Racism in United States
"Racism is a form of discrimination, or a system to oppress the member of one race by other in the grounds of their superior property (race, caste, creed, color,etc.). Due to the nature of humans, many prejudicial attitudes developed between peoples from primitive ages. Racism brings fights, quarrels and hindrance for the development of the society. It also brings slavery."
Racism in the United States(US)
Racism in the US started from the era of colony, when many strong countries tried to colonize other weaker states, when people of so-called superior race were given privileges of higher one and and same rights were denied for the people of so-called lower race. The Europeans and Americans, particularly white ones, enjoyed superior rights in terms of education, voting rights, citizenship, criminal procedure and other basic rights of the present days. Some group of people from Europe also faced ethnicity-based discrimination in American society until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some groups of people like; Arabs and Jews, were continuously facing discrimination as they were called not to be the whites. Throughout the American history, African people faced many restrictions on their freedom and activities. The Native Americans have faced discrimination and unequal rights from pasts. Additionally, people from different people of Asia were also discriminated. |
| Racial ideas developed in the US |
Racism discrimination came to be perceived as being socially and morally unacceptable from the mid 20-th century and was banned, though partially. Racism still was practiced and seen in the socio-economic aspects of society. Even in the modern Us, researchers found that, discrimination were being done as criminal injustice, house health care, media, politics and in economy. Discrimination in the US is present in all aspects of life and communities and colors. Though, Barack Obama, the president of the US from 2009 to 2017 was the first non-white president of the US which reflected that a new era of the America had started. During the mid 2010s, the white coalition was formed which demanded in the expulsion of sexual and racial minorities and they also had rallied in the Virginia in August. A incident occurred there, describing the hatred in the group of people (learn about that incident somewhere else). That was identified as the threat of domestic terrorism in the United States, Wikipedia.
Native Americans, who used to be discriminated, have lived on the North American continent for at least 10,000 years. Huge population of people where living the place, today known as the US, before the European Sellers first arrived. Then, after several of years, several wars and several movements, the United States was formed. Martin Luther King Jr., a great move-mentalist, stated that the United States was formed at the time when the Native Americans were termed as the inferior race.
Now on present context of US
Racism is still present in the US though it hasn't flourished. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill. This news shows the context of Racism in the US though the country has been one of the leading country in the world. Floyd was saying, "I can't breathe" even though the officer hold his knee in his neck and he died. The following day, the videos went viral and public opinions came out and the four officers involved were fired. Derek Chauvin, the officer involved was charged with a murder case. Floyd's death triggered demonstrations and protests in over 2,000 U.S. cities and around the world against police brutality, police racism, and lack of police accountability.
In this modern world, even though many works have been done against any kind of discrimination, the law enforcers, police are even involved in the discrimination. This is so bad and an curse to the humanity. According to criminal complaints filed against the officers by state prosecutors, Floyd was "calm" and said "thank you". "White person hurling racial epithets", this kind of headline have been publishing and been published in many newspaper. With this, the future of racism in the US may prolong and mayn't eradicate.
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