Race and society- Progress

Author: Winmsn
Country: Canada

One spring day, I was listening to Homecoming (DM shall kill me); and I got into a talk with my friend via MSN about the song. This eventually led to me, telling her about what he did on NBC during a special for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. He said "George Bush does not like black people". Now, I cannot say that is true or untrue; for I am not Mr. Bush. But it did raise an interesting question; is there still racism in our society? Some people believe that racism is non-existent nowadays. I beg to differ.

In every country, the majority benefits; and the minorities are treated somewhat unfairly. I cannot find a single country; that does treat the majority and minorities equally. In Sri Lanka, a civil war is raging due to the chauvinistic principals of both the Tamils and the Sinhalese. In China, the Uyghur people face scrutiny and horrible conditions from the government. In many Arab countries; non-Arabs are not treated fairly and in Israel; Arabs are second class citizens. In these countries, the majority holds the power, the jobs, and the good life. The minority may have to work a little bit harder for it. Of course, there are always exceptions. So, society has a large part to do with it.

We see the 2008 Presidential campaign raging on; Barack Obama has to explain all his actions and associations to the media, for example: whether he is patriotic, because he does not wear a lapel pin. To say that race has nothing to do with the campaign would be naive. Why do you think he has to answer all these questions? Why doesn't John McCain face these "guilt by association" questions about his controversial pastor?

Let's take America for example now; and the stereotypes facing the two major minority groups. Some people view African-Americans as gangsters, others view Latinos as "drug dealers or border hoppers". These stereotypes are rampant here, and this is an example of subtle racism, even though we do not like to admit it. Why do we have less successful African-Americans and Latinos, why do more of them live under the poverty line? America can fix these common problems for all of its people; though the government does not seem to be willing to. This however does not suggest the government is racist. You noticed that I said 'fix the problems for ALL of its people'; many white Americans live underneath the poverty line and face the same problems getting jobs.

People may talk to people of other races; but when it comes to mingling with them, they draw the line. Racism does exist and it will continue to exist for many years to come.

One spring day, I was listening to Homecoming (DM shall kill me); and I got into a talk with my friend via MSN about the song. This eventually led to me, telling her about what he did on NBC during a special for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. He said "George Bush does not like black people". Now, I cannot say that is true or untrue; for I am not Mr. Bush. But it did raise an interesting question; is there still racism in our society? Some people believe that racism is non-existent nowadays. I beg to differ.

In every country, the majority benefits; and the minorities are treated somewhat
unfairly. I cannot find a single country; that does treat the majority and minorities equally. In Sri Lanka, a civil war is raging due to the chauvinistic principals of both the Tamils and the Sinhalese. In China, the Uyghur people face scrutiny and horrible conditions from the government. In many Arab countries; non-Arabs are not treated fairly and in Israel; Arabs are second class citizens. In these countries, the majority holds the power, the jobs, and the good life. The minority may have to work a little bit harder for it. Of course, there are always exceptions. So, society has a large part to do with it.
We see the 2008 Presidential campaign raging on; Barack Obama has to explain all his actions and associations to the media, for example: whether he is patriotic, because he does not wear a lapel pin. To say that race has nothing to do with the campaign would be naive. Why do you think he has to answer all these questions? Why doesn't John McCain face these "guilt by association" questions about his controversial pastor?

Let's take America for example now; and the stereotypes facing the two major minority groups. Some people view African-Americans as gangsters, others view Latinos as "drug dealers or border hoppers". These stereotypes are rampant here, and this is an example of subtle racism, even though we do not like to admit it. Why do we have less successful African-Americans and Latinos, why do more of them live under the poverty line? America can fix these common problems for all of its people; though the government does not seem to be willing to. This however does not suggest the government is racist. You noticed that I said 'fix the problems for ALL of its people'; many white Americans live underneath the poverty line and face the same problems getting jobs.

People may talk to people of other races; but when it comes to mingling with them, they draw the line. Racism does exist and it will continue to exist for many years to come. One spring day, I was listening to Homecoming (DM shall kill me); and I got into a talk with my friend via MSN about the song. This eventually led to me, telling her about what he did on NBC during a special for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. He said "George Bush does not like black people". Now, I cannot say that is true or untrue; for I am not Mr. Bush. But it did raise an interesting question; is there still racism in our society? Some people believe that racism is non-existent nowadays. I beg to differ.

In every country, the majority benefits; and the minorities are treated somewhat unfairly. I cannot find a single country; that does treat the majority and minorities equally. In Sri Lanka, a civil war is raging due to the chauvinistic principals of both the Tamils and the Sinhalese. In China, the Uyghur people face scrutiny and horrible conditions from the government. In many Arab countries; non-Arabs are not treated fairly and in Israel; Arabs are second class citizens. In these countries, the majority holds the power, the jobs, and the good life. The minority may have to work a little bit harder for it. Of course, there are always exceptions. So, society has a large part to do with it.

We see the 2008 Presidential campaign raging on; Barack Obama has to explain all his actions and associations to the media, for example: whether he is patriotic, because he does not wear a lapel pin. To say that race has nothing to do with the campaign would be naive. Why do you think he has to answer all these questions? Why doesn't John McCain face these "guilt by association" questions about his controversial pastor?

Let's take America for example now; and the stereotypes facing the two major minority groups. Some people view African-Americans as gangsters, others view Latinos as "drug dealers or border hoppers". These stereotypes are rampant here, and this is an example of subtle racism, even though we do not like to admit it. Why do we have less successful African-Americans and Latinos, why do more of them live under the poverty line? America can fix these common problems for all of its people; though the government does not seem to be willing to. This however does not suggest the government is racist. You noticed that I said 'fix the problems for ALL of its people'; many white Americans live underneath the poverty line and face the same problems getting jobs.

People may talk to people of other races; but when it comes to mingling with them, they draw the line. Racism does exist and it will continue to exist for many years to come.