Racial Inequalities In Society

We as a society have come a long way since the beginning of racial inequalities, which includes slavery, the Civil War and emancipation, civil rights movements and to a current state of racial and cultural turmoil. The real question is have we really made any progress throughout time to create a better society and equal social system? In today’s society, it is a common occurrence to see those of color being arrested, lacking jobs, living in poor environments, and involved in violent acts which includes recent shootings. Prior to the civil rights movements and Jim Crow laws, any white person could easily discriminate against another person of color. Unfortunately, in our current day and age people have neglected these laws and found ways to …show more content…
The abolishment of slavery and the lack of function in society creates a place of not belonging and it’s the same as today for those who don’t belong and end up going to prison. Similarly to slavery, the prison complex also relies on making money but without morals and creating products with low wages. To ensure that white people maintain privileges there has been possessive investment in whiteness, certain laws that have been made to keep future generations of white people thriving. With this happening there are more privately operated and politically funded prisons to attempt to make a profit of prisoners, and new sentencing laws being created such as the three strikes law, war on drugs, etc. to increase the prison