“Racism, we are not cured of it. And it’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger in public. That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not,” Barack Obama stated in a pod cast with Marc Maron on June 22, 2015. Shortly after Barack Obama was elected for president, social observers commented that America was entering, or had already entered a post- racial phase. Post racism means that color/race no longer matters that anyone can accomplish and can do anything without racial boundaries. America has not entered a post- racism period. America will always have racial borders, and everyone will be aware of racism around them, relative to Police, Jobs, Politics, and even schools. We can control racism in our everyday lives, but people just tend to stick with their color or racial group. The majority of older people
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Some employers only want certain minorities to work as in if a Hispanic owns the business then typically he or she would hire majority Hispanic to work for them. Hispanics usually working for housing, concreate, roofing, landscaping, and or other hard labor. I see Blacks typically working in the fast food industry as cooks and cashiers. My personal experience I have witnessed Black men especially be accused of selling drugs or stealing just to make a living because that is all they know. We usually see Whites working in upper level jobs requiring advanced education as in lawyers, doctors, accountants, and pharmacists. In my opinion I see that education plays a major role in how we do in society. White race are usually pressured into studying more and getting a better education to advance to the higher level jobs. Other ethnic groups are not pressured as much to strive to get the higher level jobs. The racism is they feel like they are discriminated against because the whites get the better jobs because they have more advanced education for the
Some employers only want certain minorities to work as in if a Hispanic owns the business then typically he or she would hire majority Hispanic to work for them. Hispanics usually working for housing, concreate, roofing, landscaping, and or other hard labor. I see Blacks typically working in the fast food industry as cooks and cashiers. My personal experience I have witnessed Black men especially be accused of selling drugs or stealing just to make a living because that is all they know. We usually see Whites working in upper level jobs requiring advanced education as in lawyers, doctors, accountants, and pharmacists. In my opinion I see that education plays a major role in how we do in society. White race are usually pressured into studying more and getting a better education to advance to the higher level jobs. Other ethnic groups are not pressured as much to strive to get the higher level jobs. The racism is they feel like they are discriminated against because the whites get the better jobs because they have more advanced education for the