The Consequences Of Racial Discrimination In The United States

As children grow up, they become the person they turn out to be because of experiences and the culture and society they grew up in. Nations are affected in the same sense because the people living in a nation affect how the nation is influenced and builds its character.

People have been stereotyped into a certain group because of their skin color or they have been discriminated against because of how they dress, their name, or even their hairstyle. Minorities such as African Americans deal with this type of racial discrimination every day because of their skin color and the way they might sound despite if they do not sound as the way they appear. For example, if an African American person walked into an interview dressed nicely and clean and a caucasian went in for an interview dressed just as nice and clean, the Caucasian application is more likely to get the job and receive a higher rating than the African American applicant. (Zimmerman) It might seem to the naked eye that minorities in general somewhat have the same opportunities as Caucasian people but in fact they do not really have them. All in all, there is still racial discrimination in America and African Americans do not have the same opportunities as Caucasians in housing, education, and jobs.

We have issues: more specifically , the United States has issues, continuous and all-encompassing issues of racial inequality.The United States is experiencing a outburst of racism, as can be seen from the 2014 killings of two unarmed African-American men, to the brutality of white supremacy in Charleston and the string of arsons in black churches across the South. Of course, it’s nothing new for a nation with a long history of extreme racist violence—the most recent lynching-related death occurred in 1981, hardly a lifetime ago, when Michael Donald was hanged by two members of the Ku Klux Klan.The United States, however, continues to avoid its history on race, refusing to confront its past in a “post-racial,” “colorblind” society, and that policy of systemic ignorance is particularly strong when mention of racial equality is brought up. Although the concept of equality has never truly existed in this world, as can be traced back to the very beginnings of recorded history we see the nobles ruling the commoners, conquerors reigning over the conquered, the will of man dominating women; the United States needs to acknowledge the fact that racial inequality still exists within our country and has in no way progressed towards betterment.

Although we seem to see a new news story every day concerning racial bias and blatant racism, it is not a new issue. “We have been engaging in this conversation for as long as I can remember. Fighting this fight for centuries. Caught in a cycle of bias for as long as they can remember.” (Nichols) I believe all the adversity we are facing as a country today can be attributed to the attitudes of the early American settlers who laid the basis for our bias as a country. In fact, historians date racism in America as far back as the 1500’s with the beginning of the Middle Passage and our first look into racially profiling individuals for slavery.

Almost century later, African Americans are still being discriminated. They got jobs and their kids go to school, but more notice that it wasn 't right because they don 't interact with white people. Like in school they have different schools for colored students and in the colored schools don 't have the same supplies as the white schools and then started. Students in Virginia stared protesting against the school system because they weren 't given the same opportunities as white students. One Famous case on this is Brown V. Broad of Education, 1954. There are a lot of cases that African Americans didn 't felt equal in society because it wasn 't just in schools that they are being separated, They can 't go to the same public place as white people. More and more people are aware that this is happening also other stuff around the world is happening that most people don 't even realize it. The cold war was going on for a while and then Vietnam war beginning that most people are being drafted.

Before the Civil Rights, most African Americans were not well educated. Most did not go to school and could not read nor write. Those fortunate to go to school, went to schools with less financial support, less well paid teachers, and fewer books. The white people were afraid of the black people challenging them in receiving jobs. In order to discharged of segregation amongst schools, it started with removing the signs that read “Whites Only” and “Colored Only” in areas such as cafeteria tables, churches, schools, and water fountains. The 1954 Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education was the prime responsibility of outlawing segregated education. From here on out African Americans began to gain their rights to equal education as the whites. They became more advance in their education: “in 1998 88 percent of African Americans aged twenty-five to twenty-nine had graduated from high school and approximately 15 percent had completed at least a bachelor’s degree” (Cha-Jua 21). The difference throughout the years of gaining higher education as African Americans is very obvious through the fact that in 1971 the average seventeen-year-old African American could read no better than an eleven-year-old white child. However, by the 1980’s, African Americans in their senior year of high school were reading only two and a half years behind the white students. Once getting an education,

Throughout the Americas, the notion of race has been commonly used for making social distinctions (Telles, & Paschel, 2014) Race continues to influence power relations, construction of identities and resource distribution (Jenkins & Dillon 2012). The consequences of slavery led to desegregation and since then there has been ongoing issues of discrimination, prejudice, hate crimes, regarding race in the United States (Lee, & Bean, 2007). W.E.B. Dubois, in 1903, predicted that the issues of the twentieth century would be problems of the color line, by which he meant a metaphorical line that divides the country for historical reasons (Lee, & Bean, 2007). His prediction was spot on, because what was set in motion was a series of black and white

Many roles have changed in the last two hundred years, including soldiers, women, ethnicity, and race. In the 1800’s, many of the American people thought of blacks as three fifths of a person, perhaps they were not worthy to use the same bathroom, eat in the same restaurant, work in the same factory, or read from the same libraries as a white person. The role of an African American has changed drastically, blacks are allowed, in the United States, to learn in the same schools, work in the same jobs, etcetera. But wait, the roles of African American have changed even more than that, if you are African American you have a higher chance than a white person of entering into a college, and as an African American, you have the same rights as whites to manage a company, or even become the president of the United States of America.

If there is one thing I have noticed during my, admittedly, short sixteen years, it is the racial discrimination and obvious bigotry of the those who are not "white". Stereotypes and detrimental comments are slung every which way. Others, rely on subtle jabs while some are oblivious to the offense of the people they are around.

Equal is something that has been fought for over many years. This generation has over came many challenging moments and situations that African Americans have been through, but today is concern is that the equal rights that our grandparents and ancestors fought for is still challenged today. Rasism and discrimination against people of color has always happened, from slavery, to segregation and now to the colored race still being killed for their rights. A few deaths have recently been showed through the media such as Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner and have been proven to have similarties to past cases such as Emmett Till; this is scary for our country because it was made seem as if we had overcame discrimination, but in relity its still here.

For centuries it has seemed that African Americans have been fighting a never ending battle for acceptance in society. Although this is somewhat true, it appears that the rest of minorities being discriminated against are left in the shadows. I understand African American citizens might have an immense population of people that are being discriminated by the authorities, but people need to also understand and realize that it is not only African Americans. Instead of the recently popular quote being “Black lives matter”, it should instead be, “All lives matter”. Society must take into consideration that it's not just african americans that have it rough in the world we live in today. There are countless times where hispanic americans, Muslims,

Being an immigrant to this country, I have always been treated differently. People have laughed at me, bullied and made fun of me simply because I am Indian. I have always wondered that I am just here trying to accomplish something great and help out those in need in any possible. Then why people treat me differently? What have I ever done to them? I have tried to escape these situations in the past by trying to be different from what I really am so that people will like me. But how long would I lie to myself? One day, I told myself I am tired of being someone else and I am just going to be myself and I am not going to care about how I will be treated by others. Due to that significant decision, today I belong with the right people who care about me and I care about

The government that directs the country of the USA is declining towards the side of racial characterization. The current president Donald J. Trump who is the head of the US government, must be a person with the lowest level of ignorance. The history of racial characterization gives us the idea that it is a bad road for those who acquire it and lead a country towards a better future. The US Constitution has been changed with amendments not to characterize people, granting freedom to American citizens.

This weeks selected works all center around the theme of race and the harmful effect of the subjugation and  apocryphal stereotype that comes with it.  In Tomi’s segment she states “Is it because the black unemployment is double what it is for whites, or the homicide rate or the dropout rate…..”  . While in “I , racist he states “Black and Muslim killers are ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs’. Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?”. And lastly in  Chief Seattle's 1854 Oration he states “If we have a common Heavenly Father He must be partial”.  Evidently all these works center around the subject of race and its effect and perspective on all parties, However there is contrast between I, Racist and ‘Tomi Lahren DESTROYS Colin . In I, Racist, he

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton said, “We have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways”. This quote rings true where equality in the workplace is concerned. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story “The Lesson”, we see what social discrimination looks like through the eyes of children who are observing a wealthier part of town. In their eyes, they see and injustice and question why it is not being altered into something centered more on equality and equal opportunity. Toni Cade Bambara’s story “The Lesson” is written to make a point about racial discrimination in the workplace and social inequality.