Essay On Racism And Discrimination

One of the major ongoing problems in the United States is racism and discrimination. This dates all the way back to when Native Americans or Indians were forced to migrate to other lands by the Europeans. In this society, every minority, mainly African Americans, Native Americans, Islamic and Muslim people, are the target of some type of discrimination and unfairness. Unfortunately, it is only getting worse. Since the time of the Trail of Tears, this type of discrimination has changed. This change does not indicate racism as a whole has stopped. Racism is the belief that one race in particular is more superior than another race simply because of their complexion. This type of racism dates back to the early 1920’s. This is the era when the Ku Klux Klan also known as the KKK was formed. Their intention is to stop minorities from migrating to their land. Although the KKK, was formed in 1869, their excessive violence didn’t start to worsen until the 1910’s to the …show more content…
It seems like Americans and even the media are pointing the finger at the police, and from the looks of the statistics, there are valid reasons why. Police brutality is when an officer uses more force than necessary to detain a person. It is also one of the main problems in the United States. Every year, thousands of incident reports are filed for some type of police brutality. The different types consist of racial profiling, excessive force, verbal abuse, malicious prosecution, psychological intimidation, unreasonable search, rights of pre-trial detainees, sexual abuse, and false arrests and/or imprisonment. This is a serious issue that has only gotten worse over the years. Just in the United States alone, over 1,070 people have been wrongfully killed by the police this year and from the looks of the statistics from previous years, the rate might double or even triple. Officers continue to abuse their power by acting brutally in order to detain the