Race And Gender Equality In America

Together we have learned and grown to see that everyone is a person that deserves his/her own rights. This does not mean that we have achieved racial and gender equality though. It is a fact that racial and gender biases are still in existence. These racial biases include individuals walking the other way when a black man is approaching them, making racist remarks, not approving of our African-American president, etc. Gender inequality is also an issue with women not getting paid equal wages as men for the same job, are portrayed as weak, men are held to certain stereotypical society pressures such as being physically and emotionally strong, etc. Obviously, there are still certain things we need to learn and

Throughout the semester, we have discussed many different social justice issues. One issue that has stuck with me is gender and racial inequality. Gender inequality is very important to me because I was raised by a single mother and surrounded by women all the time. I do not believe that anyone should be payed or treated differently due to their gender. While growing up, I saw that women are capable for doing anything and often times have to work harder than men to prove themselves. Racial inequality is an issues that is important to me because I feel that all individuals should be equal. I think Dr. King’s idea of color blindness, not today’s definition, should be something that we as a society strive for. We need to move past the idea that

Even after slavery was erased from the lives of African Americans, something rather equal to slavery was introduced. Sharecropping was what they called it and although it didn 't fool all African Americans, it still resembled the same practice of slavery itself. Equality and opportunity were the main words that would have African Americans develop faith during the time period of 1865 to 1905. Of course, lives of African Americans continued to be painfully raw in disguise.

Race issues in the United States have plagued our country ever since our inception as a nation. Racism has fueled division, rioting, feuding, debate, and worst of all Civil War. Race issues have altered the way people work and the jobs that they are hired for. Race has also been a contributor to the rate for which one is paid. Race has also contributed to policies that support Law enforcement and or minorities. Some of these cases were; Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), the Court prohibited racial segregation in public schools. Loving vs. Virginia (1967), this decision holds that state laws prohibiting inter-racial marriage are unconstitutional. Another example, the Court found that a city school failure to provide English language instruction to students of Chinese ancestry to be considered unlawful discrimination in Lau vs. Nichols (1973). The University of California Regents vs. Bakke (1978), the Court decides that a public university may take race into account as a factor in admissions decisions. The decision holds that a state denies an African-American defendant equal protection when it puts him on trial before a jury from which members of his race have been purposefully excluded was in Batson vs. Kentucky (1986). Then a final example, Grutter vs. Bollinger (2003), In this case, the Court finds that a law school 's limited "affirmative action" use of race in admissions is constitutional. Because of racism we have also seen where we now have sub cultures in secret

Race is one of many key factors that influence the historic relationship between classes, ethnicity, immigrants, bodies, and the state, specifically when it comes to notions of citizenship. The articles, Perils of Degeneration, Hygiene and "The Indian Problem", Nationalizing Children through Schools and Hygiene, Puffy, Ugly, Slothful and Inert’, and The Vice Trust, all point to the function of popular perceptions of race in society, specifically how individuals are classified based on certain racial markers. All of these articles surround the theme in which notions of race influenced political and social responses in both the United States and Latin America.

Throughout the history of the country, America has been considered a fairly racist union. From the workplaces to the society, as an Asian, I felt there's a strong barrier between white and black people, although I felt a little bit of racial among us. In this essay, I will talk about the major racial issue of this country through out my experiences.

Something that I also found really interesting is how white people get offended by fact that color of people accused them of the inequality that we have in this country, for example some of the things they bring up is that “they didn’t ask to be white”, yet they still contribute to the idea of color blindness by refusing to see the reality that they will always have more power over a person of color regardless their education level or income. Whites will never understand the harsh reality of race in the U.S., Lopez makes a great point about this “ But beliefs in innate racial inequality could not be perceived as morally evil until they were first seen as factually wrong. This was impossible to imagine for persons steeped in the belief that

America struggles with racial inequalities before even its independence in July 4 1776, during the years that transpired many racial issues began to arise as slavery was still in affect during the 18th and mid-19th century. After Lincoln assassination, the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the entire United States and slavery became illegal. However, the racial differences between whites and blacks never ceased to exist up until this

The demographic census of 2014 estimates show that Washington’s population comprises 49.0% African American or Black, 43.6% of White alone, 0.6% of American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 4.0% Asian alone, 0.2 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone, 2.6% of two or more races (did not include the actual racial composition) Hispanic or Latino 10.4%, White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 35.8% (Stats, Oct-2015). Washington, D.C. remains one of the places where people look through the racial lens (Hurt, 2011).

Race refers to the idea of identifying people into groups based on various physical characteristics. An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population whose members identify with each other based on shared social traits. In America, we currently have six dominant races: white American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races. The Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino”. Hispanic and Latino Americans are a diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the United States. Throughout the last decade many sociologist around the country have gathered evidence to prove the evolution the American population is witnessing.

Dating back to the 1800’s, racism and gender inequality have played a prominent role in America. Ranging from slavery to the Jim Crow laws to the war on drugs, racial inequality is present in our everyday lives. Likewise, gender inequality is also as prominent as there are many inherent barriers for women in the workplace such as sexual harassment, inability to ascend into high ranking jobs and stereotypes involving gender roles. Even with the implementation of anti-discrimination laws, racial and gender inequality would still be present in our society because many disparities between race and gender are not caused by explicit discrimination but rather implicit discrimination. Anti-discrimination laws promote equality in theory, but not so much in practice as legal reasoning isn’t exempt from ethical or political beliefs.

Racial Inequality is a subject that can be exposed easily yet the following journalists exposed the truth behind this reality such as racism/segregation, poverty and racial injustice. The following journalists attempted to bring about change in legislation so that something could be done about racial inequality.

A racially equal society is one whereby individuals are not likely or more likely to receive certain benefits given that they belong to a particular racial group. This would be an ideal society given that the current American society is characterized by institutional and systemic racism. Institutional racism can be defined as institutional practices and other aspects of government such as policymaking, cultural representation and so forth that enforce racial inequality (Murji, 2007). An individual is likely to get access to certain advantages given that they are of a certain race. Systemic racism is similar to institutional racism but pays more attention to the historical and cultural aspect of society.

The purpose of this article according too, Jenaifer M. Denbow, is that woman of color or other ethnicity is a threat to the nation and its value when she is pregnant. She goes on to describe that black women generally viewed abortion as a blessing in disguise but black men, viewed it as the black genocide. Minorities in the Deep South, Black women especially were encouraged to be breeding machines for their slave masters and with all that they couldn’t take roles as real mothers. Which brings to attention of, PRENDA, which means prenatal nondiscrimination act of 2016, it is a bill that would subject medical professionals to up to five years imprisonment for performing an abortion on a woman who wants to abort the fetus because of its race or sex. Supporters of race-selective abortion bans believe that it is the racist views of abortion providers that cause a disproportionate number of abortions among minority communities.

In 1968 and 1865 Lincoln and Kennedy were trying to persuade Americans that the country is better united. Throughout America’s history I believe that a common goal was to build relations among the diverse nation. I think that Lincoln and Kennedy wanted to make a change because they saw the difference and unfair circumstances. However there has not been a lot that has changed. I believe a lot of people want to get rid of racism but a lot of people haven’t made an honest effort to make change. However I also think that many people do not know how to acquire change. Recognizing racial injustice can help create various steps toward racial equality in America’s society. When we as a society speak explicitly about race, we will accept everything that make us different from one another.