Racism Against African Americans: Then And Now
Racism Against African Americans: Then and Now
Racism: the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or
ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Racism against African
American’s has been seen throughout many decades and has changed the way that
we as individuals view one another. Even though some may not think that it has
come a long way it really has changed a lot over the years.
Racism dates back to as early as 1377. The first sign, or what we think to be a
sign of racism was written and said by a man named Ibn Khaldun. Mr. Khaldun
stated that “blacks” are equivalent to and should be looked at as just another dumb
animal. Following Mr. Khaldun’s remark against African Americans in the 1600s, …show more content…
Like most slaves
Frederick Douglas was born right in the heart of racism and slavery. Douglass tried
to free himself and escape from slavery twice before he succeeded. He later went on
to speak on abolition but slavery only worsened through the coming years.
Even though slavery was abolished in the early 1900s, times were worse
then in the 1800s. African Americans were forced to live in separate communities,
drink from different drinking fountains, get food after the whites and finally the
blacks were forced to go to different schools. The term for this type of treatment
came to be later known as segregation. Some more examples of segregation include
separate entrances to buildings, separate drinking fountains and blacks were made
to sit in different sides of buses. During this period there were also …show more content…
An example of that is in sports where just this past year a racist
remark came out of the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers (Basketball Team) Donald
.
Sterling. It was a large enough controversy that he ended up losing the team. Where
most of us don’t see this during our day-to-day lives there are still many problems
that arise because of some people who still exude signs of racism. One example of
this is during the “Hero of Civil Rights Movement” of 2010 one individual shouted
the “N” word at the representative. Also there have been multiple cases of people
wielding racist signs and spitting on African Americans during events, etc. There
has even been a song written trying to offend other races and just throw them under
the bus. We are still surrounded by racism everyday. One fact of racism in present
day is according to a study blacks are around 5 times more likely to be showed in
violent movies and get paid less than a white person even though they may have
even had a much bigger role in the play, movie, etc. In this same study it was proven
that black mug shots are around 4 times more likely to be shown and used in
Racism: the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or
ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Racism against African
American’s has been seen throughout many decades and has changed the way that
we as individuals view one another. Even though some may not think that it has
come a long way it really has changed a lot over the years.
Racism dates back to as early as 1377. The first sign, or what we think to be a
sign of racism was written and said by a man named Ibn Khaldun. Mr. Khaldun
stated that “blacks” are equivalent to and should be looked at as just another dumb
animal. Following Mr. Khaldun’s remark against African Americans in the 1600s, …show more content…
Like most slaves
Frederick Douglas was born right in the heart of racism and slavery. Douglass tried
to free himself and escape from slavery twice before he succeeded. He later went on
to speak on abolition but slavery only worsened through the coming years.
Even though slavery was abolished in the early 1900s, times were worse
then in the 1800s. African Americans were forced to live in separate communities,
drink from different drinking fountains, get food after the whites and finally the
blacks were forced to go to different schools. The term for this type of treatment
came to be later known as segregation. Some more examples of segregation include
separate entrances to buildings, separate drinking fountains and blacks were made
to sit in different sides of buses. During this period there were also …show more content…
An example of that is in sports where just this past year a racist
remark came out of the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers (Basketball Team) Donald
.
Sterling. It was a large enough controversy that he ended up losing the team. Where
most of us don’t see this during our day-to-day lives there are still many problems
that arise because of some people who still exude signs of racism. One example of
this is during the “Hero of Civil Rights Movement” of 2010 one individual shouted
the “N” word at the representative. Also there have been multiple cases of people
wielding racist signs and spitting on African Americans during events, etc. There
has even been a song written trying to offend other races and just throw them under
the bus. We are still surrounded by racism everyday. One fact of racism in present
day is according to a study blacks are around 5 times more likely to be showed in
violent movies and get paid less than a white person even though they may have
even had a much bigger role in the play, movie, etc. In this same study it was proven
that black mug shots are around 4 times more likely to be shown and used in