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Contemporary Segregation In The United States Essay

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Contemporary Segregation in the United States
Sam Kenney

Despite the abolition of slavery in the United States with the thirteenth amendment in 1865, Black Americans as well as other minority groups continue to face prejudice to this day. Following the end of slavery, there was a period of legal segregation that was upheld by the supreme court ruling in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case of 1896 in which racial segregation was deemed to be legal as long as it was “separate but equal”. This was finally overruled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed segregation in all sectors of the United States. The Civil Rights Act is effective to this day, but there is still segregation throughout the United States both in education and within communities. This ongoing segregation has various detrimental impacts on society …show more content…

This issue at first does not seem a complex one to solve, yet has been hindered by societal misconceptions regarding race, poverty, education, one’s community, and how these factors are all related to one another. The previous paragraphs have outlined how segregation is closely tied to both school and home, as well as how the ruling class has intentionally established these conditions in order to remain in power. Unfortunately, most of the majority who are complicit in maintaining this status quo are also negatively affected by segregation since it harms our society as whole in ways beyond utilitarian economic measures. Despite this fact, most do not realize that all members of a society would benefit from equal opportunity. Perhaps it is the pride of those born with white privilege that disallows them from admitting that others face struggles they were spared. Until a vast majority have acknowledged the existence and implications of modern segregation, there will be no

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