Debra Friesen
Ms. Higgins
English 1301
4 December 2016
Change of Racism Over Time The world has various issues; however, one of the leading issues is being overlooked every day. Racial discrimination is one of the foremost issues in the nation. People judge each other every day, without realizing they are doing it. The judgement of people who are different has become a natural instinct. Even though racism has changed from white people owning African Americans, they are still being judged as the lower class. Racism is seen and thought of differently depending on the social class, skin color, and gender. Some races are always going to be hated and others praised. Racism mainly affects people of different skin color. People are discriminated …show more content…
People are no longer slaves to others, but they are slaves to themselves. President Abraham Lincoln concluded that, “And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are, and henceforward shall be, free”. People are free from the law, but they are not free from the judgement of others. When a black man walks into a restaurant, he is judged for his color (Du Bois). The nation is full of people ready to leap on each other. The judgement of others is wrong in the eyes of many (Lincoln). People have grown to despise others not like them. The world today is continuing to change just like everything around it. Just like the man in W.E.B Du Bois story said that, “We don’t want social equality”. People do not want to be equal with someone who is different from their own kind. One of the five senses is sight. People judge others by what they see and hear. Blacks are called dirty just because of the color of their skin (Du Bois). They are hated for where they came from and are judged for what their past generations did. Equality has always been a hard thing to accept even among the same race. There are still differences between whites just as there are differences between African Americans. People are changing the way they see racism. Racism has become a shadow that trails behind the
Ms. Higgins
English 1301
4 December 2016
Change of Racism Over Time The world has various issues; however, one of the leading issues is being overlooked every day. Racial discrimination is one of the foremost issues in the nation. People judge each other every day, without realizing they are doing it. The judgement of people who are different has become a natural instinct. Even though racism has changed from white people owning African Americans, they are still being judged as the lower class. Racism is seen and thought of differently depending on the social class, skin color, and gender. Some races are always going to be hated and others praised. Racism mainly affects people of different skin color. People are discriminated …show more content…
People are no longer slaves to others, but they are slaves to themselves. President Abraham Lincoln concluded that, “And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are, and henceforward shall be, free”. People are free from the law, but they are not free from the judgement of others. When a black man walks into a restaurant, he is judged for his color (Du Bois). The nation is full of people ready to leap on each other. The judgement of others is wrong in the eyes of many (Lincoln). People have grown to despise others not like them. The world today is continuing to change just like everything around it. Just like the man in W.E.B Du Bois story said that, “We don’t want social equality”. People do not want to be equal with someone who is different from their own kind. One of the five senses is sight. People judge others by what they see and hear. Blacks are called dirty just because of the color of their skin (Du Bois). They are hated for where they came from and are judged for what their past generations did. Equality has always been a hard thing to accept even among the same race. There are still differences between whites just as there are differences between African Americans. People are changing the way they see racism. Racism has become a shadow that trails behind the