Racism+in+America

Diversity's Plight... and its Triumphs



The inequality created by law "is always succeeded by an imaginary inequality which is implanted in the manners of the people" (De Tocqueville, 414).

No matter how equal we are by law, racism and discrimination still persist in every form media type="youtube" key="UY04gIruZ4E" height="344" width="425"

"His mother did not like him to play with niggers. She had explained to him the difference between colored people and niggers, They were easily identifiable. Colored people were neat and quite; niggers were dirty and loud" (//The Bluest Eye//, Morrison, 87)

At an L.A. high school after black Americans made racist comments towards Mexican Americans Although competition and tension amongst the races still exists, America's diversity has become more accepted and there seems to be hope for what's ahead ...

Congressman John Conyers of Michigan Former Congressman Jefferson of Louisiana media type="youtube" key="Mrjl8puFROM" height="344" width="425"

President Obama's 2009 Inauguration Speech 

media type="youtube" key="1pFIRlP-ieg" height="344" width="425" Judge Sotomayor nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court



 "Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen." --Joseph E. Lowery


 * "We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." -President Barack Obama**



Grace's Reflection on America's diversity