Joseph Curl Racism

As Bill Cosby once said, “By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress, racism remains”. Cosby reminds us that racism is still present in the twenty-first century. Racism can be defined as prejudice or discrimination directly against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. Indeed, racism has existed throughout human history; however, it still seems to be impacting the future time period. After reading Joseph Curl’s article, “What to do with racism in the 21st century,” a clear thought can be concluded: Today our rights which were fought by our ancestors are still put into no existence as they are given no importance in Curl’s perspective. Thus, Curl’s various usage of rhetorical devices such as historical references, anecdotes, and allusions …show more content…
Indeed, racism was officially ended with the Civil Rights Movement but every individual has to promise to not influence this belief in the upcoming generations. As Curl always said, “America has been on the right trajectory since its founding-not always, not like a rocket, but undeniably” pertains to the fact that Americans need to welcome all cultures into their life and try not to segregate them into individual groups. To sum up, a society has its up and downs, but racism cannot be one of the factors that cause this uproar to occur. Hence, considering “the founders [who] constructed the greatest documents in the history of mankind-the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution” one must pledge to the flag, promising to never break the belief that “all men are created equal [as well as] endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights…” Hence, discrimination against individuals shall never resume in the rear upcoming