Racial Discrimination In America

The Floor of Discrimination “Ding” the silver metal elevator whispers. A young African American enters the small silver box and recognizes a familiar face. She was an older white woman who lived down the hall. Wearing a fancy purple dress, she crammed herself into the far back corner of the elevator. She looked like she had just seen a rat, with her face as white as snow and full of fear. ‘Do you want to come up?’ the young boy asked. ‘No’ she responds in a high pitched whisper and quickly slides out of the elevator. With a puzzled look on the young boy’s face, he presses the 5th floor button and the elevator begins to climb each floor. Finally, the elevator reaches the 5th floor and he runs into his apartment across the hall. He slammed the …show more content…
Many people discriminated a particular race because people were unable to distinguish between the true facts and fearful myths. Racism exists when one group of people excludes or tries to eliminate another on the basis of differences. Discrimination of race has been a problem since the Middle Ages. It is believed that it started in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries, when the identification of the Jews with the devil and witchcraft became popular. Yet, the growth of ideological racism in Europe did not intensify until the nineteenth century. In 1933, Germany started to convey what would be one of the worst forms of discrimination in history. At the time, Germany hit an economic depression and the Germans were desperate for change. The Nazis appealed more to the unemployed, young people, and members of the lower middle class. Obsessed with the idea of a superiority of the German race, Adolf Hitler rose to power. With the help of the Nazis, Hitler was able to dehumanize the Jews and begin his superiority of the German race. One way the Nazis dehumanized the Jews is by separating them from the German society. Having Jews as a main target, the Nazis passed the first wave of legislation which limited the participation of Jews in German public life. These waves progressively expanded as Nazi’s washed away the number of Jewish students at German schools and curtailed Jewish activity in the medical and legal …show more content…
Discrimination in the forms of racist remarks and stereotyping is experienced among both citizen and non-citizens of the Union. One major current issue is the discrimination in employment. There are barriers to prevent black people from obtaining employment that matches their skills and experience level. In the United Kingdom, applicants with an African sounding surname had to submit twice as many job applications than White British sounding surnames to get an interview. People with an African origin also have higher unemployment rates than the national average partly due to racial discrimination according to the statistics across European Union Member States. Another serious current issue in the European Union is violence. A higher exposure of police and racist violence as well as excessive abuse from other members of the public are seen among black people. The trust between the police and black communities broke when arises from numerous methods used by police such as racial profiling and lacking full investigation. Unfortunately, black people were not the only ones who experienced racism. In Europe, the vote for Brexit is blamed for a spate of racist attacks against Polish people. Some people put up ‘no more Polish vermin’ posters and sprayed racist graffiti across a Polish cultural center. Some people stopped in the streets shouting that it is time for