Social And Racial Equality Research Paper

Johnson, H. B. (2014). The American dream and the power of wealth: Choosing schools and inheriting inequality in the land of opportunity. Routledge.

The trends in poverty show that blacks double that of the national average and that of whites in Mississippi, 32%. In an article by Richard V. Reeves and Edward Rodrigue (2015) called the “Five bleak facts on Black Opportunity”, they talk about five facts that pretty much sum up the poverty gap between blacks and white. One of the facts is that “ half of black Americans born poor stay poor” and rarely leave the fifth percentile. ( Reeves and Rodrigue, 2015, par. 3) This is a result of the fact that black poverty ,unlike white poverty, is isolated and concentrated to their community. Another one is that “most black families are headed by single parents, about 59%.” ( Reeves and Rodrigue,2015, par. 6) The most recent Republican plans for anti-poverty proposed ending welfare programs, like SNAP and other plans like it. These programs actually are what some of the families who are close to falling below the poverty line use to stay barely above it. In an article by Robert Greenstein, he mentions a very key question that none of the potential Republican candidates could answer. The question was “ how would they craft budget and tax plans that don't savage assistance for the poor and thereby increase poverty and hardship?” (Greenstein, 2016, par.5 ) The fact that none of the candidates could answer this question further validates the fears that the black voters feel about voting

because blacks are the second lowest paid race in the U.S. According to Deborah Ashton from the Harvard Business Review, black males average at $646 per week and black females average at $621, while the average for white males is $896 and $728 for white women (“Does Race or Gender Matter More to Your Paycheck?”). Even though whites have more people starting to work at ages 16-24, the ages in which people earn less money, they still earn a lot more than black people in general. Furthermore, black people are more likely to lose their jobs when the economy is bad. Drew DeSilver states in his article “Black Unemployment Rate is Consistently Twice that of Whites” that “blacks are… disproportionately likely to lose their jobs as the business cycle weakens”, while white people tend to keep their jobs ( Pew Research Center). Since the economy goes through ups and downs pretty often, a white person would have a steadier income and would be unemployed less often than a black person. Thus, being a white person in the U.S. would mean a lot more job opportunities and much more income than being a black

11% of white individuals doubts changes would be made. Furthermore, although African Americans want to change to be done for America many of them doubts it would ever happen, and about 11% of white Americans believes the same. Pew Research found that black individuals are more likely than whites to say they are treated less fairly in the workplace ,dealing with police officers, in stores or restaurants , when applying for a mortgage or loan and voting when there are elections. About 64% of black individuals say they are treated less fairly in the workplace than white people. 22% of white Americans says the same. Jobs is another factor many black individuals believe there's inequality in the United States system. According to the New York Times article "America's Racial Divide", states the unemployment gap have not changed over the last 40 years. Over the year when the United Staes had many economic booms, the unemployment rate for African- Americans have been persistently getting higher over the year. The Times mentions the unemployment rate among African Americans has been consistently shown in the ratios for the past 40 years. The ratios shown in the data is between 2 and 2.5 (Irwin, N. Miller, C.C. Sanger- Kartz.M.

Racial prejudice existed in the 1930’s and still exists today. Due to small minded, arrogant people it has come to affect millions of innocent people like a fictional character named Tom Robinson. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, racial tensions run high in Maycomb county when Atticus Finch decides to defend a black man whose name is Tom Robinson. Throughout the story Lee wants to show how racial prejudice affects judgement, facts, and stereotypes.

Continuing inequality today shows recurring historical patterns and lack of correction towards racial division of African Americans and Caucasians. Although Americans have improved in this area, Caucasians still view African Americans with unconscious negative bias. Bias translates into law enforcement and politics, and African Americans experience police discrimination and lack of political representation as a result. Ultimately, educational and economic disparities still exist and restrict the opportunities of African American individuals in attaining the wealth and employment of their Caucasian peers. America's longstanding failure to promote equality needs to be resolved, as it casts a dismal light upon an otherwise great nation.

In fact, whites are being paid more than African Americans at every educational level (African Americans are paid less than whites at every educational level). Plus, African Americans’ unemployment rate is double that of whites (‘Jobless Discrimination’ against African Americans). It is unfair that African Americans can barely get jobs, not to mention that when they do, they make less than

Social Inequality has existed since the start of humanity, to be more exact it “begun over, 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era”(1) and we have grown with it as a civilization. It all started at the stone age and has gradually grown and evolved over time where other factors such as skin, race, culture, religion, and sex all take part in social inequality. In the Americas there is a great deal social inequality among the entire country where we know a bit about. Racism is something that was created by humanity and started in Europe as a way to create a hierarchical view while keeping those in power in power. According to “Race and Racism” “Race is a social construction, and ideas we endow with meaning through daily interactions”(2) and by doing this we prefer one over the other. We use stereotypes to greatly influence racism where one or the other has an economic advantage over the other. The race that has benefited the most from this are the whites, who receive unearned privilege over other non-white races. White Privilege has a huge impact in the economy, in who gets the job, who goes to the top, who gets housing, a head start, and other benefits of essentially being white.

According to State of Working America, African-Americans have the highest poverty rate at 27.4 percent. In the United States, descendants of slaves are currently barred from freedom because of racism and classism, and is enforced through the laws. This started with the Jim Crow laws in the twentieth century, and classist laws and prejudice have kept segregation alive long after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Racial inequality needs to be addressed because it mirrors slavery. It is essential for the public to understand because it impairs many lives.

Solving inequality in the United States is not an easy task, while it can be done it could take decades before it is completely diminished. Some ways that we can take a step in the direction of reducing inequality towards people of color are more strict anti-discrimination laws and equal imprisonment laws, nonviolent protests, and lower education cost. While this might not completely put an end to it, or even reduce the problem, there is still a possibility that it might

The ailments that our textbook mentions, like heart disease, diabetes, and HIV/Aids (p. 425), are more common among non-white minority populations than they are among whites. This rings true at least a little to me—one of our family friends, a very friendly mom with about 50% Native American heritage, has diabetes. (I've also known a white boy that has diabetes, so I guess that evens out my experience... unless I just interact more with white people.) Being a racial minority, according to our textbook, means one is at higher risk of contracting or being affected by certain illnesses. I know from biology class that people of African descent are at greater risk of developing sickle cell anemia. This may be related to social factors (as a sociologist

According to research 45.8 percent of young black children live in poverty, and black men are more likely to go to jail. However, when the presence of these facts enter everyday conversation they are often considered racist. One of the greatest challenges we have is to heal the divide of our nation and recognize the discrimination that still exists and grows today. Instead of ignoring the problems and facts, we have to ask tough questions. What is happening in our constitutionally equal society, that the color of your skin, or gender, can determine your life? People are scared of recognizing the evidence that America is still living with an overabundance of inequality because such a realization would be terrifyingly contradictory to the idea

Although there has been a lot effort put into race equality, I believe that we still have a long way to go before as a nation we can all say that we are all truly equal. My goal as an African-American woman is to become a Chief Executive officer of a fortune 500 company. Of the 500 top leading companies around the world there are only five African Americans chief executive officers and of those five individuals there is only one woman.

Racial equality means different things to different people. Often people aren’t aware that unconsciously they have developed preconceived ideas about race and equality. Ethnic groups, who’ve not experience race as an issue, don’t feel it’s a problem that needs addressing. However, identifying some of the characteristics of bias behavior based on race or ethnicity is the first step in minimizing the problem.

To start, immense strides have been taken towards racial equality, but remnants of the past still prevail. Considering the immense darkness of America’s history and the old-fashioned views of those in high power positions, the remains are frankly understandable. In the 60’s, the Civil Rights Movement started an equality revolution resulting in desegregation, voting rights, and discrimination laws. In a famous speech made by Martin Luther King Jr., he states hopes his children will be granted with a future where they don’t face discrimination because of their skin color. With this being said, the strides MLK took made his dream partially true, but effects of racism are still seen in today’s society. A psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh, Janet Schofield once said, “After the big civil-rights push in the 1960’s. People thought the problem was solved. Now it’s becoming increasingly apparent that it is not fixed,” (Stover 14). The problems involving race in society will continually grow until properly recognized and resolved.