Persuasive Speech About Racism

In our generation we are full of progress, technologically and socially. Razor phones are now Iphones, desk computers are now macs, gas hogs are now electric cars, and mixed race people are normal. Now with that last statement, that doesnt mean that racism is gone. Unfortunately we still deal with racist issues today, although we have come a long long way in the last 50 years. The older generation of hard set minds are dwindling down and a new open minded generation is taking over one by one. With cases like fergisun and Eric Garner going on right now, it has our country in chaos. This issue has people turning on each other and buildings getting burned down in protest, and our question is how do we end racism in the US for good? Many white people believe that racism has basically vanished, a lot of african

I see several mixed couples, different race teachers, i see white ghetto kids and black preppy smart kids, in my little world at putnam city north I see a generation of people who realize that your skin does not define who you are at all. I and several of my friends have a tendancy to forget that many of the people we are around and are friends with have to deal with racism still. White people see our black president and millionairs like michael jordan and dr. dre and hold them to as high of standards as successful white people. The harsh term that once belittled african americans is now more of a slang word "nigga" that is used commonly especially in the younger generations. White people such as Eminem have adopted black culture successfully, so as ignorance is bliss, many white people like to close their eyes to the every day struggles of racism and pretend that its all gone. Although with my perspective on this view, i believe that if everyone thought like this it could terminate