Racial And Ethnic Tensions That Can Affect Our Society

When it comes to defining racism its significance and effects are highly debatable although it is obvious who has it affected. In this essay, I will proceed to define race, racism, examine its roots and origins, its effects on certain groups in the United States of America and how can we as a whole society no matter what race can overcome it.

Racial oppression and racism have been an issue seen throughout the history of the United States. During the 60’s the era of the Civil Rights movement Americans saw advances in racial equality. This seems to have created a notion throughout the United States that racism was not an issue for many years. Yet racism still seems to be engrained in American society, it is just hard to realize when it is happening. Recently racial controversies surrounding the United states Justice System have been making the news headlines. What Americas are seeing is institutional inequalities that are creating racial conflict. Institutional inequalities have lead to racial oppression do to the power structure in the United States. Critical Race Theory provides an explanation showing that race is imbedded in American society today; can the theory explain why racial inequalities between the United States Justice System and citizens of different colors seems to be a reoccurring cycle.

In modern day America, racism is a prevalent issue that is often brushed to the side as an issue of the past. As a citizen in America we are under the assumption that, in accordance with the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and by Biblical standards, everyone is equal- therefore prejudice based on race is wrong. In order to establish how wrong racism is people should be educated about the reasons why and how to prevent it. The best way to do this is to teach about it in school curriculums. The quandary in this paper is that racism is not taught in schools to the adults and the youth today- the only ones that have a hope of making a real difference. While Racism is by no means new to society it is a covered matter up where people are often left ignorant of an issue that impacts thousands of Americans on a daily basis. Despite historical significance, racism is often glossed over in history classes even though it has a high influential impact on society. More often than not school history classes speed through from slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement as a way to honor Black History Month; while important cases involving racism, like Brown vs. Board, Brown II, the case of Emmett Till, and the Clark experiment are often times left out because of the negative outlook it has on American society.

After centuries of fighting, protesting, and labor, the fight for equality seemed to reach a conclusion. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 brought an end to segregation and promoted full equal opportunities for not only African Americans but other ethnicities as well. America elected Barack Obama as its president, allowed certain months to represent cultural awareness, and immigration numbers augmented. However, regardless of the fact that the country becomes increasingly diverse by the day and heavy, racial social boundaries no longer exist, racism, prejudice, and stereotypes still exist. “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line” (McQuade 391) says it the best; racial and ethnicity still remain underlying causes

Since the Birmingham Campaign launched in 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama and ended in May of 1963; there’s always been racial tension between blacks and whites. For example in Dothan, Alabama where majority of the police in their department would target young black men and plant weapons and drugs on them to make them seem guilty even though they were innocent. In the article “Leaked Documents Reveal Dothan Police Department planted drugs on young Blacks For Year, District Attorney Doug Valeska Complicit” by Jon B. Carroll. Police officers occasionally perform illegal searches on people without the proper consent by the person or a higher up in there department.

Racial tensions in the United States have been an ongoing event since around slavery and Jim Crow Laws. Americans have focused all of their attention on how police officers treat black Americans.

Racial tension in the United States reached a new high in the second half of the twentieth century. Black Power movements arose as blacks realized that negotiations and peace talks for integration could only take them so far in the fight against racism. Particularly, lacks found inspiration in Africa, which motivated them to act more aggressively against racist thinking (Marable 105). Furthermore, the Vietnam War added to the loss of rationale as many Americans deemed the war unnecessary. This affected the black community in that despite the official end of segregation in the armed forces, blacks were widely unrepresented in the higher ranks (97). The country reflected the violence abroad due to all of the unrest, but the hostility of blacks

The current racial and ethnic problems are few. But discrimination may not only occur between different ethnic groups, discrimination can be also in daily life practiced . The work place, for instance, a few bosses neglect to hire individuals as result of who they are. Or some might gain promotions over other people , As well as in public spots , when people are treated disrespectfully in public places like restaurants , markets , hospitals and sport facilities because they look like or have a few attributes that others are not happy with . Education also might be discriminatory , Children from ethnic minorities have been denied admission, or scholarships, or have been excluded from educational programs.

Madison Community Unit School District services students grades K-12 and they have a support center that houses these same grade levels for challenged children. Children who display violence, and who are overly aggressive with students and teachers, during the school year are also sent to the support center. Ultimately, this is done as a means of attempting to reshape behavior that could ultimately result in some students being expelled for the remainder of the school year, or being sent to an alternative school. The demographic makeup of the Junior and senior high school is a matriculation of 300 students, which consist of 92.2% black, 4.8% white, 1.2% Hispanic, and 1.8% of two or more races. This school provides service to a base of 99% low income student, 11% of these students have an IEP, and the total number of students followed by the counselor equates to 199 students amongst Jr high and high school. The graduation rate is 82% which is rather high, but the percentage that is college ready is 6% and that seems rather low to me. The Counseling techniques utilized by the counselor is 50% career development and 50% educational improvement. There is a high need for social emotional training as well as the entire school needs to be addressed about bullying. Its evidence of this behavior taking place with the females, and the school is curious if it is happening with the males too. I will be tasked in the upcoming future, with creating a group for

Ferguson, Missouri is a city approximately 20 miles north of St Louis, MO. Part of St. Louis County, MO, Ferguson’s police department is composed of only two percent black officers despite the city’s demographic at 65 percent black (The Washington Post, 2014). With an overwhelming statistic such as this, civilian-officer tensions are, unfortunately, unavoidable. Worse still, it would seem that these tensions are a result of racial conflicts. For at least the past decade, incidents of racial tensions have surfaced between the civilian and law enforcement communities (Ross as cited in Lowery, Leonnig, & Berman, 2014). Residents of the Ferguson area describe a long standing issue regarding profiling and targeting, in particular when it comes to traffic stops, even noting the rarity of any civil communication at all between the two parties (Crawford as cited in Lowery, Leonnig, & Berman, 2014). For years, the issue of race has gone unacknowledged and a lack of trust in regard to law enforcement officials has prevailed (Lowery, Leonnig, & Berman, 2014). “It 's never easy to move past the sins of our country 's history. Especially when some of that history is only hours old” (The Washington Post, 2014). We see this in the case of Michael Brown.

As a nation we’re often faced with challenges separating us as a union. One of those challenges being race relations, and how it affects our perspectives upon one another.

The Internet, social media, and the emergence of terrorist groups in America; what do these three have in common? The mere fact that they are some America’s daily trends of the modern era. Being a child of the millennial age, I strongly feel as if no one has experienced racial tension in America as much as my fellow millennials and I. We see it in news headlines all over, the Internet, and hear about it during our daily commutes. All asking one question; what's your opinion on this racial inequality? Since we are the land of the free, the opinion of the public is highly valued, as well as diverse. Recently, the diversity has become more than just the simple opinions of the people; it's become the issue of racial tension. A tension so deep that it has accounted for many physical altercations, uproars, and unfortunate deaths within the country. How do you put into this detrimental norm of society you ask? Here's what I think.

Race discrimination has been the cause of major issues over the years, it has gotten so severe, it sparked a war, caused numerous deaths, and tore apart entire countries. Schools should increase the number of cultural fairs held each year, because racial and ethnic discrimination can lead to bullying and self esteem issues. According to the article called The Historical Origins and Development of Racism by George M. Frederickson, “led to efforts to prevent the conjugal union of whites with those with any known or discernable African ancestry” This shows that whole countries tried to prevent biracial marriage. Discrimination didn’t stop here. Throughout the centuries discrimination has snuck into the school systems. The victims of this crisis? The young black, hispanic, and arab children of the United States and many other countries. In the early to mid 60’s and 70’s the school system in America was overrun with segregation, saying that as long as the sides were separate but equal, it was acceptable.

Today, people in Western society basically have no respect towards others. To have respect, people should never have contempt for others. As children, people were educated to respect adults and the rules. For this reason, everyone should always value other people’s opinions. People should never stereotype others by what they say or do.

What is racism? The definition is prejudice or discrimination to another race. Unfortunately, racism is evident almost anywhere especially in a high school. Name-calling, bullying, verbal abuse – are all forms of racism and can be seen in high schools, where all different backgrounds –teachers, pupils or staff – face with negative backlash of racism. Students of different race groups find it extremely tough to bond with their classmates from other “races circles”. How damaging is racism to schools? To society?, is it all black and white or are we blind to it? In this essay I will discuss racist incidents in schools specifically in America and Britain, who are infamous for racial incidents, and how it will affect the students and any others involved in those situations in the future