African Americans Treated Unfair

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“Race is a powerful force that is often seen and judged wrongly.” Because of this, African Americans are usually being judged wrongly and unfairly.I think it is the current amount of attention given to these issues needed to ensure that racial discrimination against African Americans does not get “swept under the rug” because there is not much attention given to certain issues related to the discrimination of Black people in the United States. For example, the brutality of police against Black people is still the common problem; there is not really a serious action taken in this. The government and our society see this problem as normal and they do not do much to stop it. As we are told that every American has civil liberties but those who …show more content…
They also have been treated unfairly by an employer because of their race or ethnicity, or having been unfairly stopped by the police. When American builds school systems in middle and upper middle class white community, they are equipped differently than those made available to children in black community. While the civil rights laws were passed, they never passed in the hearts and intent of the American people. Black leaders of the black community integrated into white community; however, they are never allowed to hold the same positions of leadership and power that they held in the black community. We have been talking about justice for so long, but we also deny justice. The law should be distributed equally to all people, not blacks getting a sentence that is twice as white person committing the same crime. We see this problem a lot in our everyday life, and we keep ignoring it. We all should be disciplined and judged by the same set of standards; no one should go lacking because of his or he sex or skin color or religion. Everyone should get the same quality of education, clothing, housing, and health services available to white children should be available to black children. Not so much American people care much about Black Lives Matter Movement. However, I hope Black Lives matter will be at least somewhat effective in helping blacks achieve …show more content…
Their physical or cultural traits are held in low esteem by the dominant group, which treats them unfairly.” Yes. There is a problem of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., such as Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americas, be getting “left out of the picture.” The government pays little to no attention to the problems and struggles the minorities. For instance, Donald Trump was not saying nice things about Mexicans. If he becomes a president, just imagine what he is going to do to Mexicans. Donald Trump was toppled for making anti-Mexican comments, not anti-Black or anti-Asian, even though he's said those things, too. For Asian Americans, the question is “Why won’t Hollywood cast Asian actor?” Casting white actors as Asian characters is a practice that has been around for nearly as long as cinema has existed. This problem is even worse when roles that originated as Asian characters end up going to white actors ( Emma Stone played a Chinese-Hawaiian character named Allison Ng in Cameron Crowe’s critically derided Aloha). Obviously, Asian-Americans are not the only victims of Hollywood’s continuing penchant for whitewashing. Films like “Pan” and “The Lone Ranger” featured white actors playing Native Americans, while “Gods of Egypt” and “Exodus: Gods and Kings” continue the long tradition of Caucasians playing Egyptians. As

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