Race Relations In America

Race relations are worsening in America. The racial divide is real (Mathis 24). Today, there are still all kinds of discrimination. There is job discrimination, housing discrimination, employment discrimination, and more. America pretends everyone is equal, new racism is a factor and people live in a color blind society (Marable 56). This is false. New racism is thinking that immigrants are an automatic threat (Brooks 44). This thinking leads to more racial divides based on the person’s ethnic background, without really knowing anything about them or the impact they might have in society. This population could have something positive to bring to the table.
Direct race discrimination is also a major problem. Direct race discrimination
The median income for blacks is lower than whites by 30%. The income gap has widened between whites, blacks and hispanics (Roberts). The poverty rates for blacks have come down but blacks still have a higher risk of living in poverty than whites. “According to a new Pew research center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014 the median adjusted income for households headed by blacks was $43,300, and for whites it was $72,300.” (“On Views”) This is a huge gap and much work needs to be done to attempt to close it. There should be equal pay for equal work. If two people from different races have the same skills and are performing the same job, they should receive the same pay. Skin color or ethnic background should not matter at all. Unfortunately today, it still does.
“For much of the twentieth century, discrimination by private real estate agents and rental property owners helped establish and sustain stark patterns of housing and neighborhood inequality.” (“A Glass”). This could range from showing fewer houses and apartments to minorities, to denials based on racial discrimination (“A Glass”). Unfair housing is discriminatory and may cause minorities to end up living in less desirable
Many think it is to be mad, riot and protest, which is false. Four in ten black adults strongly support the Black Lives Matter movement. Even though whites have mixed views on the Black Lives Matter movement but they do not tear it down (“On Views”). Seventy-six percent of whites support the movement. Younger white people support the movement than those who are thirty and older. Young people are more open-minded and not so filled with the things of the past.
Inequality needs to be conquered and wiped out (Marable 56). Forty-eight percent of blacks and 46% of whites have come to an agreement and said that working in the community can help race equality (“On Views”). When people work together, they can get a better understanding of each other. This helps to open the doors of communication and may lead to people becoming more accepting of each other. If people could truly commit to working together, regardless of the color of one’s skin, then maybe one day when the words “All Men Are Created Equally” are spoken, they will will spoken in