African American Influence On Minorities

Everyone talks about how African American rights have improved since desegregation and the Civil Rights Act with many Americans feeling that we are no longer troubled by the intolerance of the past. Yet, subtle forms of racism are more of a widespread problem than we would like to admit. Yet, most people in the U.S. do not see themselves as prejudiced. Americans of all nationalities are seen as getting along peacefully together with recent reports on the media of cities working to increase racial harmony and statistics of how many non-minorities have become friends with minorities. We have elected a president of color, adopted babies across races, married interracially and pledged that we would uphold Dr. King’s dream yet we continue to judge …show more content…
African Americans make up 72 percent of traffic stops in the U.S. and training videos shown by police departments show minorities as criminals. Abuses reveal a nationwide problem with brutality and corruption in high crime areas and more aggressive policing in recent years because of the war on crime. These felony convictions have contributed to a decline in votes with more than 13% of African American males losing their right to vote. Prisons in America hold five times as many African Americans as non-minorities for serious crimes and the bulk for less serious crimes as well. Attitudes in law enforcement leads people to believe that race is a huge factor for police arrests and torturing of suspects. African Americans are also 10 times more likely to be shot in police interactions and police numbers have doubled so there are more chances for this type of interaction to …show more content…
In this day when equality is a policy that is demanded by the law, the demand has caused extensive backlash because the bar has been readjusted for lower standards among minorities. All that does is perpetuate lower standards for minorities and erode the possibility of incentives for performance which enforces stereotypes. Racial differences are constantly creating tension between minorities and non-minorities and rewarding or punishing them on the basis of their skin color sets up a very bad situation. Resentment builds among those that are not privileged to receive special treatment and those practicing diversity actually encourage separatism