Post Racism In America Today

If the world was simply united as humanity how much different would it really be? How different would it be if a person did not have to check a little box asking them to identify their ethnicity? There would be no race wars, no genocides, no Holocaust, no Rwanda, Just humanity all living for one cause. Instead of there being African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans a person could be American without hyphenation. The world would be post-racial like the most people believe the United States is today. Well, truth is the United States is not post-racial. America is not yet a post racial society; there is still a very noticeable racial hierarchy that exists today. The United States is not post-racial when people of color make
They adapt to it, the same way a wild animal adapts to environmental change is how someone would adapt to cultural change. A racist mindset stems from your surroundings, what you are taught by your parents, your teachers, your classmates and society. Many people believe racism is dead in America, this simply is not true. Yes, we have come a long way from slavery and segregated bathrooms but racism still exists in our workforces, our schools, our homes, and society. Feelings of frustration and irritation are a constant in the racist mind. If a man is having a social problem, he tends to get angry with someone who is not even relevant to his situation For instance, when a man is having a tough time economically, he finds it easy to blame immigrants for taking away his job or creating fewer opportunities. This type of an analysis is very easy to make but when someone makes this assumption, it usually leads to hate towards a specific minority group. It is easy for the arrogant mind to find a scapegoat to lash at for their
Racism in schools has historically existed but instead of “putting out its own flame” it is enhanced by discriminatory policies and practices that exist in American schools. Discriminatory policies include ignoring incidents of racism, forming organizations that are not according to all races in the schools, bias in discipline measures for students from different races. Countless times in elementary school I was harassed for my own skin color; I was discriminated against because I had black friends and I participated in "black people stuff" such as playing basketball, listening to hip-hop music, running track and socializing with blacks in general. I was referred to as "white boy" or even a "wigger" by other whites and blacks in my school. This treatment impacted my mindset of participating in these activities, and eventually I felt the pressure of society’s rule push down on me, I soon ceased my involvement in some of these activities and extra-curriculars to put an end to the constant harassment. This non-post racial society that America has does not see different as acceptable. Even as a young child society’s view on stereotypical behavior affected me so immensely. This is not okay. There is no change in society’s eyes. You do what your