Covert Racism in America
Racism is still a very current issue in America today. By no means is racism as overt as it was fifty years ago with enforced segregation, but today racism is more covert and often hides behind closed doors to only strike out when least expected. Racism has been deceasing and will continue to be decreased only through education. Hopefully, one day racism will cease to exist. But, that day if possible is many years away.
Racism still exists in America today. This is a very verifiable fact for it is estimated that currently in the United States there exists 751 active hate groups that espouse racism and hate based on a persons race, ethnicity, or religion (Southern Poverty Law Center, 2003). This data is very disturbing and is even more disturbing if one looks at the number and proximity of hate groups that exist in the state of West Virginia, which is eight (Southern Poverty Law Center). Of these eight one the White Shield Knights of the Klu Klux Klan is based out of this exact area in Mineral Wells. Thus, it becomes obvious that groups that promote racism are still a part of America and that they are even right here where we live.
The existence of hate groups is disturbing enough but if one looks at the statistics on crimes motivated by racism, the picture becomes even more disturbing. In the last available year that data was available from the Federal Bureau of Investigations it is reported that in 2001 there were 8,063 hate crimes committed (Seper, 2001). Of these 8,063 hate crimes nineteen led to the victim's death (Seper). In one sense it is a miracle that only nineteen individuals died because of racism-based crime out of 8,063 victims, but any death that is a result of a crime motivated b...
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... developing attitudes that will last them a lifetime and be hard to change or alter later in life. By teaching each generation not to practice racism there may possibly be a world where racism does not exist one day. For it is not a person's race, ethnicity, or religion that makes an individual a bad person but something inside the core of that person and decisions that a person makes. There is good and bad in all races and ethnicity and hopefully one day all human beings will realize that and cease in hating others because of what race or ethnicity they happened to be born into.
References
Seper, Jerry. (2001). Racial Bias Spurs Many Hate Crimes. Retrieved July 28, 2009 from the World Wide Web: http: //www.recomnetwork.org
Southern Poverty Law Center. (2003). Intelligence Report. Retrieved July 28, 2009 from the World Wide Web: http://www.splcenter.org/
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As stated before, racism is not something that people thought of in the last ten years, it is an ongoing theme that has been flowing through the story of the United States. Starting from the enslavement of black Africans, and moving along to the days of when African Americans were separated from white Americans even though they lived in the same country and walked the same streets. Racism is seen all over the world. Hitler killed close to six million Jews during World War II due to the fact that he claimed that Germans were superior. He said that Jews polluted Europe and began “cleaning” it up. “Racism serves both to discriminate against ethnic minorities and to maintain advantages and benefits for White Americans.” This is what Mark Feinberg, PhD, stated about this issue and most people would agree.
Racism has been in the United States since the beginning of time, when the whites first settled here they were racist against the Indians, they beat killed and cleared out their tribes, bust because they wanted their land. Then you see a different form of racism between blacks and whites, it was present just because of skin color; you see segregation between the two races up until the 1950s when schools became integrated, but the racism was still there. Whites refused to sit next to blacks, use the same bathrooms, use the same drinking fountain, and wouldn't be seen in the same church. The only reason for racism is people were so stuck in their own ways and they would deny the fact that a person is a person despite their skin color.
...till goes on today. The black community may have defeated segregation but they are still resented by many groups of people. The Ku Klux Klan still exist today and are allowed to have meetings even though there numbers have decreased. Middle-eastern people are grudged upon after the 9/11 incident and are victims of racism around the world. The problem with society is that racism will always exist and get passed down generations to generations. Causes are not quite known but it is a part of human nature.
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Although slavery was abolished in 1865, some people fail to realize that racism still exists in the 21st century. Just because slavery was abolished and laws were placed to protect people, that does not stop one group of people from being capable of hating another group of people. Believe it or not, there are racists and hate groups all around us that we are not aware of. Our neighbors or members of our community might be involved in a hate group or may be racist without us having any idea. Some are well known such as the KKK or Nazi’s, but there are other groups that are not as popular to the public.
King, Ryan D., Steven. F Messner, Robert D. Baller. 2009. “Contemporary Hate Crimes, Law Enforcement and the Legacy of Racial Violence.” American Sociological Association. 74: 291-315.
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