Racism Against African Americans

For centuries Africa American’s have been stripped from their freedom, their history, and their human rights due to racism and white supremacy. However, in 1868 there was a light at the end of the tunnel, African Americans thought there was an end to racism and the beginning of equality when the 14th Amendment was created. The 14th Amendment stated, “All persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States… no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”(The Founding Fathers) With the privilege of being a citizen a person is entitled to universal freedom (Walton, Smith). Even though the 14th amendment enforced that the state shall not deny privileges to citizens, it never brought about equality for African-Americans because of racism. The Amendment was intended to create equality, however its meaning was misinterpreted and ultimately benefit white males. Because of this, it denied them of their right to freedom from barriers created to keep African Americans inferior such as Jim Crow Laws, Gorilla Warfare for Voting, and Institutional Racism.

African Americans have been facing racism and prejudice for a long time. Even to this day racism towards African American still happens. It is something that can’t be changed. It can only be

Modern day racism and hatred against African-Americans can be traced back to slavery in the Colonial Americas. Over 10 million slaves were taken and brought into the New World. These slaves if they were to survive the way would face a harsh life of servitude to their white masters. Africans slaves were and plentiful and cheap labor source in the 1700’s. Slavery was very controversial in the colonies. The practice had many believers and critics. Slavery was a brutal but big part of American history.

The essence of this essay reveals the definition of human rights and the politics of its victimhood incorporating those that made a difference. Human Rights can be seen as having natural rights, a fixed basis in reality confirming its importance with a variety of roles; the role illuminated will be racial discrimination against African Americans.

African Americans have suffered from racism in so many horrific ways! They have been used in ways unexplainable to the mind. Whether it was through sexual abuse or dating all the way back to slavery times. However, in today’s society African Americans are still being affected by racism not only in a physical, emotional, and mental manner but, also in their way of living. How would you feel if you were judged by the color of your skin to the point where you can’t even make a living?

With the rise in the #BlackLivesMatter movement, racism has been a hot topic of discussion in news, music, television, and in film. America is finally beginning to understand and confront the effects of racism in society. Although the country still has a long way to go in regards to reform and achieving true equality, the acknowledgement of the existence of racism is a large first step. Despite the frequency of conversations about racism, there is still one vital aspect that is ignored and overlooked that greatly contributes to the hindrance of true change. Colorism. As a society, when speaking of racial inequality in the black community we fail to realize the role colorism has and the effect it has on those that suffer from it. Colorism in the black community is one of the main things that keeps us from

It seems as if every day there is something on the news dealing with racial issues. Racism has been around for centuries and it does not seem to be disappearing anytime soon. During the past few months there has been a significant rise in racist acts specifically towards African Americans. From police brutality to white nationalist rallies there have been several acts of racism committed throughout the United States.

According to the 2010 census, approximately seventy percent of the United states consisted of Caucasians. Although Caucasians are the most dominant people in the United States of America, ethnic enclaves especially those in overpopulated cities such as Manhattan, have clearly proved that even the minorities have a representation. For a historian, Chinatown would be a depiction of how far the nation has come. Just about a century ago, due to prejudice against Asians, the nation allowed the congress to approve the practice of an unfair quota system. America was considerably a safe haven, a sanctimony, or perhaps a better chance at life for many immigrants, these unfair quotas systems resulted in a national day dedicated to mourning. A history

Black voices around the country were being heard as they protested for their lives. It almost seemed like déjà vu for the black community. However, this time, unlike in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s, the Black Lives Matter movement had a powerful tool in their pocket: social media. The creation of the hashtag “Black Lives Matter” galvanized the movement throughout the nation, as posts from people on both sides of the spectrum spoke out on their thoughts over the current police violence against African Americans. Although the hashtag originally began on Facebook, the Black Lives Matter movement has been able to reach a wide range audience through Twitter.

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.

In June of this year it was recorded that there had been 490 people killed by the United States police force and a concerning amount of 138 of those citizens were African-American. Compared to the twelve percent that make up part of the U.S. population, thirty percent of the citizens killed by police is disarming. This study was broken down with the inclusion of fatal police shootings by race, ethnicity and region (Joseph). Since the 1992 there has been a great deal of awareness brought to the fact that the black population are the victims most affected in these police brutality instances. It seems imminent that African Americans in particular face this racial injustice compared to white people like myself who are exposed to privilege. For example, in comparison to the media coverage of Michael Brown being justified because he was labeled as a thug and “struggling with an officer, Trayvon Martin who was labeled as “ a kid suspended three times from school”, or 25 year old Derrick Varner who was labeled as “ having a history of narcotics abuse and tangles with the law” (Wing). On the other side of the spectrum a person of Caucasian decent can commit a crime and be treated humanely by police and covered by the media in a good perspective. For example, Jared Michel the Oregon school shooter was labeled as “ fascinated with guns but was a devoted Mormon”, or Elliot Rodger, the Santa Barbara mass shooter who was labeled as “ soft-spoken, polite, and a gentleman”

In today 's society, it seems like history is repeating itself when it comes to police brutality against African Americans. I can’t breathe advertisement was created to increase the awareness of excessive force, which can cause death. After the Eric Gardner case, the “I can’t breathe” slogan was created and was even printed on t-shirts. People had mixed reactions towards the campaign and opinions were heard. Wal-Mart had to take down their ad simply because the black man said, “I can’t breathe”, which caused people to be overly sensitive about the subject. This caused controversy, stating that the ad shouldn’t been more aware of the sensitive topic.

time limits stamped across their foul existences, as well? Though the end stamp for many discriminatory acts against Black people might sounds inconceivable now, as the end to slavery once sounded, the possibility and probability are valid that most, if not all, discriminatory acts against Black people will one day in their determined and maybe even per-determined time will come to an end just as slavery did? Even so, the epitome of Derek Bell’s comments on the permanency of racism in the US in his article, “Faces at the Bottom of the Well,” have been loosely paraphrased below.

When people talk about race and American policing, a question that emerges is how the actions of police have impacted the fight against racism faced by African Americans. Some people such as Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, argue that police officers take advantage of how much power they have, while some other people such as Patrick J. Lynch, the president of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, think that police officers are doing their job the way it's supposed to be. My own view is the actions of police officers have worsened the fight against racism faced by African Americans due to the numerous accounts of excessive police brutality faced by blacks throughout the years 2000 to 2015. First, many African Americans

In the past racism was something of the norm, from being treated like animals to also being taken as a joke. We as African Americans have gone through it all, and today I as a proud African American will talk about the uprising and the downfalls of my people. Anyhow during the uproar of segregation African Americans encountered degrading acts towards them as bad as seeing their moms, dads, brothers, and sisters being lynched. However such terrifying acts came to a minor halt when the murder of Emmett Till arose.