Racial Discrimination
Class discrimination
Social dominance researched by Pratto points out the notion that hierarchies exist between groups in society, allowing some groups to have the dominance and power over others (Pratto 760). African Americans’ impoverishment and high crime rates have plagued society for years. The origin has a closely bound with the historical slavery and racial discrimination in the US, and drives question self to the problem at the first place. From the beginning of the 1960s, in order to ease ethnic tensions, U.S. federal government actively implements the "affirmative action" policies, trying to compensate for centuries’ persecution on blacks and other minorities and promote social justice and racial equality. William J. Wilson points out that the great movement achieved from the civil rights returns a rapid rise of the black middle class (Wilson 330). In study of the current poverty problems should mainly emphasize on class bias rather than color issue. The groups of underprivileged minorities who left behind in economic structure changes are now real disadvantages class in American society. But now many ask since affirmative action" has been introduced for several decades, why a considerable part of blacks still fall under the abyss of poverty and crime. That proves the mainly causes of discrimination are no longer the race or ethnicity, but the diversities between class and economical status. And high rates of crime among African American populations result not from inherent racial characteristics, but from economic inequality. After decades of being preferentially welfare, why the living standard in minorities still has no remarkable improvement. However, American society has already informed a community of black middle class under the implementation of affirmative actions in past decades, their ethic values, social behaviors have no too much significant difference than middle class whites do. The violence, drugs problem in African American middle
Social dominance researched by Pratto points out the notion that hierarchies exist between groups in society, allowing some groups to have the dominance and power over others (Pratto 760). African Americans’ impoverishment and high crime rates have plagued society for years. The origin has a closely bound with the historical slavery and racial discrimination in the US, and drives question self to the problem at the first place. From the beginning of the 1960s, in order to ease ethnic tensions, U.S. federal government actively implements the "affirmative action" policies, trying to compensate for centuries’ persecution on blacks and other minorities and promote social justice and racial equality. William J. Wilson points out that the great movement achieved from the civil rights returns a rapid rise of the black middle class (Wilson 330). In study of the current poverty problems should mainly emphasize on class bias rather than color issue. The groups of underprivileged minorities who left behind in economic structure changes are now real disadvantages class in American society. But now many ask since affirmative action" has been introduced for several decades, why a considerable part of blacks still fall under the abyss of poverty and crime. That proves the mainly causes of discrimination are no longer the race or ethnicity, but the diversities between class and economical status. And high rates of crime among African American populations result not from inherent racial characteristics, but from economic inequality. After decades of being preferentially welfare, why the living standard in minorities still has no remarkable improvement. However, American society has already informed a community of black middle class under the implementation of affirmative actions in past decades, their ethic values, social behaviors have no too much significant difference than middle class whites do. The violence, drugs problem in African American middle