Race Relationships Are Worsening: Racism In America

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Duke,Lynne.”Race Relationships Are Worsening”.Racism in America (Opposing Viewpoints). Ed.William Dudley. San Diego , CA: Greenhaven Press, Inc. ,1991, 17-20. Print.
Racism : Race Relations are Worsening In the article Race Relationships are Worsening it states that in nationwide polls that were surveying the racial problems and attitudes dealing with the minorities in America. The results of the survey stated how bad a problem racism is a problem within the different communities where there are minorities. The survey concluded that the white people thoughts on the minorities are that they were lazy, less intelligent , more violent and less patriotic. It also stated how the minorities are at a disadvantage in education and cultural areas that would be advantages for the white people . The fact that there is so much discrimination by the white people that is having an direct problem in the economic area, which is an potential loss of workforce and productivity .
The discrimination towards the minorities is whats making communities and jobs fail as a whole. We are equally the same but the way society is today is that the white people are
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It said that there was a common misunderstanding with the polls and common knowledge. They way media is set up makes the racial relationships seem at an all time low , when it really isn't. There was an Roper poll in 1978 to try to understand the conditions of the race problems within the neighborhood, and it seemed that the blacks experienced more problem in their neighborhood . Things such lower unemployment rates, crime and drug abuse.The survey was retaken again in 1990 and there was some improvement for the blacks but not enough, still far off worse than the white people ever were. Even though there is slight improvement with the treatment of the Hispanics and the blacks and other minorities , there could be better improvement within the

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