ENTRY 3
Identifying Bias
ITEM 1:
– Discrimination
– Analysis: the signs indicating some of the discrimination immigrants faced; they had to stay in the baggage area when they first arrived in Pueblo (modern and old communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United States of America) in 1889.
– Source: http://www.rte50.com/2007/06/downtown-pueblo.html
ITEM 2:
– Stereotype
– Analysis: When most people hear ‘England’ or ‘the English, the images come into their mind may be a man wearing a bowler hat and carrying a long unopened umbrella. In addition, they are binge drinkers, don’t want to learn other foreign languages, are proud of being different. When a British person is playing a public role: formality. However, when a British person is playing a private role: no rule at all. Etc.
– Source: http://www.lgpcards.co.uk/postcards.html
ITEM 3:
As recovery continues from the recent bombing of the Boston marathon and the intense pursuit of the suspects reaches closure, we seem to be left with the sense that radical Islam will never stop relentlessly crusading violently against the American way of life. Many conservatives point to immigration policies and Islam in America as the main perpetrators of violence in America.
– Scapegoating
– Analysis: After many terrorism as well as bombardment which were caused by Islamic groups and immigrant groups in US, most people blame for Islamists and immigrants as the main reason.