Racial Economic Inequality Analysis

Do we have racial equality in the United States? After watching the video by Michelle Alexander I was given a different perspective on our current justice system and finding the flaws within it. Michelle Alexander describes our current justice system as almost being a caste system in a way. Michelle Alexander does a great job at highlighting where our justice system is flawed and how consciously and unconsciously we sometimes can be unfair depending on someones race. People do get judged based on there race whether you see it or not but our justice system isn’t entirely fair. People are being prosecuted for the most obscure reasons and the underlying reason is generally the persons race. Michelle Alexander throughout the Ted talk provides multiple astonishing facts that really highlight the issues. A fact that put me in shock was when Michelle stated that there are more african americans in jail than all the people in jail in the 1970’s. One of the reasons this is the case is because of income. Groups with lower …show more content…
The article is titled “The Healthcare Industry: A Prescription to Help Heal Racial Economic Inequality” and discusses how racial inequality is prevalent throughout the unemployment numbers. Unemployment has soared and has reached a percentage of 5.5% according to the article. The author of the article, Dedrick Muhammad calls it “an untreated disease plaguing communities across the country.”. Reading this sentence helps bring the understanding that this blasphemy has gone on too long. The article goes on by talking about how all minorities are suffering from lower wages, higher unemployment and even health care. Diversity is something Dedrick Muhammad mentions multiple times to give an understanding that we are not as diverse in the health care field because of these conscious and unconscious equality