Racism And Gender Discrimination In The United States

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It is hard to not look at the past and see how ignorant people where back then. Segregation, separation, or even house cleaning deemed “Women’s work”. America has changed, racism is still there and will never go away, as someone will always have hate in their heart. The good out of all of this is that racism and genders bias has gotten better. America is the land that opportunity, when you look at enrollment at my undergrad Ferris State, women out numbers men and minorities exceeded the average percentage of America’s makeup.
To tie it all together, I understand how minorities may still blame Caucasians for the atrocities including slavery and segregation in schools and public places. I believe that this dark history will never be absent in

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