Question

The House We Live In In today's society, race, as a sociological concept, is not defined in terms of biological difference, rather it is the behavioral and legal responses to the markers of race (hair, skin color etc.) As the discussion of race dominates our headlines today and we look at institutional racism/bias, it is important to understand the historical perspectives. The following video illustrates how real estate laws and practices led to the creation of the racially isolated communities that we live in today. For this journal entry, share your thoughts on the video, "Race; The Power of An Illusion."

Answer 1

Race:The power of illusion:

From my view I think that the race is the fight of Black and White, beautiful and ugly,which grow further and make his different types and properties. It just give a physical explanation about our outer body parts. Because what white eat the same thing a black can eat, what white can do a black can also better do. We human give little consideration about inner things.

Human are so much suspicious,that we are praying to God daily,we tell our mind and heart to be a good why because we read Bible,Gospel,Kuran,Guru granth Sahib Etc. But did any of these created "Race". The books on which most of our faith is depending, we belies all these books everyday by creating the word 'Race'.

This is kind of a Race which human want to win without any lose. Human want to be one step ahead by creating Race.

Man is creator of Race, because we are greedy humans.To make somebody down which is not white, which is not looking good. I think that the brain of human make that non sense. Because we ignite that fire of race because of our thinking nothing else.

“The House We Live In” focuses not on individual behaviors and attitudes, but on how our institutions shape and create race, giving different groups vastly unequal life chances. Who defines race? In the early 20th century, the courts were called upon to determine who was white, employing contradictory logic to maintain the color line.After World War II, government policies and subsidies helped create segregated suburbsw here Italians, Jews and other not-quite-white European ethnics were able to reap the full advantages of whiteness. The episode reveals some of the ordinary social institutionst hat quietly channel wealth and opportunity, so that white people benefit from a racist system without personally being racist. It concludes by looking at why we can’t just get rid of race.