Racism
Transcript: Church Beliefs Racism in the United States Racism in the United States has been a part of history whether it’s the slavery we once had, the police brutality during the protests of discrimination, or the racial profiling that still goes on today. Racial profiling has increased in the USA ever since the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Muslims and people from the Middle East are still getting the reputation of the killers from 9/11. They have even faced trouble in the airports because of their profile. In the United States history has had some bumps in the road when it comes to racism. When America was first settled slaves were brought and sold from Africa to work for little to no pay for most of their lives. When slavery ended blacks were still facing segregation from white people, forcing them to have separate bathrooms, schools, and even different restaurants. Given the discrimination that still goes on today, Americans have overcome many of the race and color issues. The first black president was voted into office. Racism In the U.S. History of Racism Adolf Hitler was obsessed with race, but not in a good way. He influenced the Nazi party into believing that Jews and other races that weren't completely Caucasian and of German build were inferior to themselves, which fueled the hatred of Jews from Nazis. Adolf Hitler wanted to eradicate, or wipe out, all of the Jews he could find, in an attempt to make his plans for a better world happen. Martin Luther King Jr. was obsessed with race, but in a way that would benefit all of society. Dr. King wanted to get equal rights and end segregation between black and white people, and create equality in the United States, and crush racism. He was successful in his efforts and eventually people were treated equally in the United States, even though racism still exists in some places, people are now given equal rights, and people are treated equally. Social Justice by: Joe, Jake, Haley and Ben 1928: Society ensures social justice when it provides the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation. Social justice is linked to the common good and the exercise of authority. I. RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN PERSON 1929: Social justice can be obtained only in respecting the transcendent dignity of man. The person represents the ultimate end of society, which is ordered to him: What is at stake is the dignity of the human person, whose defense and promotion have been entrusted to us by the Creator, and to whom the men and women at every moment of history are strictly and responsibly in debt.35 1930: Respect for the human person entails respect for the rights that flow from his dignity as a creature. These rights are prior to society and must be recognized by it. They are the basis of the moral legitimacy of every authority: by flouting them, or refusing to recognize them in its positive legislation, a society undermines its own moral legitimacy.36 If it does not respect them, authority can rely only on force or violence to obtain obedience from its subjects. It is the Church's role to remind men of good will of these rights and to distinguish them from unwarranted or false claims. 1931: Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that "everyone should look upon his neighbor (without any exception) as 'another self,' above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity."37 No legislation could by itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behavior will cease only through the charity that finds in every man a "neighbor," a brother. 1932: The duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged, in whatever area this may be. "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me."38 1933: This same duty extends to those who think or act differently from us. The teaching of Christ goes so far as to require the forgiveness of offenses. He extends the commandment of love, which is that of the New Law, to all enemies.39 Liberation in the spirit of the Gospel is incompatible with hatred of one's enemy as a person, but not with hatred of the evil that he does as an enemy. II. EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCES AMONG MEN 1934: Created in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity. 1935: The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it: Every form of social or cultural discrimination in fundamental personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, color, social conditions, language, or religion must be curbed and
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