Racial Inequality In America

To have an unequal society, it means to have a society where not everyone seems to be equal, that can cause a problem in the structure of culture because people would be treated differently because of their race or ethnicity.That leads us to talk about Racism , What is racism? Racism is a form of discrimination against someone of a different race , the belief that one’s own race is superior. In the United States racism had and still has a common impact in the society that we are living in .One of the historical events that demonstrate perceptions of inequality we can talk about is slavery . Slavery is any system of property law that are applied to people,allowing an individual to have control of someone else is life. When slavery is being talked about, it is primarily based on Africans and African Americans how they …show more content…
Slavery had been viewed and practiced in British America from the early colonial days and was legal at the time of the declaration of independence in 1776. Racism is an ongoing thing. Slaves were nothing,but labor work. They didn’t get paid for their work and they were treated poorly and stipped of there rights and indenities. Most slaves could not write or read and if caught doing so they were punished. Reading meant understanding things and understanding things meant beginning to have a say and right for things. White didn’t want that, they wanted to be superior to blacks also known as “niggers” or “negro’s”.Slavery lasted for almost 2 centuries. Even though that was many years ago,individuals are still facing discrimination and racism in today’s society, especially non whites like African Americans and Hispanics.Earlier this month of April two black men was arrested at a Starbucks store in Philadelphia on suspicion of trespassing .They were sitting