The Plight of the Black Man is Caused by the White Man

Over the course of years, the black man has become free from the white man's oppression. This significant extremity of history is one of the most important building blocks our nation. We as a people have learned and grown from the knowledge of the harsh treatments of blacks as slaves. Although the world has yet to completely rid itself of all racial injustice and prejudice, the seemingly appearance of the release of from the fetter of society is a mere step in the right direction. The plight of the black man has lasted from the very beginnings of the founding of our young nation, they have been enslaved and neglected, culture and people-wise. The oppressor of a unique and different race is the Caucasians, who in numerous circumstances have been the overseer of degradation of many. All men are created equal, what does this phrase mean to the masses of the people? Strictly defining, some people assume that men refer to the men who wrote the constitution and what constitutes the color of the skin. This however is not applicable to the race of the African American.

From the founding of the nation, the blacks have been used as a source of labor. They were brought in by the Dutch settlers as cheap labor alternative to indentured servants. The blacks were brought in against their will captured from their homes or bought from tribes as prisoners of war. These men and sometimes women were brought over the Atlantic through a perilous journey, they were not given a first class trip, they rode in the below decks in cramped quarters for nearly a month. They stay in their own excrement and waste for the entire trip, which caused disease and death to run rampant among them. When they got there their lives were no easier. The white man treate...

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... spirit, is involved again. Peace, however does not ensue, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. When hope seemed to hit rock bottom, Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This ensured that there may not be any discrimination based on race. Although through freedom rides, and peaceful sit-ins the blacks won their equality and as the world made a turn for a better, racism against blacks still exist in a world like today.

In 2003 in a rural southern town of Jena, 6 black students were jailed and sentenced for a minor assault. They were tried by an all white jury, which deemed it necessary for a 10 year sentence. However much does the government try to change the views that blacks are not inferior, it is hard to change the image that has been burned within the back of the people?s minds, there will always be a glass ceiling and all men are not equal.