Essay On Post-Racial In America

America, a post-racial society is an idea that I do not consider to be true. Although it is desirable, I honestly do not believe America can ever be a post-racial society. The reason why is because there will always be people who discriminate and are racist. Racism and discrimination can never truly cease to exist. The reason is due to freedom of speech, which is part of the Bill of Rights, that entitles everyone to openly state their opinion, regardless if it’s politically correct or not. The term black and white continues to have political meaning. We may have had an African American president, but, it did not change everyone’s view of blacks and whites. An example is the president Donald Trump, where he refers to African-Americans as “the blacks.” Encouraging violence against a black protestor at a rally. Offering to pay legal expenses for a white supporter who sucker-punched a black protestor. Lied about knowing the KKK’s David Duke and refused to disown the racist organization. If the president, someone who presumably should believe in equality publicly declares this, how intolerant would his supporters be towards the black community. Showing that America is not a post-racial society. If it was, then Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter would not exist because all human life would equally matter.
Moreover, we can all agree that the term post-racial means that discrimination and prejudice towards a race no longer exists. What a real post-racial society looks like is one in which the …show more content…
We constantly witness it and is now part of our daily life. We can try to improve the division between blacks and whites through social media, protest, and public speeches, however, you can never change everyone’s mind about race. Having a post-racial society would be the ultimate accomplishment for America, but it is just a pleasant thought and that is something that we should