Essay On Unjust Impoverishment

Unjust impoverishment is when the legal system allows groups of people to be mistreated affecting their wealth, and unjust enrichment is the beneficiary of the discrimination. . (Bricks, 2000). This idea defines American history. Europeans settlers stole land from the Native Americans which made settlers made a lot of money. Also African Americans have a long history of being discriminated. For a long time black people were denied bank loans and ownership of property they could have passed down to their children, but white children benefit from generational wealth. Also white Americans benefited from the free labor black slaves provided. My family line came from Ethiopia and is not affected much from American history, but my dad had to face troubles to come to America and face injustice when he came. My father was abandoned by his father when he was born in Ethiopia. His mother could not afford to take of him, so she sent him to live with his grandfather. My father’s grandfather died when he was 12 years old. With no one to look after him, he had to grow up and be a man. He bought and sold items for a profit and took on some jobs like managing company soccer teams to try to take care of himself, but at that time Ethiopia was under a cruel communist dictator who killed anyone he felt was a threat to his power. My father did not want …show more content…
My mom’s family is an example my Grandfather on my mom’s side was a ground technician for Ethiopian Airlines. He had two houses, a car, and could afford to go to vacation to Europe. My grandfather died and the family lost his income, but all the assets the family had could keep them afloat. But communist government party members stole their property leaving them in poverty. Unjust impoverishment makes racial economic equality difficult because of America’s long racist