Racial Issues Today Essay

Many People of Color are reeling from a series of racially charged events; the murder of Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, and the various police shootings. They interpret that as evidence that American society finds them of no value., hence the slogan: “Black Lives Matter.” Most events that happen because of “Skin Color” fall into a category of people of color feeling less equal to “Whites”. However most “Whites” can't understand racial injustice to past cultural experiences. So the real question here is , “Why does The U.S Have racial Issues Today”? Some of the reasons the U.S still has racial issues today because, many americans get mixed up about states rights, one race thinks they are more dominant than a different one, and stereotyping of …show more content…
Those qualities aren't out there in the environment. They don't reflect reality." Many Whites still today categorize themselves as more dominant and more intelligent than others races. Most say blacks are better at basketball than whites. Whites say hispanics only do manual labor, Oriental people should only be working at nail salons, claiming the white race has better and more opportunities than the rest. Everyday there is a new and wrong stereotype about each race. It's a driving force. Here's some stereotypes of each race. Every black person is good at singing, running, are very lazy, black people abuse the welfare system, violent, and that all blacks are from the “Hood”. Whites are claim to be racist, always think their right, scared of other races, not athletic, and stuck up. Latinos are stereotyped as construction workers, illegal immigrants, don't use their intelligence, dangerous gang members, and all work manual labor. See how every culture has negative outlook? When you look at a different culture than yours an automatic thought of what You already know and or hear about their race comes in mind. Racial problems are still existent today because of stereotypes of others and the constant feeling of unequalness