The initial status of blacks in the United States

"For much of black America life seems suspended. In the bleakness of filth and of the inner cities our people go through motions of living. On the street corners jobless men still wait, among the garbage and rats children still play. There are some features to the scene City blocks are ravaged by the riot, the bums and blocked buildings, the empty lots still stand like silent witnesses to their futile anger"(Lusane C ,1994, p.135).

Historically African American have endured a large amount of economic distress. Exploitation for labor for 400 years brought about turmoil. There was no land for the black people. They were not allowed voting privileges now nor then. There was a lot mind manipulation that took place. Lack of self worth was one of their main concerns. The slave owners made divisions between the black people by favoring light over dark blacks put a wedge between the African community as a whole. Black people were also ousted from the community due to their dark skin and discrimination towards them. "Black people are weakened

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ason; except for that fact that they are black. Also, the government has lowered the standards for felonies amd the crimes that have to be committed for blacks to go to jail. A lot of women are raising their kids by themselves. Broken homes are not beneficial especially when the mother is sole provider when the dad is locked up. Because of the pressure and stress usually allows the kid to live in a mentally abusive household.

s of blacks in America. Police include the highest proportion of individual racists. In the 1960's African Americans were hosed when protesting the injustices of society. Their demands and peaceful marches were looked upon as uprisings against the government and the police arrested them and used the water hose to stop their cause.

Favoritism in the political community still remains to this day. African Americans representation is minimal in Congress so how much could their voice really count. Racial apportionment within the districts allows for the African voice not to count regardless if the population in a particular area is of a great number. A black politician named Edward Brooke is senator of Massachusetts, talked proper. He was fair skinned and still put in the generalization of African American and this narrow-minded idea is brought about by the white and black community. In addition his political and moral ideas derived from the African community so if any injustices occur in Massachusetts he is the first person there to bring about resolution.

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In present day America the social barriers still exist for many African Americans. African Americans are denied from jobs that they are truly qualified for. Often blacks and Latinos are forced to compete for insufficient and inadequate resources in education, health social service employment and economic development an housing There is also a lot discrimination. Since 1995, the revocation of the affirmative action bill, the number of African Americans being accepted into the prestigious colleges has been reduced. (Mitchel P , 1996, p 342)African Americans also suffer from illiteracy and the poor education that they receive in the public schooling systems. Oakland school Board attempted to help the African American student by proposing a bill that educated the teachers on the format of the Ebonics language but that was denied. Another barrier would be the racial profiling. Racial profiling allows for police to pull over African American males that are driving for no logical re!

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