Discrimination In The Black Community

After Black Tuesday, business took a devastating economic blow which caused them to let go some of their employees. Discrimination played a huge role in the workplace, but African Americans were affected the worst. Most were laid off from their jobs before the whites and were often rejected when they apply for a job because of their race.

The injustices against the black community in America have continually been made manifest through segregated neighborhoods and schools, disproportionate rates of incarnation and more recently, aggressive and sometimes fatal violence against minorities by government officials. Collective action in the form of protest, marching, and boycotts held a central role in the civil rights movement; calling on the black community to band together to grab the attention of the nation. Today, community organization has evolved into a proven approach to instigating change through collective action within urban environments. Community organization must be instigated within these marginalized communities faced with long-standing segregation, discrimination, and violence.

After a troublesome and torrid time, the black people or what so called slaves, were entering the 20th century with hope of not being discriminated after the slavery had been abolished in the late 19th century. The beginning of 20th century had overseen the stampede of worldwide immigrants to America as they seek for a better life. As for African-Americans, they were entering the phase where they found themselves almost identical with the past century despite the slavery being abolished. Though the abolishment of slavery was written in the 13th Amendment, some of the states still legalized it. They were still in the same position as they were before in some of the states in America. The sentiment of racial discrimination remained strong between the white people toward the black people. They thought that they were still superior than the black people in all

American society has stigma, prejudice and irrational. Racial prejudices based on the spirit values of a people. A land of immigrants with many different traditions from around the world, American have also created themselves such as a melting pot culture, which is the main thing causes racist criminal in USA. Racist discrimination will occur cultural, civilized and legal differences are made to minorities, whether black, Latino, oriental or

The skin is the largest organ of the human body and can display a range of different colors depending on the amount of melanin, a protein produced by special skin cells, that is in the skin. The more melanin that is created, the darker the skin tone. Despite the fact skin color is such a minor physiological difference, many have decided that it is enough of a reason to hate and discriminate against the minorities who possess a little more melanin than they do. This prejudice has managed to extensively infiltrate the justice system and law enforcement, causing black men to face multiple injustices such as being more likely to be convicted and given longer prison sentences than white men for the same crimes, having higher chances of being shot

Cops around the United States have been accused of racially profiling black people. This topic has been brought up by everyone around the U.S. and is very controversial. Studies have shown that the majority of deaths by police officers have been people of opposite color in America. Police brutality in America is a growing epidemic that has shown no signs of slowing down. Innocent men, women, and even children have been killed by police officers for no reason.

It is very true that African Americans have made many strides in the past few decades in relation to equality and freedom. However, racism and segregation are still present to this day. Many African Americans are killed and mistreated simply because of the pigment in their skin. The only difference is, many people are still oblivious to this fact more than they were years ago. This blindness comes from the idea that America has overcome these racial conditions. Is this the fault of the African American “failing” to live up to the standard set by their civil-rights-era forebears? (Smith, Denzel).

As former president Barack Obama stated in 2014, “You have men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system, than they are in a good job or college”(Brady). Racism and discrimination are two distinct things that affect men and women of color in America. Racism and discrimination did not end with the traditional thoughts of the Civil Rights Movement; it is still present in everyday lives whether it is subconscious or not. An example of discrimination in today’s Criminal Justice System is the increased difference of how people of color are incarcerated at a higher rate than those of the caucasian race. This can be seen when one looks

Historically, African Americans have faced discrimination in the criminal justice systems. During the early 1800’s, the system has formed laws to discriminate against African Americans. These laws are recognized as the Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were regulations passed after slavery that created different guidelines for African Americans and Caucasians (Constitutional Rights Foundation, 2016) These decrees were purposely put in place to hinder African Americans from interacting with Caucasians. It wasn’t until 1875 when Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which considered the Jim Crow Laws unconstitutional.

Relentlessly scrolling along every news channel's ticker, new names seem to be appearing every single week— news of unarmed citizens, shot down by police and demonized by the media to justify their deaths. Within the first five months of 2015 (which consisted of a mere 152 days), law enforcement took the lives of a whopping 464 people (Wing). Of all of the victims, 50% (234) were caucasian and 29% (135) were African American (Wing). This, considering that black people make up a mere 13.2%, while whites make up 77.4% of the United States population, shows massively disproportionate representation (U.S. Census Bureau). There is a very apparent (although often overlooked) prejudice against African American citizens that has seeped into law enforcement

Nowadays it’s very common for people to stereotype others basing it of the different sociocultural backgrounds. In society there is a lack of unity because there is no focus when it comes to minority issues, such as accepting that all individuals should be treated with equally respect. Lately, there have been multiple cases of police brutality towards the black community, causing a lot controversy, which as result there was a movement created called “Black Lives Matter”. This movement focuses on promoting equality for those that are treated and stereotyped unfairly because of their skin tone. In reaction to the movement “Black Lives Matter” there was a new movement created called “All Lives Matter”. It is true statement that all lives matter because this demonstrates that every single one of us counts. However, when the phrase “All Lives Matter” is used it’s making a generalization, causing the audience to not focus and forget the fact that black lives are the ones who are exposed to injustices almost in a daily basic. It is very important that the world understands why at this moment all lives don’t matter, this can be supported by the fact that most of the racial comments, racism, hate, and negative characteristics are mostly being targeted to those who are

American history is filled with many racism stories. Many times discrimination happens for no reason other than the color of a person’s skin. In August 1955, a fourteen year old African American boy named Emmett Till and his cousin Cursi took a trip to visit relatives in Mississippi. He had dealt with segregation in his hometown of Chicago, but nothing compared with the extreme hate crimes that occur in Mississippi. The way he died made many people changed the way they think of racial issues.

I think that discrimination is still prevalent in this world in the form of your race. Everyone who see’s a African American may have the instant reaction to them in the form of a stereotype. This particular stereotype is that you will think he’s a criminal. This is not true in most cases. Most of the time you will see a African American, and he would be a high ranked employe in a very powerful company.

Imagine yourself today in our era, you see black and white peoples getting along, greeting each other, and not worrying about not be stereotype especially the blacks. This is what some people called “post- racial”, and some irrelevant people think were leaving in that magical place. But, actually……… WE DON’T. Just because, many racism problems were solved, doesn’t mean racism is entirely solve in America. Today, you can see that many discrimination towards African American peoples were not resolved because people realize, there was racism occurring in their society, but other societies might disagree. In the article, “No Such Place as ‘Post- Racial America”, by TOURE, describes how she begs the peoples of calling America ‘post racial’ because it is not. Race is

Skin lightening amongst the black African community has always been a major and controversial issue in the sense that those who have been bleaching their skin, especially with women have been accused of displaying characteristics of anti-blackness, along with colourism - which is known as intraracial discrimination within one single race. Amongst black Africans this discrimination is based on the Eurocentric standards of beauty and in some cases can go as far as to how some black people are willing to participate in white assimilation so as to acquire social, political and economic power. Normally, the conventional notions of skin amongst black people focus on women, but in this instance I will focus on men. This is because there is a notion