Race Inequality In The United States

Through the various discussions in the class, I’ve heard comments about how the concept of race has caused problems of dividing people, whether as exclusion in history or as an inclusive way to address a group’s inequalities. Race has come up multiple times as a controversial term that is socially constructed showing the negative roles people have had in society. I feel that each time I hear about US history, when race comes up, it brings up pessimistic tensions that have further split the country. Race is important in the US; we see this with the past problems of inequality and the sparks of the Civil Rights Movement, along with the current struggles of uproar in our neighborhoods with various racial groups coming together to take a stand in our political situations. Race relation is one of the most important problems facing the US, where young, unarmed black men are killed by officers. There is a demand for the continuing pressure for true equality in the country, showing that race may be seen as a concept of splitting groups by their biological definition when they want to be treated equal. …show more content…
The text defines race by characteristics that are morphological, like skin color or skull size. Even now, we judge racial groups by their physical features; it isn’t just on their biological facial features. On the other hand, race suggests that each group has a significant amount of uniqueness. The text explains that the genetic sequence of each human is over 99% identical to anyone else, proving it inaccurate that every group does not have a high level of uniqueness. On this point of human genetic variation, I am on the fence and can side either