Racism in America On July 2nd, 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed. Its purpose was to ban segregation and racism, many people don’t think that’s the case. Others think that racism and segregation are in the past and that they don’t affect peoples’ day to day lives, but research shows segregation is a big problem in the economy and even schools. Even though we passed an act to ban segregation, it is still affecting Americans’ day to day lives.
Segregation is actually still a problem in schools today. Researchers have found that Latinos or African Americans are more likely to attend lowly funded schools. At these schools they receive 10% or 75 dollars less than a white student would (2). The fact that a nonwhite student is more likely to receive less money shows that children in these schools are still being treated differently, because of their ethnicity or race. Studies have also shown that 74% of African Americans and 80% of Latinos attend segregated schools (2). This means that more than half of African Americans and Latinos in America are attending segregated schools. These studies and many other studies make it impossible to deny that segregation is a problem in schools today. …show more content…
A study done by Brandies shows that after the Civil Rights era, the racial wealth gap tripled (2). This means that the racial wealth gap was three times higher after a time period that was supposed to help lower it. A similar study done by the Urban Institute Calculations show the Great Recession contributed to Hispanic families’ wealth falling by 44%, African American families by 31%, but whites only by 11% (2). The Great Recession didn’t hit all ethnicities equally. These studies, including many others show that race is still separating people in our economy
Segregation is actually still a problem in schools today. Researchers have found that Latinos or African Americans are more likely to attend lowly funded schools. At these schools they receive 10% or 75 dollars less than a white student would (2). The fact that a nonwhite student is more likely to receive less money shows that children in these schools are still being treated differently, because of their ethnicity or race. Studies have also shown that 74% of African Americans and 80% of Latinos attend segregated schools (2). This means that more than half of African Americans and Latinos in America are attending segregated schools. These studies and many other studies make it impossible to deny that segregation is a problem in schools today. …show more content…
A study done by Brandies shows that after the Civil Rights era, the racial wealth gap tripled (2). This means that the racial wealth gap was three times higher after a time period that was supposed to help lower it. A similar study done by the Urban Institute Calculations show the Great Recession contributed to Hispanic families’ wealth falling by 44%, African American families by 31%, but whites only by 11% (2). The Great Recession didn’t hit all ethnicities equally. These studies, including many others show that race is still separating people in our economy