Racial Discrimination Against Black Americans

The black race has faced many hardships throughout American history. The harsh treatment is apparent through the brutal slavery era, the Civil Rights movement, or even now where sparks of racial separation emerge in urbanized areas of Baltimore, Chicago, and Detroit. Black Americans must do something to defend their right as an equal American. “I Am Not Your Negro” argues that the black race will not thrive unless society stands up against the conventional racism that still appears in modern America. “The Other Wes Moore” argues an inspiring message that proves success is a product of one’s choices instead of one’s environment or expectations.

Discrimination has afflicted the American society since its inception in 1776. The inferiority of the African American race – a notion embedded within the mindset of the white populace has difficult to eradicate – despite the efforts of civil rights activists and lawmakers alike. Many individuals are of the opinion that discrimination and racism no longer exist and that these issues have long since been resolved during the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. However such is not the case. Discrimination is a complex issue – one that encompasses many aspects of society. The impact of discrimination of the African American race is addressed from two diverse perspectives in the essays: “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King .

African American’s have been inferior to Whites for nearly 100 years. Moreover, experiencing the forefront of brutality, racism, and discrimination of this great nation. Baldwin, King, and Coate write informative letters addressing the lifestyle forced upon blacks, due to the misguided tradition. The authors express the benefits of the injudicious customs for Whites at the price of slavery, injustice, and violence towards Black Americans. Baldwin, King, and Coate overflow their letters with hope, faith, and love to educate people when they’re in their darkest hour.

African Americans have been inferior to Whites for nearly 100 years. Moreover, experiencing the forefront of brutality, racism, and discrimination of this great nation. Baldwin, King, and Coates write informative letters addressing the lifestyle forced upon blacks, due to the misguided tradition. The authors express the benefits of the injudicious customs for Whites at the price of slavery, injustice, and violence towards Black Americans. Each letter argues that a person should not be discouraged or dismayed, but to have faith in the system because you too will live the American Dream. Baldwin, King, and Coates overflow their letters with hope, faith, and love to educate people when they’re in their darkest hour.

There is no doubt that the United States has gone through serious transformation in as far as racial relations is concerned. So far, the country has seen a reduction in racial prejudices and discrimination , yet such changes have never be a one-off event, rather, it has been a process that has seen so many fighting so hard for this course. Talking of racism and racial discrimination, African-Americans would always be taken as the greatest victims to such discrimination. Whereas African-Americans have played victim to racial discrimination over the years, there has been a great level of transformation within the American society over the years to see to it that institutionalized racial discrimination amongst blacks is kept at the bare minimal

Racial subordination of African Americans was a major national problem during the first half of the 20th century. In particular, during the 1940s, the South was the center of an intense racial struggle. The fight for equality by African Americans was still rife during the time (Berg 5). Published in 1947, Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal” illustrates this struggle as the author writes about a narration of a young black man who struggled with the aim of getting ahead in a society that was for the most part dominated by the white. Specifically, the author uses the protagonist’s characterization and setting to create insight into the racial tension of the Deep South during segregation. The story is set in the Deep South, during the 1940s, to help illustrate how racial discrimination was a systematic problem for African Americans.

When the Africans arrived in the Americas, the majority of them worked on plantations. Men, women, and even children worked. Women mostly worked as servants, nurses, dressmakers, and cookers. Whereas men worked as metalworkers, watch smiths, and etc. Africans who worked on plantations can only leave the field at a certain time, depending on the season of the crop. Africans created environment and wealth for their owner and their families. They also faced brutal oppression and they had no freedom whatsoever. Women were often abused and raped by their owner, which resulted in a mixed-race population. Some of the mixed race were free to a certain extent, whereas other had to buy their freedom.

What is Discrimination and how does it affect African-Americans who are interested in obtaining a high level of education in today’s social climate compared to the past generations? Discrimination against Blacks today is more covert due to the fact most kids attend public schools within their demographic unless their parents take it upon themselves to invest in the Childs future. Most people contend that the way the school systems are setup now segregation is taking effect on a slightly different scale. If for instance a family could choose to send their child to a much better school outside of the lower income neighborhood they may reside would that student become just as successful as the kid from the higher society neighborhood? It’s a known

America is known as the land of the free, but it hasn't always been free for everyone. In the time of the Jim Crow laws; African Americans were being segregated, discrimination upon, and racism hung heavy over everyone. The laws stated that these people born and raised in America were not allowed to go to the same schools as the others they see around them. It's not that these people were in any way incapable of going to school with white students it was only that they looked a little different. People averted their gaze and blinded themselves from the truth of what was going on. The racism that they experienced is exactly the same as the discrimination our society puts on people with mental disorders; the government, who is also discriminatory

A nation with an infinitely diverse population, such as America, contains many minorities, but being a minority in A country has set backs. Being a minority comes with stereotypes and prejudice; although the majority faces prejudice too, it may not be as prevalent as prejudice towards the minority. Equality in America is on the rise, but most minorities face problems that they faced years ago. African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and Cajuns have struggled in different ways while residing in the United States of America.

In our history and lives, humans tend to judge others. If they think they are not like themselves, they are weird and judge them of what they are. This problem is affecting our society today and was a bigger problem in our history. Our society’s achilles’ heel is judging others and not accepting who they are.

Racism against African Americans is something that needs to change. People of all races especially blacks are dying, cops are shooting black people with no remorse in broad daylight and they are acting like they are above the law. Officers are also being recorded while these shootings have been happening and they still continue. These kind of acts are tearing the African American communities apart and they are being affected in a very negative way. We the people are not acting out the way our forefathers vision of what we know as the American dream. This is not the way we are supposed to live but most people have learned a specific way of life, which may or may not be the ‘civilized’ way, and does not care for change or trying to change themselves.

People from all walks of life have vastly different views about racism and discrimination, in America. Many other groups see themselves as the most discriminated against. Our personal experiences have an enormous impact on how we perceive discrimination. Undoubtedly, African Americans have faced the most cruel and inhuman treatment in this nation, but it is important to recognize that living in America and identifying as anything other than white, you’ve faced discrimination. While there is no comparison of the struggles each group has faced, Kara Walker’s “Event Horizons” reminds us of the adversities African Americans faced and continue to overcome, and Anna May Wong’s journey in Hollywood as an Chinese American reminds us that African Americans

Sports fan or not, everyone was watching the National Football League in 2016. During preseason of 2016, Colin Kaepernick, former starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, did something unprecedented in the present-day American sports arena. He remained seated during the National Anthem in protest. After a wave of highly publicized murders of young unarmed black Americans at the hands of law enforcement, Kaepernick clarified his intentions,

One of the most dramatic demographic events that had a significant change in America would be the Great Migration. It had to do with the moving of 6 million of African American from the southern hemisphere of the united states to the northern hemisphere around the time of the 20th century. To better explain this event in American history it would be best to start with the chain of events that caused it in the first place. That starting point would have to be the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. This was an announcement that was laid out to say that if any state if not by the start of the 1863 that is in rebellion would have all there slaves declared free if they did not reunite back with America. Abraham Lincoln, being the president at this time, pushed this through because would have hurt and reduce the South’s capacity to start a war by encouraging and threatening that their slaves would leave the southern lines and come to America’s. Once the slave would come and join America they would be enlisted into the army and fight against the south. This defiantly was the most important and first act done to help Africans in America because it helped bring up the idea of freed slaves, but this was only done as a war measure because slave was at that time very essential to the South’s war effort and did not have helping and freeing slaves as the main idea. This announcement did not