Never Ending During the segregation era in South Africa known as Apartheid the black people in that area were subject to discrimination from white people who came into their land and exploited them. Black people in the United States face similar oppression from the government, authority figures such as police, and when they are trying to find work to support themselves.There are even groups dedicated to discriminating black people that have people i power such as police officers, judges, and other officials similar to those in them. African Americans are not legally segregated from white people, but there are social and economic barriers that are nearly impossible to overcome. Even though African Americans are not segregated from white
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According to Christine Owens, NELP(National Employment Law Project),”If an employer advertised an entry level job [that barred unemployed applicants] and in that community the Black unemployment rate was 20 percent and the white unemployment rate was 10 percent, 20 percent of Blacks would be excluded from the get-go, and that could violate the civil rights law.” There is unequal opportunity for for African Americans in the workplace, they are not given the same chances that white people are and if someone is treated differently because of the color of their skin then they are being discriminated against. Black people and other people of color are assigned the jobs that white people do not want, people of color work part-time jobs, field work, and they are seen as cheap labor. In the article The History Of Labor Movements In SA it says that the government in South Africa needed to make sure the black people in the area who were seen as less than they were staying out of the towns that they were in. They needed black people out so white people could
According to Christine Owens, NELP(National Employment Law Project),”If an employer advertised an entry level job [that barred unemployed applicants] and in that community the Black unemployment rate was 20 percent and the white unemployment rate was 10 percent, 20 percent of Blacks would be excluded from the get-go, and that could violate the civil rights law.” There is unequal opportunity for for African Americans in the workplace, they are not given the same chances that white people are and if someone is treated differently because of the color of their skin then they are being discriminated against. Black people and other people of color are assigned the jobs that white people do not want, people of color work part-time jobs, field work, and they are seen as cheap labor. In the article The History Of Labor Movements In SA it says that the government in South Africa needed to make sure the black people in the area who were seen as less than they were staying out of the towns that they were in. They needed black people out so white people could