The Cause Of Racism In The United States

Racism is the United States has been discussed for many years now. Going back to the beginning when the Native American were attacked and relocated and treating them like immigrants. Then the African slavery created a huge impact in the entire world, being the United States one of the countries with the most slaves in the world. Although the racial rights for the African American have gotten better, it is still a problem in the United States. Immigration problems in the United States, also created a racism problem among the American people. Religious discrimination is also used in the United States to attack all those that come from the middle east and have different religions. Now, can we say that the racism has gotten better or worse today …show more content…
What do I mean by this? Well, according to the numbers, the African American population is getting hit more than any other race. African-Americans comprise only 13% of the United States population and 14% of the monthly drug users, but are 37% of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America. Studies show that police are more likely to pull over and frisk blacks or Latinos than whites. In New York City, 80% of the stops made were blacks and Latinos, and 85% of those people were frisked, compared to a mere 8% of white people stopped. Host a poetry slam to educate others on racism and reduce prejudice in your community. This numbers reveal that actually racism to black people has really not changed. In 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same crimes. African Americans make up 57% of the people in state prisons for drug offenses. Worst more is that 2/3 of state prisons are filled up with …show more content…
to say they have experienced discrimination in each of the situations in the past month. For example, while 18% of foreign-born Hispanics say they were treated less fairly at their place of work because of their ethnicity, only 5% of U.S.-born Hispanics report experiencing workplace discrimination. Foreign-born Hispanics (15%) are five times more likely than U.S.-born Hispanics (3%) to say they experienced discrimination because they are Hispanic while getting healthcare for themselves or for a family member. The smallest gap between reports of discrimination between native-born and foreign-born Hispanics is in dealings with the police, such as traffic incidents. On this item, only four percentage points separate U.S.-born Hispanics (8%) and foreign-born Hispanics