Race Argumentative Essay

Back in 1950s anthropologists discovered that race was just a myth. Why should we be divided by race in the first place? When you watched the news you see all these Caucasian cops shooting African Americans that have guns or fighting back with the cops causing a riot over racism, but when the tables are turned around and an African American cop shoots a Caucasian guy that clearly is following the law and has his hands up it doesn't show up on the news because supposedly that is okay and not racism. Race is a "scientific fact" because I believe there is no such thing because we shouldn't be judged on our color, race is supposed to tell us something about our genetic history. In biological terms, race is the process of evolution and the origin of species, it is a part of the formation of the new species and differentiations. Back in 1964 the arrest of a Ku Klux Klan member killed two young black men, Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, represents a minor attempt to close the books on a wrongly-dismissed civil rights case. Although this act took place over 40 years ago, the current case shows that race issues are still very much a part of our society. Black and whites are no longer the issues. With an increasing …show more content…
Furthermore, it plays a big part in drug-related violence and arrest in many cities, not to mention drug source countries. Race issues are not just unique to the United States, but have been influential throughout history in any country that has experienced colonization or immigration. Therefore, can we ever “solve” these issues? What can we do differently to make things better amongst all of us that has not been tried before? I would like to be part of researching this topic, and hopefully discover a new way to find a change with the problems surrounding race, especially violence, before it is too