Ignorance And Hate Are Killing America

The result of this collective standardization of right and wrong usually leads to change for the greater American good. However, it seems that our collective “ego” cannot keep our “id” in check where racism is the primary focus. The resulting effect is pervasive systematic discrimination and individual desensitization to hate that causes a negative impact on people of color’s psychological and physiological well-being.

“No one is born hating another person because the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela. In today’s society, minorities deal with racial issues such as racial profiling, racial bullying in institutions, and because of these racial attitudes, groups and movements have formed due to these acts. To this day, society is still burdened with many people who do not fully grasp the concept of equality; because of this, outdated racial attitudes are still an ongoing issue in modern society.

As we go about our daily lives and interact with all kinds of people, from all kinds of backgrounds and different races, we often do not always stop to think of their skin color and the culture they may be from. We are often too busy to really stop and take notice of what is really happening to the lives of the people around us. Two Nations Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal by Andrew Hacker is remarkable book that spells out Andrew Hackers thoughts about the race and the American people. A question one may ask is, do we simply see people and not their color, or do we see black people and white people and does that play a factor in what we do, how we act, and what we say. Hacker claims that we are a country moving toward being two nations, one white and one black. He feels like we will be “Two nations, between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy: who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different time zones, or inhabitants of different planets”(Hacker preface).

Racism and race are topics that regularly occupy our social media and news feeds. Even though, race is a social and abstract concept, it affects a wide variety of individuals in profound ways. After viewing the films on the Greensboro Massacre, my heart felt full of sorrow and dismay. A quote by former president Lyndon B. Johnson recurred through my mind “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact”. Racism and race are tightly intertwined concepts, rooted in misconceptions regarding biology and genetic factors. The United States is a color-coded society; moreover, our society prefers to classify individuals and put people into a box that gives them a label. Thus, the labels that are enforced upon us assist in reinforcing racism and racist ideologies. Due to all aspects of American life being shaped to some degree by race, racism will always exist. Racism will not end until we acknowledge ethnic and racial identities, dismantle the

America has faced a lot of hardships since being created by our founding fathers. We experienced the struggle for freedom, westward expansion, and a nation divided upon itself. However, one of the biggest struggles faced in America is segregation, racism, and the division of people against each other. Since the Civil War it has been one of the greatest conflicts in our nation’s history. Black vs. White is an issue that has been debated from the early beginning of our nation to the civil war to the civil rights movement and even today African Americans are discriminated against.

Our nation struggles with many things, including internal strife as well as external physical brawls. America is known for its ever increasing debt and housing many struggling Americans. However, there is one thing we persistently fail to change: racial injustice. Try as we might, age old sentiments have ingrained themselves into the minds of many, preventing the change we require. It is a war we have fought for many centuries, hoping to see a change that has yet to occur. As time has gone on, some ideas have never left despite the progress towards moral justice.

Many people believe that racism in America is an issue of the past. Slavery has been abolished, segregation is no longer prevalent, and the last president of the United States was African American. While these facts prove that the U.S. has come a long way since the development of Jim Crow Laws and the ⅗ Compromise, racism has still not been defeated. In the past, America’s political system made it possible for racism and slavery to thrive. Today, America does not allow for segregation or discrimination, politically speaking. Socially speaking, however, racism can be found everywhere. While it is evident that drastic change has occurred in the American society over the last century, based on recent events and trends, as well as those of

Have you ever thought about the problems of America? There are so many complications that could be solved if our nation united. President Bill Clinton was a wise man that believed in our nation’s people. Unfortunately, our people complain about everything, such as President Obama, our health, and jobs, but do nothing to find a solution. One huge problem with our country is racism. It has been a problem since the 1500s, when African Americans and Native Americans became slaves. During those hard times, African Americans fought hard for equality. They would protest up and down towns risking their life’s asking to be treated like everyone else. Today I question if we even care that innocent African Americans are killed for being that certain skin color.

Modern America is advertised worldwide as a bastion of freedom and opportunity. In many ways, this is true. People from all walks of life find their place in America. However, there are also many instances in which America casts out people for reasons that can best be described as incredible. The country is hailed as a ‘melting pot’, yet the actions of its people suggest a deep intolerance for anything different. This intolerance is not something that can be easily corrected. In fact, the intolerance of people, in many cases, cannot be corrected. The issue of intolerance lies with individuals that perpetuate discrimination, but the solution does not. The only way to prevent the cancer of hate from spreading throughout the American body is to prevent it from growing in the first place: erasing intolerance in the younger generations, in preschoolers and kindergarteners, in order to provide a

Hate and prejudice among people has been there all along human history. In the United States, it continued with those who hold the majority of resources and power and control the social institutions, government, education and business. But we can say that the United States has taken a leap toward changes that can be view as optimistic of acceptance of everybody despite everyone’s differences. The vast majority of citizens have a progressive positive interaction with people of different cultures and ethnicities. But there are small extremist groups that have the means and know how to manipulate information to induce fear in people’s minds about someone who is different. The people in power in the nation who fear of losing that power create

88% of black voters watched America (including 81% of white evangelicals) elect a president who 83% of them think is racist. Take a moment to consider that and empathize with them. Along with a host of other race-centered events within the last year or so, things are in dire straits.

Racism is as prevalent as ever, and racial minorities face inequality socially, economically, and politically. Instead of promoting equality, we take to Twitter and argue over “Black Lives Matter” and “All Lives Matter”. Instead of celebrating our differences and taking the opportunity to learn about different cultures and identities, we generalize and label people without any consideration. In the United States, Americans have lost their ability to empathize. It is easier to pretend that the problem doesn’t exist, rather than come together to find a solution. Just like Jefferson, we turn a blind eye to our

Many American think that racism of African Americans is a thing of past. However, this is not the case especially with the recent election of Donald Trump. As Obama brought to light in his presidency the issue of racism has only be taken out of the conversation. That racism against African American still happens in the US and the only difference is it is often left undiscussed. This is known better as colorblindness. This can be quite damaging and really has prevented any real process on race relation from being done. The obvious reason for this is because if it is being discussed then how can things get done. This American issue was acknowledged by Obama during his presidency. Obamas pushed “Americans to acknowledge their complicity in racial reasoning, with such acceptance being a step toward enabling us to engage I coherent dialogue about race and all of the its shameful, traumatic truths” (Miller 350). Obama during his presidency saw race relation in the U.S during his presidency as the issue and question that needed to be addressed in this generation to form a more perfect union. Miller sees Obamas approach to be a “proactive example of rhetoric potential to remedy and heal the negative differences and divisions of American race relations” (Miller 350). This approach is one step in solving race relation however it seems this issue continue to be a problem in the Us. It remains an issue in

Racism is a deeply ingrained problem in our social systems. Even though we publicly denounce racism, it still continues to be an issue in our everyday lives. We choose to be ignorant of racism 's influence until we see people affected by it on the news or in person. Even then, rarely do we choose to act upon what we see. The United States may have come a long way to completing Martin Luther King Jr 's dream, but our biases are still a prominent issue today.

“…Everybody jumped on him, and beat him senseless… Everybody was hitting him or kicking him. One guy was kicking at his spine. Another guy was hitting him on the side of his face… he was unconscious. He was bleeding. Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing… He should have died… He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved…” (Ridgeway 167). The skinheads who were beating this man up had no reason to do so except for the fact that he was Mexican. Racism in this day and age is still as big of a problem as it was in the past, and as long as hate groups are still around to promote violence, society is never going to grow to love one another.