Argument Against Racism In Arizona

Daniel Hernandez

Uni 150

Innovation Challenge Racism in US/Arizona

“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them” This quote directed by Elie Wiesel clearly shows us what racism real means. Racism in this nation is a never-ending cause. It’s an act of despicableness. People, who are racist or support racism, say and believe in the saying “I am better than you, so therefore you are my inferior.” Would you say that the statement is true? NO it’s just an opinion stated by others that are too arrogant in except someone for who they are. We shouldn’t let opinions like that shape our personally mindset.

The US Post stated, “Arizona is among the top ten most racist state.”

In April of 2010 former governor of Arizona Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law. After reading and reviewing this bill, I found out that its design is to target any brown skinned person, who either doesn’t speak English. They are also going to target people that speak English, but with an accent, its pure racial profiling towards people with a Hispanic origin. Laws like this make our state dishonorable, in the eyes of our founding fathers.

Priscilla Quiah works at ASU in the Humphrey Fellows At Cronkite School Of Journalism And Mass Communication. She wrote an article called “ Racism is Real.” She from West Africa, Priscilla has experienced some form of racism since she’s been in Arizona. Its come to her attention, when someone would unconsciously hold his or her pulses tighter, if she was in shopping center. She says that, “People don’t trust me because I’m Black.” That statement clearly shows us, racism still affects our modern society. She says that racism; the same that was present in the 1950 still shows up in my daily