Reflection+on+Racial+Inequality

Racial inequality in America stems from our past, and how we treated African Americans in the past. Because we enslaved an entire race, white Americans have always had some sense of supremacy. You would think that after the generation that lived through slavery died out, that this notion of quality by race would have dissipated. The fact of that matter is, is that because slaves could always be identified by their skin color, when they weren't slaves anymore people still thought of them as inferior, because they could label them. As generations lived on, this idea of quality by skin color also lived on because no one really thought about it. No one really took the time to think about why they thought that they were better than blacks, it was always sort of a "given" to them. The fact that this notion lived on for so long is absolutely mind boggling. To think that people really based their judgements of others on their skin tone is quite frightening. While discrimination, of course, still exists we have seen the progression in our world. Having a black president proves this. We are on our way to a better future.

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