The Hidden Racism in American Society

As I walked through the O’Hare International airport check-in queue, on a busy festive week, I noticed the queue was moving a lot faster than usual. I felt relieved and thought myself to be lucky. A group of Chicago college graduates ahead of me breezed through the initial security check, then I got through but just then, I saw a little stir in the queue and turned back to see a middle age Muslim gentleman was being cross-questioned. The man was allowed to pass after a brief questioning about his travels. Despite the fact that the man was a resident of Chicago and a frequent flyer, the officer at the security check felt it was more appropriate to frisk him. The only thing that was downside for that gentleman was the growing tension off late in the American society. The incidence brought many concerns and queries to my mind. The sight of an Asian guy being frisked for no good reason made me feel uncomfortable on many ends. The first thing that instantly crossed my mind was that are racial discrepancies still existent? Or, is it the common stereotypes that are holding our society back? Are modern day American society’s social classifications still based on race? Then again, I thought, maybe it is because the American society as a whole has undergone some severe setbacks in the last decade, hence frisking one or two at the airport may be a way of being extra cautious in terms of security. As I was sipping my cup of coffee in the waiting area and was reading a history book, I noticed that historical events do bring a keen observation on this take. Take for example the Jim Crow era in South, where the whole definition of segregation was defined and many faced racial atrocities in name of emancipation. After the incidence and my reading from history, it made me think on the issue of Race in a more detailed perspective. I searched on internet for more evidences to back my understanding. To my surprise, I found out that even in a modern day world, where we advocate