Racial Inequality In Society Today

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Over the years, people have been discriminated by not agreeing with something, or not believing that everyone should be equal. Our constitution states that all people are equal. In contrast, discrimination is the main reason racial inequality is still apparent in today’s society. This discrimination and fight for equality began during slavery and continued through the Civil Rights Movement. Admittedly, the abolishment of slavery was the beginning of racial inequality in the U.S. “slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the north American colony of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619” (History .com).After African settled in in Virginia, slavery started to spread in the U.S. African American were turned to slaves and didn’t …show more content…

Some black African American .civil rights movement is a group of African American who dedicated them life to end racism, discrimination and racial inequality. Martin Luther king, Rosa parks, Malcolm x were some people that was involved with the civil right movement. “in protest of local restaurant that refuse to serve African American customers, a series of sit- ins is staged at lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960” (History.com).even though slavery end but they were people still think that all people shouldn’t be equal at all.so it was tough for the African American back in the days because they couldn’t do anything and still didn’t have too much right .They was lot of speech and marching so they could end racial equality. “The civil right act of 1963 passed congress, prohibiting discrimination in a number of settings; title 1 prohibits discrimination in voting; title 2: public accommodations; title 3: public facilities and title 4: public education and other more”(history.com). All determine that all discrimination should stop in America. Our constitution stated that all men are created

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