Summary: The Fallacy Of A Post-Racial Society

Ryan Fransen

Mr.Volk

Composition

2/14/1

When addressing the topic of racial inequalities and tensions, a current issue would be the Ferguson case, or the Eric Garner case in New York where an African American was shot and killed by a white Police officer. These occurrences have sparked national debate about racial profiling and racial prejudice as well as ensued chaos through riots and protest. However, if you look back earlier this year the same exact incident happened, except the races of the officer and the victim were reversed, in this case, no riots, no protesting, or any national debate occurred. Why was the same amount of attention not drawn to this case the the Michael Brown Case in Ferguson? Why was there more outrage, and coverage

From its first utterance in 2008 to herald the rise of Barrack Obama, the concept was misguided and delusional.” I somewhat agree with what the author is saying about race, but not completely because the actual definition of “Post-Racial” literally means “after race” or that race does not exist. Like Mr. Capehart I believe a post-racial society is not realistic; that there will always be differences between cultures, no matter what steps, precautions, or measurements you take to eliminate the racial tensions. However, I am not saying that we cannot greatly diminish the tensions and prejudices, and therefore I disagree with Mr. Capehart. The way race is viewed needs to be changed. If you are able to change the way people view and look at race, you can reduce racial tensions and racial inequalities. Changing the way people view race is no easy task and doesn’t happen overnight. I believe it’s a long process that will be difficult and will be met with opposition. Racism is the root of the problem. I found this point brought up in the article, “The Fallacy of a ‘post racial’ society” to be very interesting, “The racist and anti-Semitic hate group…” called the Ku Klux Klan, that is known for, “…white sheets, cross burnings, and has a history of other

All of these vastly distinct cultures cause there to be many forms of racial inequality and tensions. The problem for most races is they find there are not equal opportunities to advance in American society. From the Article “A New Kind of Ghetto” Nuzhat Ali explains the difficulties of being trapped in and not being able to get out of the small community of where he grew up, “We are constantly going back to the first generation”. The young men and women of these “ghettos” often do not have opportunities to go to college. Without going to college the youth of these communities are forced to make a living in their father’s profession and find themselves stuck in the same community, without a college degree. “A New Kind Of Ghetto” also shares a good point, “The really Important thing is to understand where the problems lie. They do not lie with the whole ethnic groups, nor with mass immigration. Instead, they are specific and deep… the exceptions are woven tightly into the national fabric” What this is saying is each case is very different from another and needs to be assessed differently. There is no one size fits all plan that can help the very specific problems of each community. I suggest that instead of a broad plan of action, there needs to be a specific assessment of each community. The leaders of these communities will work alongside of the representative appointed to the