Does+Race+still+Exist+In+the+United+States?+ByBrenda+Santiago

Brenda Santiago August 4th, 2009 Humanities

Does Racism Still Exist? Racism is still a problem in the United States because one word....ignorance. If everyone had the benefit of a good upbringing and education then it would not exist. Unfortunately some parents/guardians lived through segregated times so they choose to pass it on to they're children...that’s were seeds of racism grow. Our government should try to persuade the people to have no more racism and to stop. Racism is past down from generation to generation, It is a learned emotion, Once a person is brain washed to believe a certain thing them actually believe it then act upon it. I think the government should show that race never existed because there is no such thing as race and its wrong that people get treated different just for being human.

Racism affects citizens today because they are still a lot of people getting killed or getting bullied for there skin type. Historically, the country has been dominated by a settler society of dutifully and culturally diverse whites. The heaviest load of racism in the country has historically fallen upon Native Americans, Asian Americans, African American, Irish American, American Jews and some immigrants and their offspring’s. This prove my point that, racism does not exist it’s only in the minds off people who had through go through segregated times and don’t know any better than race, racism and the separations of people. An example of this in my life is, when I was in elementary school I would walk every morning and when ever I would walk pass this one little second grader he would scream "Hey white girl, go away, or ugly white girl" and him not knowing I’m a Puerto Rican still called me white girl because of my completion. This proves my point that even in my experiences I've seen that there kids being taught that even by the color of your skin there’s a difference of whether or not they are as human as the person that’s trying to insult them.

Another Reason racism is still a problem is because this separates the world in many different ways it's like everyone is in there own column. Most people are in different categories such as blacks, whites, Hispanics, etc. In the past people would have to live there life’s knowing that when they was to wake up instead of having a good day they had to walk around and get assaulted by many others that wasn't the same skin color as them. This shows that living a life with racism is not an easy life for anyone. A current experience that is similar to this is when my cousin was walking down the street she would always notice this symbol of racism. This example emphasizes that there’s still racism going around after all these years, there are some people with the ignorance against Blacks, Whites, Hispanics.

Some argue that racism is no longer a problem. People who this way believe racism was not a big issue because they changed they’re mind already. They usually point out that there's been a lot of change in history and they changed there mind because of all of the people who fought to make a difference and tried to influence people that they're is no difference between African Americans and Whites. They think that racism it isn't a problem because all people except everyone the same way they except people of there own race. They are wrong because there are still some people that don't except people the same way they except people of they're own race. For example, they are some Americans that don't except African Americans as they except people of there own race. This example illustrates they are wrong because African Americans,Hispanics,or any race of any kind are the same as anyone else they're human just like the rest of us.

In conclusion racism is a major problem and we should try to look at race a different way instead of looking at each other as non-equals. In addition our government has the responsibility to persuade those who don't except us as equals and those who discriminates us of our race.