Race, Are we so different? RAZA, ¿SOMOS TAN DIFERENTES?

10/3/2021

Race and ethnicity are social constructs, not biological categories. In America, a set of specific historical circumstances led to the world's first race-based slave system. Throughout our history, the search for racial differences has been fueled by preconceived notions of inferiority and superiority.

How do we decide what labels to apply to people? Why do we use racial and ethnic labels? What do we gain or lose by using these labels?

La raza y el origen étnico son construcciones sociales, no categorías biológicas. En Estados Unidos, un conjunto de circunstancias históricas específicas condujo al primer sistema de esclavos basado en la raza del mundo.A lo largo de nuestra historia, la búsqueda de diferencias raciales ha sido alimentada por nociones preconcebidas de inferioridad y superioridad.¿Cómo decidimos qué etiquetas aplicar a las personas?¿Por qué usamos etiquetas raciales y étnicas? ¿Qué ganamos o perdemos al usar estas etiquetas?

45 Comments

Shrek is daddy

10/4/2021 10:46:30 am

How do we decide what labels to apply to people? How about we just label them as people or humans. People label other people as like black people Spanish people or white people but at the end we are all just people and we shouldn't be labeling other people stuff.What do we gain or lose by using these labels?
people with specific labels like black person label and because of that label some people lose rights that other people with other labels. I think some people shouldn't have more or less rights because of their skin color.

ducky.loves.amara

10/4/2021 06:54:10 pm

I agree dude it isn't ok to label people just because of their race or ethnicity or skin color.

nEzUkO.kAmAdO

10/5/2021 10:32:01 am

I agree with you I do not think people should be juged or or put labels on just because of their skin tone, eye color or hair type.

Michael McGuigan

10/5/2021 12:08:00 pm

This is such an important point. The idea that something is lost when we start hanging labels around people is so valid. I think that sometimes we lose a chance to get to know that person better and maybe become friends. The label gets in the way of trying to learn more about a person and their complexity.

Ava: aka donkey

10/6/2021 09:52:26 am

I wonder where racism started and why it started. I want to know why colored people are getting hate for everything. For example, the way they eat, what they eat, the games they like to play, how they style their hair. White people need to stop criticizing colored people for everything that they do.

10/4/2021 06:49:29 pm

I think that no labels should be applied to people. It is wrong to put labels on someone just because of their race and ethnicity. We use racial and ethnic labels because people use them to divide people into different groups just because of their race/ethnicity. Honestly, every person is their own. They should not be divided into different groups just because of their race. We gain nothing from putting labels on people. We do loose things though. We loose the chance of people of different races and ethnicities coming together. That's why I think that labels are unnecessary and are harming the chances of people coming together.

Shrek is daddy :aka David sus boy

10/5/2021 07:15:12 am

I agree that we are losing the chance of different races coming together because of these labels. Labels are unnecessary we gain nothing from them like you said.

10/6/2021 09:22:26 am

I never got why white people started hating colored people because they were a different skin color,different hair type and color, or just the way they talked. It doesn't make sense that most white people did and still think that it's okay to hate colored people because of the way they look.

cookie man

10/6/2021 10:22:17 am

i agree that all of us are humans we breath the same are we should not juge by color

Gilberto

10/5/2021 09:11:26 am

I agree I think people use labels because they want to prove that they are better.

bobby

10/5/2021 09:39:16 am

i agree with Gilberto on how they use labels because they want to prove that there on top that there better than other people.

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10/5/2021 09:53:51 am

How do we decide what labels to apply to people? Why do we use racial and ethnic labels? What do we gain or lose by using these labels?

1. We apply labels on people by there color, culture, ethnicity etc. 2. Because people thin its funny to make a label on someone with different color, or the same color - can apply for other labels. And 3. They gain nothing, and they lose nothing.

kooks thiCC thighs ugh

10/5/2021 09:54:15 am

I also think that people shouldnt be labled because of race/ethnicity. I believe we are all equal because we are all humans and non of us are better than others.

10/5/2021 10:36:09 am

Yes i agree all people should be treated equally no matter what you look like people should not put other people in labels just based of your appearance.

Tom Holland

10/8/2021 09:32:49 am

I agree with you, but some people think they are better than others because they are born in a place where they have the upper hand/have more freedom and rights than others.

Anonymous

10/5/2021 10:13:31 am

Race and ethnicty are social contructs,not labbles/ categories.Some people use labbles on others that are not considered either "white based " or "American".The things that we lose is socity that are either slipt or aganist each other , most of the time people want to bing back what was once,back then,and thats the bad side of labbling.

10/5/2021 10:27:16 am

I think labels should no be applied to people,just because of there skin tone, eye color, gender or hair type. Some people think if your a woman you cook or if you a woman you are weak.

Yes

10/5/2021 10:28:30 am

I think that we should just stop using labels. We're all humans and when you use labels on a group of people, it can bring stereotypes, and it can be untrue for people in that community. For example, "black" people. Sometimes, when people hear "black people", they think, "they're dangerous", "they're ghetto". And that is putting that that group of people down.

Mr. Mike

10/5/2021 11:28:18 am

That's a great point. Labels really do make it easy for us to think about other people through the lens of stereotypes. It reminds a lot of what The Danger of a Single Story was about.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - I copy and pasted this don't get excited

10/6/2021 09:51:30 am

That's such a good point! Labels are easy to put on someone, but the person you put a label on can put a label on u, and that can turn into something as big as a war, what are your thoughts about that?

your wasting my precious time!

10/6/2021 09:24:43 am

people shouldn't decide to have lower rights against people with color, its not right. we lose people with color everyday and because of the perspective that lighter skinned people has. they can't have better right and be raciest to adults and young children because of something as simple as skin color, this really affect peoples lives especially young adults, teens, and kids. (start an argument if you think am wrong) >:(

10/6/2021 09:26:42 am

Most people use racial and ethnic labels to identify where a certain group was born in. Also, something that has become common is using these labels to discriminate against a certain group of people, usually the people who try to discriminate others were born in the country where they more power than others and they use that power to do what they want to others.

annoymiss user lol

10/6/2021 09:33:59 am

I also believe we are all the same no one is differet because the color of our skin.Also race and racism wasnt always a thing . We are all equal and we should treat eacheother the same way how we want to be treated.

10/6/2021 09:46:37 am

I find it confusing that people to this day are still racist. People also say racist things and they might not even realize that it is racist because it has been so normalized.

10/6/2021 09:47:53 am

Also white people should also treat people how they would like to be treated.Just becasue we are not the same skin clolor the same race does'nt mean anything. We are all the same and should be treated with the same rights and ability to things that white peope do.We might not have the same skin color or be the same race but that shoud'nt change anything.

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10/6/2021 09:53:36 am

I agree, hating someone because of what they look like is never okay especially when you don't even know them.

10/6/2021 09:48:12 am

I don't think we gain anything from using labels. They were always used to make people feel lesser and make a group of people see higher or more important than everyone else.

10/6/2021 09:54:07 am

we shouldn't label people because of their looks in colors, example: "black" there's a large population of race against black people. most folks label black people as dangerous or dark and evil, when in reality were all just normal humans.

Big CANDICE

10/6/2021 09:59:40 am

10/7/2021 09:16:20 am

I agree because it is very rude to just discriminate someone because of their skin color their body features and their culture.

Jaydon Perez

10/6/2021 10:08:00 am

It is soooo wrong to put labels on someone just because of their race/ ethnicity and what they look like because just because they are black or Mexican shouldn't mean that you should make fun of them or call rude stuff because of their language or their skin color or what they eat. We use racial and ethnic labels because people use them to divide people into different groups just because of their race/ethnicity.

is.your.butt.itchy??

10/6/2021 10:25:52 am

i agree it is so wrong yous should not label people it isn't very cool. It's sick to know that some people think it is cool to put labels on other people. We should never label another person on how they dress or how/what they eat and on their accent it is not ok and if you do not know what you are saying do not say it because you never know if it can hurt their feelings because maybe where they come from it might mean something racist

mommymilkers

10/7/2021 09:21:16 am

I personally think its revolting to stick labels on certain people just because their Hispanic, Black, Asian american, ect. Its sorrowful that some people think there superior to others just because there diffrent.

Nezuko - chan

10/7/2021 10:07:55 am

I agree with all of your coments I really don't think we gain anything from using some dumb labels it is very rude to just discriminate someone because of their color of their skin and their body features and their culture.

-Nezuko chan

nEzUkO.kAmaDo

10/7/2021 10:38:34 am

Yes i think you are totally right Nezuko chan! people should not be asingd to lables beacause that is very rude I think you cant just place lables on people and asume there black or hispanic just beacause of how they look beacause there ethnicity could be and likely completly different.

jj has bands

10/7/2021 10:08:57 am

I personally think its revolting to stick labels on certain people just because their Hispanic. there being raistet to thier own raist .

10/7/2021 10:45:30 am

I agree it is wrong and revolting to put labels on people from different races we are all just people they are being racist to other races and there own race like you said

XoRo.plays_

10/7/2021 10:44:01 am

i agree because people think without seeing especially people from back then because people saw them as different and inhuman. but either was they were humans people just denied it

Rose

10/7/2021 06:41:21 pm

We decide what labels to apply to people by what you look like. We use racial and ethnic labels because Europe’s have made up this system that assign different people that look a different way as bad or good, so it’s easy to categorize them as bad or good.Europeans gain power,influence and superiority. Europeans loose nothing.

10/8/2021 09:11:44 am

A common way people create labels is based off someones race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, skills, etc.

youualreadyyyyyknooo

10/8/2021 11:10:09 pm

I agree because it not ok to judge someone based on how they look

youualreaddyyyknoo2

10/8/2021 11:15:49 pm

i agree because it makes no sense how you would judge someone based off of their skin tone

10/9/2021 08:59:56 am

I agree because just because you are a different race doesn’t mean you have to get labeled as something,It also doesn’t mean that they should be treated differently. And when slaves were around nobody knew the actual person they only knew them for a slave because they were labeled that.

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