Summary and response - Essay Example

These actions are connected with the terroristic acts, which has become very frequent and are mostly committed by the residents of Arabic countries. However, the author does not consider these actions as a racism. His further arguments show that he contradicts with his own statements. Firstly, he writes, “When thugs menace someone because he looks Arabic, that’s racism” (Rottenberg, Annette T, 2012, 19). The procedure of check-in, if someone is under suspicion, is quite rude as well as the attitude to this person.

We do not need to forget, that these suspicions usually bear the subjective character. The choice of the “victim” depends upon the ordinary person. The only difference is that police acts on the legislative basis and has all legal rights to hold the procedures in case of necessity. The conclusion states that the only difference between the determination of “racism” and “no racism” is the legalization of rights of those people, who check others. It is correct from the judiciary point of view, but what about the ethical side of this issue.

Does one person has a right to break the personal space of another only because he belongs to a certain nationality? In the second paragraph, the author pays attention to the rights of “black” and “white” people and the prejudice about them in the society. Again, Kinsley gives the examples, when people confuse the notion of “racism” and “stereotype”. The situation clarifies due to the example about the education of “black” and “white”. Kinsley writes “Universities could base their admissions policies on the valid assumption that whites, on average, are better-prepared for college” (Rottenberg, Annette T.

, 2012, 19). However, the article does not contain any statistics. There is no information in the book or scientific journal that African-Americans are worse students than other nationalities. My personal experience