Outside post #4 for 3rd Quarter:

Defining discrimination is the focus of this blog post. How is it defined and what the reactions should be. There are obvious types, chief among them, facial discrimination. Ford Writes, "The most obvious type of discrimination is facial discrimination: a policy that explicitly assigns preferences of shabby treatment on the basis of race. Today, facial discrimination is rare" (Ford 180). So if it doesn't exist, what are people so mad about? It is almost impossible for any legislature to pass a single piece of a bill that slightly hurts an area largely populated by a minority. People complain about discrimination every day, yet they have no idea what discrimination truly is. It could be a social idea, Ford writes, "The decision has a discriminatory effect because of its social meaning. That social meaning is a statement that blacks are inferior" (Ford 183). What has happened is society has stopped all legislation and racists can no longer express their opinion publicly. But what is harming minorities is a general opinion that a race thinks and acts one way. This is homogenization. Saying something like, all Mexicans are work low wage jobs, automatically makes the Hispanic think that is the place for them to be, instead of getting a good job. The community is all at fault, instead of promoting those minorities who succeed, we sometimes would like to profile them in one way. Is it racism? You be the judge.
Is racism just subconscious? That is very possible. Racists sometimes don't even know they have offended anybody, so then racism grows. Ford writes, "Racial injustice... problems of bad bad intentions-diseases of the mind, of the heart, perhaps of the soul" (Ford 188). Is it possible that people are just taking out their anger on minorities without even knowing it? There are tests run to prove this theory. When you see the white piece of paper, you press a button indicating good or bad. Same goes for the black piece of paper. More often than not, they push bad for black. People could just be inherently racist. There may be no way to ever stop it. Ford writes, "this state of mind is usually inscrutable. ONly the accused party can know for certain wether he was motivated by bigotry, and he, for obvious reasons, can't be trusted to give an honest answer" (Ford 189). What we need to know is that our subconscious may have a the greatest impact on our emotions than anything else. People can be compelled to do something just because they are acting on what they think, or don't think first. Racism, for many people, may not be premeditated.