Slave Trade Thesis

Devin is a black male that has a wife and two kids who has recently moved to Alabama. Devin graduated high school with honors and was at the top of his class. After that, he moved on to college to pursue a degree in business management where he met his wife, Isabell. After college graduation little did they know that finding a job was going to be harder than they thought. Devin and his wife had looked in the paper and online and found several job openings. The two of them made appointments with the managers to get interviews. Devin was meeting with a big company in the city and felt extremely confident. He knew he had all the qualifications and great references from the college. When he arrived, he was told to sit in the lobby like the rest of the potential hires. In that moment, everyone was …show more content…
Poor working conditions, over working, and the white owners killing their slaves is what brought the deaths of many. Discrimination can be put to blame for this horrendous event in our history. Blacks had no rights back then, and still to this day they get treated like they do not. The latest fatal police shootings of blacks have skyrocketed in the past couple of years. The blacks feel like they are being discriminated against, causing them to speak out and protest. Blacks are feeling targeted more than ever right now. In just 2015 alone, fatal police shootings are approaching 400. In fact the Washington Post says, “There is a raging debate about the police using deadly force against minorities. Although half the victims from 2015 were white, the numbers of unarmed victims were two-thirds black or Hispanic.” (Kindy 1) The prejudicial acts towards blacks have caused millions of deaths over the past 400 years and are continuing to increase. If whites and blacks continue to not get along then problems are going to keep arising in the