“Racism Lingers in U.S.”
So I was like, okay let’s check out cnn.com and finish English homework before cramming for the Math quiz and I get to the site and the top story of the day is titled Racism Lingers in U.S. Coincidence much? Strange…..
But anyway, this article mainly touches on the topic of the ever-present black vs. white racism that is still too large of a part of American society today. According to a couple of surveys the writers had organized, it was shocking to discover that only 18% of white citizens, on average, thought racism was a consistent problem today where as 49% of African Americans were much more aware of its large influence in society. In a way, this makes sense because there were far more black citizens who had been direct victims of racial prejudice than white Americans. It seems pretty ridiculous that there should be that barrier at all in our society today, but a lot of people, whether they participate in racist actions or not, are ignorant to the “subtleties” of modern day racism. According to the article–>
21st-century racism is different from that of the past. Contemporary racism is not conscious, and it is not accompanied by dislike, so it gets expressed in indirect, subtle ways.
I definitely feel like there exist many different forms of racism in America today. Fortunately, I haven’t experienced too many forms of it around here, but maybe that’s unfortunate. Maybe if more people in upper class, privleged societies saw the terrible tolls that prejudice can take on a racist society, there would be more initiative to stop it altogether.
