Racial Tension Between Black And White Americans

The United States of America is comprised of citizens who have rights given to them that are explicitly written in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. All of these people exhibit diversity. Some came by choice, others by slavery. They have different religious and political beliefs, different sexual orientations, and different nationalities. Each man or woman has these freedoms given to them by the Constitution. However, public sentiment does not always follow the freedoms outlined in the Constitution. Racial conflict is an example of sentiment reflected in society that has existed for decades upon decades and has always been in the undertones of American society. Racial conflict is the most important and prominent recurring theme in the latter half of American history encompassing negative and positive trends shaping America into the society it embodies today.

James Baldwin’s, The Fire Next Time, speaks to the current race relation of the 21st century in a numerous of ways. The overall novel encompasses two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation," and "Down at The Cross — Letter from a Region of My Mind." The first essay, is a letter to Baldwin's fourteen-year-old nephew, reflects the essential role of race in American history. The second essay contracts with the relations between race and religion, demonstrating Baldwin's experiences with the Christian church at youth, as well as the Islamic ideas of others in Harlem.

In James Baldwin’s book The Fire Next Time, is composed of two essays, My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind.” These two essays both have a very similar approach taken to them as they are both letters and both have very similar core meanings. These meanings or ideas Baldwin writes about vary from slightly but focus around the idea of race relations in the United States and overcoming them. These messages Baldwin convey’s had great meaning and influence when he first published his book and they still do today, in a society that is more divided than ever before.

On August 2, 1924 in New York City’s Harlem, Baldwin was born and went through a violent Christian conversion experience that changed him at the age of fourteen. He left his church of three years to pursue a career within civil speaking and writing. During his childhood, the Civil Rights era begun which influenced his passion and intelligence that give him the ability to be a natural spokesman

He soon began preaching in this church, as his father did in his, and soon became a big influence. Because of this status, he achieved a sudden right to privacy and immunity from punishment. Most importantly, his father had little control over him. Baldwin was very enamored with the music and drama of the church. He enjoyed the attention he received while in the pulpit and truly believed that he was making a difference. He also had made a friend, Jesus, whom he felt, all the time, would never fail him.

The end of the Civil War brought the United States of America into a period of change and reconstruction. Race relations between White Americans and African Americans were being formed and it was still unknown how the two groups would coexist in this new era. One major change, the black codes, came about as white society and southern states retaliated against the abolishment of slavery and the loss of their previous lifestyle. Although slaves had been set free and southerners no longer had the right to own human beings as property, the black codes were passed to suppress African American’s freedom and prevent them from prospering. These laws included the requirements for African Americans to observe a curfew, sign labor contracts and be

Could the conflict of the deaths of African Americans shot by white officers be solved? Police officers are on high alert and may use excessive force. But if they can aid the wounded they should. The conflict involving African American deaths from the shooting of white officers cannot be completely resolved because weather or not if the police officer is racist, if the police officer feels endanger they may use excessive force, but what they can do is at least aid the victim and the police officers don't need to shoot them multiple times to take them down.

I am a former resident of Florida, I have lived in one of the most diverse places on Earth, I do not believe there is a race problem today in America. Now in the 1960s, we had a much larger problem, Jim Crow ruled over the south. African Americans were second class citizens and they had little to no voting rights. This was the age of true racism, the period between full equality and slavery, though a hundred years removed from the civil war.

a. Name/author/date - “Communicative behavior and conflict between African-American customers and Korean immigrant retailers in Los Angeles” by Benjamin Bailey, published in 2000

Racism is an enormous problem that the United States dealt with since people have different cultures due to the fact that they came from different parts of the world. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (1999) describes racism as following: “The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race” (p. 979). This misconception of the idea that one race is superior to another has caused so much conflict among people that often times violence is involved. Racism can also be the discrimination of certain type of people because they are different. According to the Peace Alliance, more than a hundred million people died due to indirect or direct

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.

Baldwin points to his high-school writing as "an act of love.  It was an attempt-not to get the world's attention-it was an attempt to be loved.  It seemed a way to save myself and a way to save my family.  It came out of despair" (qtd. in Kinnamon 3).  Baldwin believes in the redemptive power of love, the power to "save."  But first must come "despair."  All of Baldwin's characters suffer tremendously, for they live in modern society.  Few love.  Since suffering is universal but a love fulfilled is not, suffering alone does not allow one to love, "...but if dealt with courageously...can lead to self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and the forging of a genuine self-identity" (Nelson 122).  With no internal conflicts, one can open up to another person, and love can flower.

2- In this case, in my opinion, there is an interracial conflict, real or fomented antagonism between the different races. Usually in a favor legislation that dictates for itself the race that the government exercises or predominates in a country or time. Of greater importance is the persistence of white and black races in various American and African peoples, especially in the United States, because of the prolific color of the people of color, and in the Union of South Africa. These icons are reflected in laws, and even more so in the avoidance of coexistence, in the exclusions of managerial positions and of whatever social selection is considered for the denigrated race. The term interracial refers to a couple, family or any other group that includes individuals who are members of different races. This differs from the biracial term, which refers to an individual whose racial heritage includes two different races. 5

Today, there is racial tension all around the world. Racial tension means the feeling that exists when people do not trust and be aggressive to each other. In Malaysia, racial tension has deepened recently. The Indian government has released an advisory for its foreign students that studying in Australia which showed that racial tension appeared around the White and Indian. Racial tension between the Han and Uighur communities in Xinjiang, China was enhanced in July 2009. There are several factors that cause racial tension to happen such as religion topic, government policy, prejudice and discrimination.

Baldwin wrote about how he began in the Christian church as a young Minister, and it was this occupation that opened his eyes to the corruption, hypocrisy, and lack of love within the church. The churches