Argumentative Essay #3
Topic: Discrimination is still alive and well in our society
What is discrimination? It’s an action that treats people unfairly based on who they are. Some people would say that discrimination already ended when slavery was abolished. But the truth is that it is still happening everywhere around the world. Even at your workplace, your fellow colleagues are discriminated based on your skin color. You would see disproportions of racial line ups in hollywood movies, and more of caucasians in magazine covers. For college admissions, grades and sat scores tend to be higher for those of Asian Americans than any other races. You may not believe it, but open your eyes and take a peek to see how our society is actually like.
The first accomplishment in one’s life may be getting your college diploma. The college admission process is not an easy one, it takes a lot of consideration and time. However, would it hit you hard when you didn’t get accepted into your dream college because of your race? If you are an Asian American like I am, this category is for you. Since you were in school everyone thought that you the typical genius in math literally because you are Asian. You thought that this stereotype would be gone once you enter college, but things aren’t getting any better. Because college are also thinking that you are smarter than your peers, and decides to pinch your scores a bit higher making it a lot harder for you to get into college. In a typical case, when you compare a Asian American and other races, the Asian American would need 100 points higher on the SAT than the average score to get into the same college. It is not right to think this way, not all Asians are smart, you can’t compare all Asians together based on what one other Asian is good at. Everyone is different in their abilities, but their future is in stake because of how scores are way too high than the average for those who are struggling with low test scores.
When you step out into the world, and got your first job, you would like to show your best and collaborate with your colleagues. But what if you found out that you are getting paid a different amount than your colleague? It may happen in some cases, where you are assigned to a position that affects your pay due to your race. When this happens, people doubt your abilities and isolate away from you, thinking that they don’t want to hang out with people with a different status. Racial discrimination at workplaces may affect a person on a small scale, but slowly it would grow until it affects that person mentally.
Have you ever wondered why there is only one main race of models are appearing on magazine covers, or why is there very little diversity within hollywood movie casts? Hollywood movies are produced to make profit, the only way to make count as popular is when there are many views not only in the U.S but also worldwide. It’s assumable that when watching an American movie, there would be white people playing the roles. It would have been weird and out of place for viewers worldwide to see leading roles played by non-whites. This would have decreased the views and less profit for the movie producers. Magazines serve as a type of media influences to females out there. Females usually seek out tips from celebrities or the latest fashion from these magazines hoping to turn themselves towards the latest trends. When magazines feature models of other races rather than white caucasians, they believe that it might bring female consumers a negative exposure towards the way they think about their body figures. Like how they shouldn’t be continuing with the healthy lifestyle and continuing to work out. And because of these ridiculous reasonings, there are less colored models featuring on magazine covers.
The act of discrimination is not only happening back in history, but also now. You may see it occurring upon your family members or even yourself. Adults may not be showing their emotions or stress, but they could have been discriminated at work. Your cousins who are now into their college applications are complaining about how unfair life is. The favorite magazines and hollywood productions are showing little to no diversity. Things should be changed, we are all the same regardless of our color. We should be given the same chances. We shouldn’t be feeling left out. We shouldn’t have our future ruined because of how we can’t get into colleges. Discrimination in our society should be stopped, and it should have never be existed.
