Personal Narrative: A Nation After Slavery

“One nation under God, with liberty and Justice for all” (Pledge of Allegiance). Powerful words with an even powerful meaning but has America been able to uphold this pledge of allegiance? NO. I am a proud African American who is hurt and appalled by the way people of color have been treated throughout history as well as the present day. It is not easy to live in a world whose system works against you and aims to keep you down. I want to encourage my people to take a stand for their race, love their melanin and the skin they’re in. I want to encourage people of other aces to open their minds and hearts and accept the fact that people of color ae just as human as you. Injustices toward the black community continue to prevail this day and age in the world we live in. Whether it be blatant racism, police brutality, inequality or the judicial system, people of color are often targeted and/ or given the short end of the stick in comparison to other races. Early on in history, African Americans have been …show more content…
Slavery lasted 245 years. 245 years of African Americans being sold as property and being worked as animals, used as objects. Slavery was abolished in 1865, or so the history textbooks teaches us. But how free can you be in a society that works against you. The struggle after slavery for African Americans after slavery became segregation. Though we were “free” our rights were still limited. After many activists, protests, movements, arrests, and deaths throughout the fight for the rights of African Americans we finally reached a point in 1964 where segregation was finally ended. People of color now had hope in living normal lives, being able to get a better education and jobs, amongst other things. However, the struggle for racial equality did not end there for African Americans. Although there are no longer any laws supporting the unfair treatment of people of color racism and discrimination is still very present today. Let’s take a look at