Separate And Unequal

In the United States, homeownership is a symbol of status when considering the notion of the American Dream. Owning a house provides families with opportunities to invest into businesses, plan for retirement, finance an education, and consider resources for the next generation. The federal government has made it possible for most average white Americans to finance the purchase of a home, essentially easier wealth building for white Americans. However, it has made it difficult for minorities to attain the same resources and opportunities. The socioeconomic differences are boundaries set by the dominant race to maintain and deeply widen the gap between whites and non-whites. Segregated communities still exist in America due to the enormous wealth gap among the racial groups, continue to persist today. Twenty year ago, the median white family had 8 times the wealth of blacks family, the gap increases when Latino family are compared to white family household to over 12 times the economic wealth.
In the United States race, wealth, and life opportunities are intertwined. Communities are …show more content…
The white community of this town wants to separate and become their own town, so that they can have an education system that is majority whites. They claim that it is not a racial issue; it is an issue of economic function that students are not getting the funding or resources from an interrogated school system because parents of black children are lower on the tax bracket. This action would result in better resources for students in the new community and leaving less financial able family to suffer the consequences of the school segregation. This is blatant discrimination on blacks of the town due to the socioeconomic structure in the area, where blacks tend to be over worked and under