Racial Indifference in America

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Racial Indifference in America

America the home the free and the brave is a term coined by past generations as a well known saying that patriots hold true,however not all people feel that is a true statement. America a place known for its freedom of speech,right to bear arms and the freedom to be whomever you want, however, for some the American dream is not a reality privileged to all. Millions of people walk the streets of American suburbs and shuffling cities everyday,some just stopping at their local corner store or hustling to get to their place of employment. Many minorities think of the start of their day to be an everyday struggle that is filled with a daily reminder of prejudicial viewpoints,racial profiling and competition at every corner they turn. America is not so kind to everyone,minorities are often the cause of media exploitation,false criminal statistics and mass media hype.
Throughout history Minorities have been targets of hate crimes,racial profiling, slavery,employment discrimination and police brutality and judicial unjust. Everyday I wake up and live life as normal,I don;t worry about the police,driving my car,shopping in a store I just go about my day because this is an issue that I as a white woman do not have to face and would not know for a second how it would feel if I did. You see I can not relate or understand how it makes someone of color to live in fear or to be harassed for doing the same daily routine as I. I personally have watched white employees of a business follow black shoppers around a store watching their every move almost as though they were predicting that they would steal. In fact Caucasians 76% more likely to shoplift than that of no-whites. Has a world gone crazy with these unfo...

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