INTRODUCTION.
Cracking the code: the system of racial inequity is prompted by the stories in the documentary which leaves people more than ever motivated to participate in change.
Social determinants which include history, identity and culture, these areas are exclusively covered in the first section of the documentary. Internal components which include bias privilege and internalized racism; this is well detailed in section two of the documentary. An external relationship is the last section of the documentary which smartly covers the interpersonal, institutional and structural perspectives.
Looking at the argument of Charles Blow it truly contradicts the reality, The society today is more united than before the cases of racial inequity have decreased significantly unlike in the past when they were so rampant to an extent that street demonstration were called by the disadvantaged group. At the times of Martin Luther the rate of racial inequity were so intense and they received strong back up from the government states were divided according to race, but looking to the current period such racial inequity is losing its face, Racial integration now is admirable and therefore the argument by Charles Blow truly fails to carry water at present age and time and therefore it can be certainly argued that it is a avoid assertion.
Karin Brodkin argument vividly matches the current state of race in the states and borrowing from his book, she notes how the Jewish whiteness became American whiteness after World War II, it’s at this age when Jews adopted the white traits such as speaking and contrasted themselves with the blacks and put themselves closer to the whites. This kind of racial inequity was for convenience and its basis was not was to avoid trailing as the most inferior race but currently this aspect fails to appear in the states time and civilization has killed this backwardness. In summary this kind of social inequity was for convenience and not otherwise.
Eugenia Kaw in her insight addresses the facts be hide the ethnic surgery modification and it can be completely be seen as an act of inferiority complex in which the Asian women copied the makeup style of the whites women awkwardly in order appear as them. This shows the bad side effects of racial inequity in which one race the Asian race is purely affected by inferiority complex that drives them to the height of altering their natural look.
Looking at “Excerpts from the Chicano Movement” by Manuel Gonzalez, it’s clear the consequences of racial inequity are disastrous to the progress of the society, at the height of unequal rights to the people of different races, civil unrest were rampant but looking the transition to modern times such unrest are nowhere to be seen and this takes us back to an earlier qualification of the Charles Blow argument as void at present moment,
Comparing the Excerpts from the Chicago movement with Charles blow assertion the truth is that the state of social inequity then was so a rampant and the division was witnessed not only in the urban and rural set up but also at the institution.
This documentary is smart and necessary to challenge every aspect of humanity to address the menace of race inequity. There is always a situation of discomfort when it comes to each and every one of us in confronting any aspect of race. “Cracking the Codes helps us pull the lens back so we can see the landscape of racial development and racial inequity and how we as individuals are shaped by it.” (Wiley, 2010).
It can be argued with sure certainty that humanity has been developed by race both negatively and positively.
The difference in race has developed the world to its current status though through easy and hard times, therefore cracking the codes helps us reflect to the path we have trended and therefore necessary for human socialization.
The content of the documentary is undoubtedly necessary for all persons who are shy of getting started on the topic of race. The documentary has provided a platform for discussing the racial disparities in the society, however it does this in a cautious way due to the harmful nature of the topic, looking where the society has come from and where it has reached in terms of racial segregation it’s not an easy progress, talking o the apartheid in south Africa which Nelson Mandela fought when free and when in prison for twenty seven years, seeing Martin Luther king die for equality between peoples of all races was not easy, the topic of race is equally hard to discuss.
The documentary has provided the humanity with a vivid understanding of racial inequity both at a personal and institutional perspective, where at a personal perspective it’s felling of hate against an individual of the opposite race while at institutional level it’s portrayed through discrimination and undeserved favoritism.
The documentary has employed psychological approaches to put individual in the context of evaluating the costs of a systematic racial inequity, this leaves everyone with a solution of embracing and building a society that works for everyone but also that fulfills each person’s wants without a feeling of unworthiness wherever one domiciled. “This unconventional film project is to challenge us to do just that.” (2010, Jones).
In broad certainty it is arguable that the films aim is to help fulfill the aim of nurturing a society that embraces equity regardless of the race. The film has also in a great way taught the society the causes of racial inequity as well as its consequences.
Some of the deducible causes are scarcity of resources for use by peoples of all the races; this necessitates discrimination of the un-favored race when it comes to access and use of the resources. Another cause is due to historical injustices which have been carried over the years to the current generation which portrays a given race as inferior; such historical injustices include slavery and colonization. The consequences of racial inequity are division of the society along race and unnecessary hate which weakens the society.
Racial inequity also has caused weakening of political system in the society through the rise militia group which find this as the best avenue to present their interest in the society.
Weakening of the political system in the society as result of social inequity in the past years is truly captured in the argument by Charles blow, Social movements have never been strengthening additive to the administration and thus the unity can only be seen in the flag and not in the way races have integrated. However in the current day and time the state of unity is high, unity is not only symbolized by the flag but also in the way individuals have interacted, for instance in the united states of America the whites have found a black president fit for the position not only for one term but two terms, employment is an equal opportunity for all meritocracy has prevailed above undeserved favoritism. Demonstrations related to social inequity are nowhere to be seen and thus the state of unity is surely strong.
In a nutshell the documentary Cracking the codes: The system of racial inequity is to provided an avenue to relax internal beliefs, attitudes afore – judgments from within and assist the society address the weird structural drivers of economic and social inequities.
Regardless of the direct contact of the content in the documentary the viewer should not desist from getting the intended inner meaning of the episodes portrayed in the documentary, the intention is fair and clear, bringing social inequity to an end through fighting the structural mechanism in place which provide an environment favorable for racial inequity to thrive.
References.
Karen, Brodkin. How Jews became white folks and what that say about race in America. New York. Rutgers university press,1998.
Eugenia Kaw. Medicalization of racial features: Asian American women and cosmetic surgery. Berkeley. Unoversity of California press.
“Excerpts from the Chicano Movement” by Manuel Gonzalez. 1975
