Racism And Racial Inequality In The United States

There is no hiding that in modern society, individuals are not equal. They are criticized, neglected, and taken advantage of due to various factors such as race. Communities may say that inequality was abolished long ago, however, the truth is that inequality is still here. Leaders, assorted articles, and various events in recent history have come to prove this anti diverse world. They share their anger, their thoughts, and their fears of racial inequality, hoping that one day it will soon change however, it hasn’t. Massive amounts of citizens do not understand why we would STILL have something as negative as racism,but these forms of media are ways of trying to get that point across. They share their analyzation of racial inequality to the …show more content…
When people in America took the Implicit Association Test, results showed that “almost 90 percent of white people in America...show an inherent racial bias for white people versus black people” (Goyette) which creates red flags for a country that is supposed to be prideful of its diversity. The one question that this raises is why? Why is it that white people find people of the same race to be more appealing than African Americans? This is because of stereotypes, negative myths about the other race, such as Africans being “ghetto” and “cheap” and “unclean”. Racism was not wiped out completely, Individuals just chose to keep their “racism” hidden away for the fear of being called a racist. However, this test is proof of why a mother hugs her daughter a little closer when a black man boards the same bus. It exposes the truth behind turning a corner early because you see a dark-skinned man in a hoodie farther up the road. Another article includes a study published by the Federal Reserve Data that reveals how “White Americans held more than 88 percent of the country’s wealth in 2010...though they made up 64 percent of the population. Black Americans held 2.7 percent of the country’s wealth, though they made up 13 percent of the population”(Nesbit) which is a huge difference in terms of money per population. These statistics show that a white person gets payed 6 times more than a black person with the same qualities because of the racial factor. Not only is racism seen through actions on the streets, it’s also seen at the workplace! How is that equality in America? There’s only one answer, America is not. How can someone say that racism is abolished when people can’t even be payed the same amount because of the color of their