Sixty two years after the Brown v. Board of Education case and 52 years after the Civil Rights act ended all state and local laws requiring segregation, we are still facing segregation in schools, neighborhoods and in the work place. There might not be “whites only” or “colored” signs in stores and over water fountains, but all one has to do is take a look in your own neighborhood to see that segregation is still a problem in 2016. "Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than... ' 'You are not equal to... '" -Martin Luther King Jr. This quote sums up what is happening in neighborhoods across America, African
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Bonilla-Silva surveyed college students and asked them: “Many whites explain the status of blacks in this country as a result of blacks lacking motivation, not having the proper work ethic, or being lazy. What do you think?” (Bonilla-Silva, pp 88) One student says it is absolutely true while the other says it’s true to an extent. This is an example of white privilege; not knowing anything about a black neighborhood, or the fact that they struggle in school because the school is inadequate or understaffed. Saying that; “they’re raised that way and they see what their parents are like so they assume that’s the way it should be.” This is an example of white privilege, this student does not know that African Americans in all-Black neighborhoods struggle to get a good education or healthy food. African Americans who face these problems cannot just move into a better neighborhood or apply and get a better paying job, it is not because they are lazy but because they have been stuck in these poor neighborhoods for decades. The color of their skin dictates whether a realtor will show them a property, call them back or even lie and tell them the property has been sold, only to give it to the next white client. Most immigrant groups have suffered some segregation, “no immigrant group has ever lived under the high levels of segregation that currently exist for the African American population.” (Williams & Collins pp 405). All this results in the formation of ghettos and the “broken windows theory”, this causes other neighborhoods and their wealthier white residents to see black neighborhoods and its residents as a problem. It is not the solely the fault of the people for having a run-down neighborhood, if there is no assistance and we know that they are earning significantly less
Bonilla-Silva surveyed college students and asked them: “Many whites explain the status of blacks in this country as a result of blacks lacking motivation, not having the proper work ethic, or being lazy. What do you think?” (Bonilla-Silva, pp 88) One student says it is absolutely true while the other says it’s true to an extent. This is an example of white privilege; not knowing anything about a black neighborhood, or the fact that they struggle in school because the school is inadequate or understaffed. Saying that; “they’re raised that way and they see what their parents are like so they assume that’s the way it should be.” This is an example of white privilege, this student does not know that African Americans in all-Black neighborhoods struggle to get a good education or healthy food. African Americans who face these problems cannot just move into a better neighborhood or apply and get a better paying job, it is not because they are lazy but because they have been stuck in these poor neighborhoods for decades. The color of their skin dictates whether a realtor will show them a property, call them back or even lie and tell them the property has been sold, only to give it to the next white client. Most immigrant groups have suffered some segregation, “no immigrant group has ever lived under the high levels of segregation that currently exist for the African American population.” (Williams & Collins pp 405). All this results in the formation of ghettos and the “broken windows theory”, this causes other neighborhoods and their wealthier white residents to see black neighborhoods and its residents as a problem. It is not the solely the fault of the people for having a run-down neighborhood, if there is no assistance and we know that they are earning significantly less