Abuse In America

During the Transatlantic Slave Trade, whites established slavery for power and wealth (Aworawo 2001). Through their establishment, whites dehumanized people of color and made them believe that Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Amid the Slave Trade, their belief system spread from Europe to Africa and then to the Americas. In modern times, in the United States, this belief system continues to be prevalent but has evolved into new forms of racial oppression. Today, in society, the idea is represented in several ways, including through micro-aggressive statements, whites stealing intellectual property from Black people, gentrification, police brutality, etc. Minorities have also fallen prey to this repressive mentality. Because of the aftermath and repercussions of slavery, some minorities prefer to be white, and others mistreat their people because they want them to be in worse positions than themselves. The aftermath of slavery has caused both invisible and visible divisions within our society that will take many more years to

African-Americans have always been labeled as a minority and will be for many, many decades to come. People of African descent have always been ranked lower than the white race in regards to finance, literacy, and success. The period of the American enslavement of Africans lasted for approximately two hundred and fifty years. During this time, they were denied payment for their brutal labor and forbidden from learning to read or write, leaving them severely illiterate. The ramifications of inhibition expanded while their “master” only progressed at the expense of the slaves’ labor. Caucasians built their fortune and educated their children as African-Americans were pushed farther away from that goal every single day. Once slaves were freed in 1865, there was a better life expected, blacks had “rights” now. They had been “taken care of” for all their lives, and now they are in the economic and educational attempting to make a living. Another brutal oppression came forth. “But their social position deteriorated when post Civil War Reconstruction ended and the Southern states began to pass “Jim Crow” laws, which required the segregation of blacks from whites in schools, public transportation, restaurants, and other public places” (Pollard 5). A new man made obstacle was placed on the course to success for African Americans. It was difficult to equivalently compete through the

Black people in America are the most poverty stricken race by percentage, with 27.2 percent of the racial population in 2012 and 2013 (U.S. Census). However, in order to discuss why nearly one-third of blacks are in poverty, then the history of racism towards blacks must be discussed. Additionally, how racist actions of oppression has placed many blacks in a degrading, and devaluing situation that continually promotes poverty and crime shall be discussed too (Grabbidon and Grenne, 177).

America is a nation “from many, one” as stated in our country’s original motto. We pride ourselves on the granted equal opportunity and freedom afforded to each citizen. But are these premises held true and adequately carried out? My answer is a resounding no! Our country’s intricate history provides us with the foundation that explains why and how discrimination has infiltrated and given the upper hand to the white race that has dominated the American society, while suppressing races of color. Dating back to the discovery of the new world we know as the contemporary United States, the African American race has been segregated and mistreated as exemplified through

Is it racism or economics which hinders many African American communities from progressing economically in the 21st Century? This research proposal will address this question by examining the social and psychological impact caused by racism and the economic impact it’s had on the African American community. This proposal will further investigate whether the emotional scars of slavery continue to hamper African American progress or if racism is actually the cause.

The arrival of African slaves, sold in the plantations of colonial America, definitely triggered a superior-inferior relationship and mentality between “the whites” and “the blacks”. This present-day culture, resulting from a society of masters and slaves, has struggled against central concepts deeply rooted in the nations past .With strong cultural values on racial discrimination, the path towards the concept of racism in America was a vital moment in the course of the nation’s history. Social concepts and attitudes could not be altered overnight, but it can be altered. Indeed, in the quest for social progress, the struggle for equality has gone a long way, with black Americans now holding high-ranking

Racial disparities and inequality dates all the way back to slavery: when whites abused, raped, tortured and killed black people. “Slavery transformed America into an economic power; the exploitation of black people made the south the richest and most politically powerful region in the country” (ABS). Black people did not have any rights, instead they were forced

Meany people consider African Americans “inferior” today, without dressing up in robes and burning crosses. In fact, there are more of these modern racists than we think. According to a 2015 survey, 51 percent of people from the age of 17-34 say that African Americans are “lazier” than white people, and 43 percent rate them as less intelligent. This is very concerning, especially since the age group that was polled was younger, because this proves that racism is not going away. In fact, racism has not gone away since the 1800’s. These shocking results prove how the effects of slavery truly are hard to shake

How can a nation that prides itself in democracy and equality be so blind to injustices going on within its very own boundaries? African Americans have become a frustrated lot and the violent protests that have been witnessed may become worse if nothing is done. If racism has been eradicated in America then why are there very few black men working in the blue chip companies? Many go to school but faced with a bleak future of unequal employment opportunities opt to drop out and find other ways to earn their keep. Criminal activities are likely to go up amid hopelessness and despair in the black community. Without equal opportunities, the random occurrences of affirmative action will do nothing of note apart from achieving cheap publicity. The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president may have been a sign of a nation coming of age, but the real story is rooted in the black neighborhoods where children grow up without fathers and young people do not feel welcome in the only country that they call

This article clearly illustrates the inequality of races in our society. It is directed to whites who still perceive blacks as “grandsons” and “granddaughters of slaves”. She also wrote this article in order urge the blacks to work harder and believe in themselves.

In our nation there are a lot of topics that we do not like to talk to talk about, a lot of things that we like to ignore instead of call out because it makes certain people “uncomfortable”. This topic is the unfair treatment towards African-Americans in america. When we kneel for the National Anthem, which we have the right to do, we’re spat on, have drinks poured on us, and called out of our names. There are constant hate crimes against us such as an 8 year old boy being hung for the color of his skin and no act of discipline were done to the teens who hung him. For some reason we even have hate rhetoric in our government.

We are reminded of that history with every breath we take of injustice. The unfair treatment of blacks can mostly be attributed to lingering after effects of the end of the civil war and the bitter-sweet downfall of the confederacy. Violence that claims the pavement that we walk on and the lives of those who are our future. Poverty takes hold of the lives of the youth. The dehumanization of those who do not fit the social confines that have been drafted by those who try to crush the people they consider beneath them: It creates a new, invisible barrier that many choose to hold as the definitive disparity that cordially distinguishes the blacks from the

From the 1830’s all the way to current times, African Americans have suffered at the hands of imbecilic Americans with the banning of blacks in education and states, Alabama beginning statewide convict leasing which constructed the state’s first state-run prison system in 1839, the passing of “black codes” in 1865, the Plessy v. Ferguson case which legally sanctioned racial segregation by establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine as national law, the many lynching throughout the years, to the “Little Rock Nine”, and the many cases of racism that plagues our nation. We have for surely been two steps behind while our nation as gone ahead of us. Leading me to believe that W.E.B. DuBois had truth in his saying, “a system cannot fail those

A black man makes 75.1% of the amount of money that a white man makes, and black women make 64% that of a white man. Hispanic men make 67.2% while Hispanic women make 54%. (Percentages courtesy of U.S. Current Population Survey and the National Committee on Pay Equity; also Bureau of Labor Statistics: Weekly and Hourly Earnings Data from the Current Population Survey.) Not only is there racism, but they are also getting oppressed. "Too many blacks do remain oppressed, but not by white Americans. Rather, it is by blacks who relish a perverse sub-culture of low standards and perpetual victimization. No longer do white racists tell black children books are for white people. Today, black people do this. Every day, black

Throughout history, blacks have been treated the poorest out of all races. Although everyone under God is to be treated equal, whites thought of themselves as being the superior race. In 1619 a Dutch ship brought 20 slaves to America and it took nearly 240 years for slavery to end in 1865(Ronald, , para. 3).These helpless slaves were taken to America and put to work growing anything from cotton to tobacco. Slaves had absolutely no rights. They were simply property of their “Massa’.” Being disrespectful to a white man could get a Negro killed and they just accepted the facts of the matter. The south was the most notorious in its treatment of slaves and slaves would run away. It was a big risk, but a slave that made it to a