Racism And Equality In The United States

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” President Obama, then senator Obama, declared these words at a speech to supporters in 2008. If we are ‘the ones that we’ve been waiting for’, why aren’t things changing? Why is there still racism? Why is there still discrimination? These are crucial questions that I anticipate will remain unanswered forever. After Barack Obama secured enough electoral votes during the 2008 Presidential election, Obama became the first African-American president in the history of the United States. On January 20, 2009 Obama was officially sworn into office, commencing an extremely instrumental part of American history becoming the first black male as president. Unfortunately, still to this day many people cannot wrap their heads around the fact that slavery was abolished in the middle 1800s but yet there is still significant amounts of racial inequality and discrimination. Although it might seem far-fetched, we have the power to end racism. Despite our prejudice and disregard, racism can be significantly impacted and possibly even terminated with unity, partnership and cooperation amongst the people. Still to this day people of color are often faced with various disadvantages that can severely impact their quality of life, disadvantages such as poverty, education, and financial decisions.

Systemic racism occurs when policies and practices exist is institutions that discriminates against and excludes one group or exclusively fosters another. The system is setup so that it doesn't need individuals to discriminate themselves because it is structured so that discrimination is omnipresent. Systemic racism is responsible for the inequity of schools between poor minority neighborhoods and rich white neighborhoods, because it puts restraints on their ability to learn and what they learn, which then hinders their ability to attain equal status.

The article, (Racism and redistribution in the United States: A solution to the problem of American exceptionalism), (Lee 2006) explains how ethnicity and racism when it comes to American voters. This makes this claim that almost 90 % of all black voters are part of the democratic party. They expand on how blacks view whites and whites view blacks from different complex concepts. The most interesting part of this article is how they turned racism into a measurable

Have we really came far in the fight for racial and gender equality in America? We have made constant strides towards equality, but there is still a substantial amount of work to be done. The road ahead will be long and difficult, but for our society to become better we must learn how to be equal. According to Oxforddictionaries.com to be equal is “(of people) having the same status, rights, or opportunities”. The controversy within the topic of race and gender causes hatred towards individuals, nevertheless open dialogue and understanding will lead us to a better future.

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Today, minorities face a problem many have suffered for hundreds of years. That problem is racism. It’s in the news, social media, and all around our world. Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another. We always hear that our world is changing every day, but is it?

The United States is considered one of the countries that have more immigrants in the world. Also, is considered as one of the countries that treat their population equally. According to Teresa Welsh, in 2013 North America has 989,900 immigrants, leading the U.S to be the top country for having more migrants. However, immigrants are facing discrimination and racism in this country.

Since 1619 in Jamestown Virginia in America the land of the “free” African Americans imported from Africa began to experience racial oppression. This continues to happen all over America and in other parts of the world although it is crazy to think that things like this have reached the education systems, the annual income, and rights. I believe that a law fighting against racial inequality should be created.

For this week’s assignment, I would like to share my summative reflection on this course with the class. I will reflect back on this course to recollect on specific parts that I have learned that made an impact in my practice of psychology.

I believe that although All lives matter, there is still racism in the U.S, and people should be treated the same regardless of ethnicity. All lives matter for the reason that many people are killing other people for the fact of their ethnicity. People are rioting and getting each other killed because they are choosing an idea that puts people in harm. I know that people are being killed by cops, mostly African Americans and Hispanics. They don’t understand that if they were in the cops position how hard that decision is.

Racial equality has always been a considerable problem throughout the history of the United States. It began with the necessity to find labor in order to be successful producing tobacco in the early southern colonies and it increasingly became one of Americas leading race problems. However, the African Americans were not the only ones that Americans clearly discriminated upon. As Americans wanted more and more land, we increasingly grew ambitions to discriminate the Native Americans. America has even developed racial issues as recent as 1942 when over one hundred thousand Japanese Americans were forced to relocate after the bombing of pearl harbor. As time as progressed, more and more people have wondered if we are taking the proper steps

Through the transition of opinion left behind a hysterical fear of radical racism and recollection of the demeanor of The United States’ history regarding race. A population in disillusion of the thought of racism and it’s consequences. Tensions have built to the degree some are pursuing anyone who is racist. Although racism is less prevalent today, an anomaly has surfaced, where people get accused for verbally portraying something supposedly ‘racist’ but rather are purposely taken out of context. Often for personal gratification, a righteousness prosecution of anything that could be manipulated or slightly interpreted as racist or isn’t politically correct. This ‘P.C. culture’ stands to remove ‘Rude’ or ‘Hateful’ speech and believes, especially

In my opinion and through thorough research of trends throughout the history of the United States, I must agree that we will never achieve true racial and social equality. Despite the efforts of many social rights leaders throughout the past century, the Klu Klux Klan and other alt-right groups fight to rid the United States of African Americans and other groups that they believe are simply inferior.

After living in a place like Bend Oregon for 18 years I haven’t ever noticed a difference between blacks and whites. Bend has been said to be “one of the whitest places to live”, yet I never viewed a city by its race. Being racist to me meant that it was the whites who had a problem with the blacks and whites didn’t want anything to do with blacks. I hadn’t actually seen racism in action from anyone here. Now, after watching the film Crash and reading the essays “Blinded by the White: Crime, Race and Denial at Columbine High” written by Tim Wise and “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” written by McIntosh, my understanding of race, diversity, and communications have changed.

Racism is an uncomfortable topic to address and talk to others about because of its history in our country. And there have been historical events in America regarding racism that go hundreds of years back. However, racism is still evident within our society because of contemporary structural factors that continue on with these historical injustices. Currently, our country is being divided because of racism, President Trump and his administration have made so many racial comments over the years. I don’t want to go into detail about President Trump and how much of a racist and fascist he is, but we all understand the idea. He wanted to make a travel ban and he has said many hurtful and discriminatory things to those of different genders and races on the media. I believe that systemic, institutionalized, and internalized racism are very much alive in this country and in other parts of the world. In my opinion, we are a very race-conscious society and not only that but we are class-conscious as well. In our society, we are set in class systems which basically is the amount of income a household makes. And we as a society are always looking at race, gender, ethnicity, and nationality as ways to divide ourselves.