Racial Discrimination In America

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Race discrimination is a paramount issue within American society that continues to exist within America because historically it is all we know. If there were no racial problems the world would most definitely be a better place, but as long as mankind continues to subdivide and categorized people discrimination of some sort will always exist. Racial discrimination issues within America can be minimized if, instead of constantly categorizing the population, we turn our focus to the unification of our nation. Although, America is thought to have left racial issues in the 60’s. Race problems are resurging back in an alarming rate in America. As mention in “The Problem”, Our founding fathers incorporated racist ideologies to create …show more content…

To reform economically we need to first focus on education equal because the students are the work force of tomorrow. Secondly, the the work force needs to be fair so that the student of today can have equal access to economic opportunity. First to make the education system equal American need a national Curriculum to ensure that every school systems gives every student quality and equal education. National Core curriculum would ensure that all student no matter where they came from, would learn the same material. This would benefit society because miseducation and poor education leads to higher rates of criminal activity within communities. Moreover, free tuition for public universities would create equal opportunities for each student to go to college no matter their race, background or economic standing. The second part of the reformation will raise the minimum wage to a livable and sustainable wage so that every citizen can be guarantee enough pay to live if they chose to participate in the work force. Equal pay laws will ensure that there is no wage discrimination. Lastly removing the race section on all job application would eliminate race bias by hiring employers. Reformation of the work force will decrease, racial tensions within the work force, and increase equality within the work force and economic system in …show more content…

If America wants to be free of racism, we must continuously work towards unification. America must also acknowledge the issues within our political, social, and economic structure. America society needs to work to unlearn, the hate and to live in harmony. Every citizen of America deserves equal opportunity. No one person really has a complete the answer to how to end discrimination, because of the complexity of the matter. Reformation is necessary because our current system has been unsuccessful in ending racial discrimination. Rewriting our governing document is part of the problem, but even after we rewrite those documents, traces of racial discrimination lie within the minds of society. To reform we must start with the population a try to rewire racist and prejudice mindsets that have been marketed into social norms. To do this we must focus on unification instead of partition. In The Survival of Racism Under the Constitution by Juan Williams he states, “stereotypes produce attitudes that lead to human actions”. This statement is extremely relevant because it acknowledges the power of words and how they affect how we view the world. Stereotypes feed off of the differences within American society, these differences may they be political, social, or economic. In order to subdue stereotypes, we must change our focus from the differences with society, and look for ways to promote equality. If America, can get to a place

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