I think the United States has come very far from the pre-civil rights era, but there is still work to be done. The laws in place protect Civil Rights and ban discrimination, legally but the mentality of our nation as a whole is still in the process of shifting. Laws only mean as much as the comprehension and acceptance the masses allow. Racially we are seeing, mainly, subtle but sometimes-blatant discrimination in the form of negative stereotyping and snap judgments.
Seeing this some people call for our nation to become 'color blind' but I disagree. Race, for many, is a huge part of who they are because it represents their family’s history, struggles and all. Asking people to disregard a large part of their identity is unfair. Instead, we need
Seeing this some people call for our nation to become 'color blind' but I disagree. Race, for many, is a huge part of who they are because it represents their family’s history, struggles and all. Asking people to disregard a large part of their identity is unfair. Instead, we need