What Is Racism In America

Racism the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to the race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Imagine there are two little girls playing on the playground on a hot summer day, all of a sudden their parents comes and grab their hands and say, “ I do not want to see my child playing with her, “ quickly the daughter replies, but why not mommy? As a child they see no color in their world they only see another child, this is a learned behavior. Racism is prevalent in today’s society it display many discriminations such as multiculturalism, economic power, class, ethnicity and religion. There has been injustice in the past years in the Untied States …show more content…
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/medical-racism-and-ignoring-black-pain when it comes to wealth African Americans feel like they don’t not have an equal opportunity for the American dream. https://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1581 Wealth is the most important one of them all it plays a major role in racism it shows that 90 percent of the national wealth is held by Caucasian families verses African America families who hold only 2.6 percent and Then Latinos families who hold an 2.3 percent .When America fell into the great recession it hit harder on minority …show more content…
The Recession made it very hard on the people since they were already struggling on a poverty level. In a study done by economist Edward Wolff in 1955 he stated that the white household earned 61,000 dollars compared to the African household which only earned 7,400 dollars. In a study done by how racial /ethnic groups rank in 2006 in the US Census Bureau it states, “ That the Asians household made 64,238 and the Caucasian made 52,423 and the Hispanic made 37,781 and African American made 31,969. The question that was asked was “Why the big wealth gap?” and Wolff answered that it was historical racism. In slavery they didn’t cumulated very much wealth. Education is another prime example of racism since black students are suspended three times more than Caucasian students. In public schools minority students are given less access to well experienced teachers compared to Caucasians. In a research done it showed that seven percent of black student go to a school were twenty percent of the teachers fail to meet the certification requirements. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/21/schools-discrimination_n_5002954.html Caucasian are more likely attend college than African Americans. Researches show that about only 13 percent of racial issues at colleges get