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    Upon examining former FBI Director James Comey’s 2015 speech and question and answer session which focused on law enforcement and race relations, many points were made to what got us to this point and possible remedies moving forward. Comey mentioned areas of debates which includes law enforcement’s relationship with communities, appropriate use of force, and the real and perceived biases within and outside of law enforcement. Several points were made during the speech and question and answer session

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    Have race relations in the United States today improved since 1930’s? Is it better, worse or the same? Racism is a very prevalent problem in today’s society, as well as society in the past. While much has changed since the 1930’s there is still racism in today’s world. Back then, African Americans were seen as below whites and were segregated from whites in many southern states. Today we don’t have segregation and African Americans most of the time are treated equally with Caucasians. Looking back

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    Race relations in America have been a problem and a heavy debate for many years now. There are many people who believe that there is no such thing as racial inequality, and there are many that believe that there is. Both sides inevitably clash with one another, causing riots resulting in multiple injuries and death. I believe that there’s a strong amount of racial tension in this country (specifically between whites and blacks. and those who say there isn’t are being extremely ignorant. Ignorance

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    Race relations in American society were a reflection on American consumerism; this consumer society was directly tied to how Americans accessed consumer goods. Jim Crow laws dictated how and what African Americans were permitted to consume and the creation of consumer credit redefined what African Americans could afford to consume. The expansion of consumption under the creation of consumer credit in the 1920s and the creation of Jim Crow laws from 1890s to the mid 1960s were two major events that

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    The term Race refers to a person’s physical, biological traits that lead to different treatment by others in the society. In modern world race is defined more by the identification of people on the basis of their physical characteristics, it is socially constructed. Race refers to a group that is "socially" defined but on the basis of "physical" criteria. Over the period of time, the concept of race has changed in many different forms and is now less about person’s family or cultural ties but more

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    Race Relation: For the Worse Race relations in the USA today had gotten worse since the 1930s. People today use the names that we have gotten back in the past that people call each other to not be friendly. They each other names that relates to their color. Over the years it had, yes, gotten worse. Race relations had gotten worse than the past. People of different race have call each other names that is offensive and inappropriate. In the past it had been used repeatedly against each other race.

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    Race relations have and always will be a major part of society. They have influenced today 's society economically, politically, and culturally in many ways. Past and present race relations are difficult and careless. In the past many minorities were treated like property to the majority white. For example, in the 1800’s the white majority used the African-American minority as salves. The African-Americans were not treated like people but rather livestock because of of how they worked and were traded

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    Tension stirred, violence occurred, and protests arose. Today, racial tension still exists, but to a lesser degree. Over the past 150 years in American history, race relations have slowly improved, but some conflicts still remain. Over time, race relations have progressed in America. Perhaps the most prominent improvement regarding race relations in

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    Introduction Race is a way to categorise and understand the differences in a people and culture based on physical traits. In the words of Downing (2005:2) “Race has become a social fact: a self evident characteristics of human identity and character. Consequently, it is therefore essential to register explicitly the non scientific basis of race as a social category.” The way race has been represented in the media has had an influence on the interpretation people create on race and the stereotypes

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    Introduction Races are a way to categories and understand the differences in a people and culture based on physical traits. In the words of Downing (2005:2) “Race has become a social fact: a self evident characteristics of human identity and character. Consequently, it is therefore essential to register explicitly the non scientific basis of race as a social category.” The way race has been represented in the media has had an influence on the interpretation people create on race and the stereotypes

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