Persuasive Essay On Racial Discrimination

Since the colonization of what was to become the United States of America, the injustice of racial prejudice has been a prominent characteristic of this country. As a result, Blacks and other Americans of color are often, if not always, victims of racial profiling and despite many efforts to achieve racial equality, prejudiced mindsets have remained with some people well into the 21st century. Consequently, this has prompted many Blacks to go to questionably extreme measure to protect their children from potentially becoming another casualty of racial discrimination. Many have chosen to just ignore the problem, however the reluctance to speak out against racial injustices only shows weakness among Blacks and other Americans of color.

Regardless of this, the choice to assimilate is not far fetched. It is understandable why many Blacks would rather avoid

Graham’s son. He was very reluctant to speak out about the discrimination he had experienced out of fear of being thought of as different or “racial” by the white administration and students (The Washington Post). While his reluctance and fear is somewhat understandable, especially since he had never been exposed to any type of situation involving his race. However, I feel that this type of attitude towards racial injustices, coming from Black people, are apart of what keeps Blacks divided.

This attitude stems from the way he was raised, not to say that he was raised wrong because a being a Black child with privilege in America is a wonderful thing that many people wish they had, but I think that not exposing black children to the history of African-Americans is not right as it robs them of their culture and can be seen as disrespectful to simply not acknowledge those who fought and died for the child to even have the option to ignore racial prejudice in