African American Social Inequality

Racial discrimination is the main and ongoing problem in the social life of Americans. When we look at the gap of incomes between White and African Americans, we can see the inequality between these two groups. In general, whites have more annual earnings than their black counterparts in America. Lori Ann Campbell and Robert L. Kaufman emphasized that the wealth determinants, which are the indicators of socio-economic status, have effected more on Whites than Blacks. And even when society is organized, there is still some disparities on account of race and ethnicity. (Campbell and Kaufman, 2006). And income disparities between African and White Americans have definitely effected the peace of the social life. According to Campell and

The centuries of prejudice and oppression inflicted upon minorities and women were the precedent for the protests by civil and social groups during the 1960s. These groups formed to promote equality among all US citizens; African Americans especially were craving for this change:

This journal evaluates the epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases disparities of African-American in the united states in comparison to white communities. This study focuses on disparities for African American because of the massive diseases of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis that the African American communities face. Most of the US population is either white or African American. This journal focuses on African American communities instead of African Americans because of the many diversities in the US African American population. Studies took from the Northeast, South, West and Midwest

As it talks about racial inequality in chapter 10, the definition of racism is the belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior. White people are actually at the top while the others (the minority groups) are at the bottom. Considering that the laws of the USA revolved around white men in the beginning of this country, it’s not surprising to see how little people are not aware that racism still exists. They claim that it’s the 21st century, slavery happened in the past and it should stay in the past where it belongs. No. We’re going to recognize what white people did to African Americans. We are going to see how white supremacy is ugly and not needed.

The barriers that separate men have existed for centuries. Race, class, status, these are all ideas that have created a divide among humans. This divide creates competition and tension. Throughout the history of the legal system, justice has been used to validate slavery and other forms of racial inequality. Our system now has changed, but the basic concept has remained the same. According to one study, the judicial system was invented by whites to protect whites and keep people of color at bay (Constitutional Rights Foundation, 2017, p1). This idea of preserving a one superior racial system resulted in a bias still existent today.

In the United States, African American faced prejudice for hundreds of years. Even now, African American are still facing inequality. However, though these cruelties persist, according to Martin Luther King Jr. and Elie Wiesel, the past should not be forgotten.

Exkano (2013) explored the lived encounters of African American women in senior-level executive positions at colleges and universities in the United States and found that African American women who had advanced level degrees and careers still

Another premise in this review focuses on the significant divergences of opinions about the plight of the African American’s situation here in America. Some scholars are asking, how has this new pattern of inequality for the African American emerged? Many scholars point to the decline of middle level jobs (Harrison & Bluestone 1988), the redistribution of manufacturing jobs away from large cities like Chicago and Detroit, where many jobless blacks live (Sassen 1988), and the rise of earnings inequality among workers of all races (Danziger & Gottschalk 1993) as causes. One manifestation of these changes may be that gains in earnings have been offset by a growing racial disparity in unemployment between black and white men (Moss & Tilly 1991).

The socioeconomic gap that exists between white and black Americans is a topic that no one seems to know how to solve. In previous years it was easy to collectively point to one factor that caused this gap but in more recent times it has became a point of discussion and disagreement in the black community. The debate rests in the question of whether or not the socioeconomic gap between blacks and their white counterparts is a result of blacks being lazy or it is because of structural discrimination that are embedded in the laws and policies of the United States. The general consensus is that it is a mixture of the two explanations. People differ on how many of each explanation contributes to the problem and in turn they disagree on what the solution should be.

Throughout the history of the United States, black people have been treated with less equality than the white people. These days, although it has improved, there is still a long way to go. Lately, a group has formed called “Black Lives Matter”. This was in response to several incidents where police shot and killed several black people. The African Americans took to the streets because they felt they wanted their voice to be heard. Two historical events in history where race was a factor was Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson. Even though slavery was abolished in 1865, the black people are still inferior to the white people.

They struggled for equality and took part in some of the greatest civil rights movements ever known. Although the civil rights revolution came as a surprise, the causes fought for were necessary. According to Foner, “the United States in the 1950s was still a segregated, unequal society with half of the nation’s black families living in poverty.” (902) Many whites paid little attention to segregation because they felt it had no impact on their everyday lives. Segregation impacted blacks, especially in the South, on a daily basis. They had separate restrooms, drinking fountains, schools, entrances to public places, and were unable to enter many public institutions altogether. (902) The arrest of Rosa Parks sparked a year-long bus boycott and marked the beginning of the civil rights movement in the South. (904) With Martin Luther King Jr. leading the movement, the freedom of justice and equality finally seemed within reach. According to the text, “King was a master of appealing to the deep sense of injustice among blacks and to the conscience of white America. He presented the case for black rights in a vocabulary that emerged the black experience with that of the nation.” (906)

In the late 1860’s the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendment were passed, in order to bring equality to blacks. Even though newly freed men were legally granted the same rights as fellow white citizens they were not given social equality. Politically, by the 13th 14th and 15th amendment blacks were given equal representation and rights as citizens to due process and voting, however, through such things as the introduction of the Ku Klux Klan they were scared away from voting or seeking jobs. Economically, African Americans were legally given the same opportunity to own their own business and farms and no longer considered property, but because of whites greater knowledge of business and racism towards black farmers and merchants, blacks

During the years surrounding and including the Civil War, people are assumed to have either supported the Union, or the South. Though the specifics were never as elementary as black and white: political parties, social differences, economic status, and the value of a persons’ life certainly were. Throughout the Union’s fluctuating capitol value, industrial growth, governmental development, population augmentation, and world status in general, African American’s were primarily seen as inferior to the majority population.

It is wrong to believe that certain races of people or religious groups are wicked,evil or inferior because everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt no one should be discriminated based on race or belief. For example Martin Luther King Jr a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement fought for african american equality. A man who was so inspiring so beloved by his peers, lead such a powerful movement for equality that we still learn about it today why would we go against everything he stood for. He stood for equality peacefully he was smart and sensible he stood for something greater than himself and he did so with other races not just african americans it proves people should not be judged by race or religion. Another example is

The social equality development was a battle by African Americans in the mid-1950's to late 1960's to accomplish Civil Rights equivalent to those of whites, incorporating break even with circumstance in livelihood, lodging, and training, and in addition the privilege to vote, the privilege of equivalent access to open offices, and the privilege to be free of racial segregation. No social or political development of the twentieth century has had as significant an impact on the lawful and political foundations of the United States. This development looked to reestablish to African Americans the privileges of citizenship ensured by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which had been dissolved by segregationist Jim Crow Laws in the South. It