African American Inequality

Living in a world where people are being separated and treated unequally is very unacceptable for the reason that it violates human rights and freedom of every individual. Black Americans suffered from economic, social, and educational advantages for a very long time, and still do, while White Americans benefited from it. Society will not improve if people from all races and cultures do not get along. As a matter of fact, this is only going to cause more problems to this world and make this world a corrupt place. The movie, Django Unchained, tells the story of a slave man named Django who is purchased by a bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz; who teaches Django the skills of a Bounty Hunter as well as how to read and write. They both go …show more content…
Black Americans all over the world are always being treated unfairly no matter where they are. In the article “A Conversation on Inequality with Students of Color” the author talks about the challenges African Americans faced in school, and how they were treated because of their skin color. It was difficult for students, who have different skin tone than white folks, to get the right education they needed if staff members show negative views on students based on their color. It makes black folks feel unwelcomed and less motivated to pay attention and complete their work. The author states, “The most immediate way to address inequality is to listen to the young people of color and those from poor households” (Kozol). Unfortunately, not everyone in this world grows up with a nice house, with a nice car, or even with parents. There are people out there who do not have the benefits like others do. Thus, in order to address these issues, it is best heard from those individuals that have experience inequality and are living examples of how segregation has affected them. That being said people should not be looked at differently based on their background. Furthermore, in the movie it shows the Black Americans being locked up in a box and being left out in the sun to burn without food or water for hours. A sense of revenge is felt at this point, in which whites are living …show more content…
In other words, the white folks did not want anything to do with the black folks. Living in a time where no one likes you or even wants to talk to you for the reason that your skin color is different has to be one of the most awful things to live through. In the article, “Segregation in Post- Civil Rights America,” the author addresses that segregation is something that should be stopped and people should act on it, although it does remain high in some areas. People in this world should not want separation between other races because even though their skin color is different they are all humans. In comparison to the movie, it shows how in the movie white folks are separating themselves from African Americans. For example, in one of the scenes the white folks divide themselves up from the slaves and leave them outside to do yard work and clean up for days, while they are inside eating and cracking jokes amongst themselves. Although these rough times have long passed, I still feel that small episodes of segregation can be found throughout communities. For instance, nowadays in schools, you still exhibit “cliques,” in which the same races will gather together as separate groups from the others. You will see a clique of whites, a clique of blacks, a clique of Hispanics, etc. In a world where the melting pot should be established with immigrants and people from all over the world coming and living together to