity but it can sometimes be seen in bad ways. It seems that people want everyone to become more Americanized which can be known as the “melting pot” which is the blending of all nations into one society. But a better way to explain this can be the “fruit salad” this way everyone can be in the same society but can portray their own individuality. Another power is assimilation, and this is when things only go one way. For example Americans often expect cultures to change in their direction, by changing languages and practices. The other power is segregation; this can often be seen as either informally or formally. Formal segregation is when people are not allowed into buildings because of who they are. This works at schools as well. The informal segregation can be where different minorities gather together and group together. Like in a lunch room at a school they will all sit together. The last power is genocide; this is the worst of them all. This involves killing of people who belong to a racial cultural or political group.

The video I found was about genocide. This was extremely eye opening and brings out the facts behind it all. Sorry about the graphics but I thought it was necessary to have people see what would go on in different countries? This also shows that this can happen in any country and culture. It is also crazy how this can still be happening in today’s society. You would think people would have been disgusted by how things used to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SI8RF6wDE