Racial Discrimination of Black People in the America

Racial Discrimination for black people in America emerges during the period of 1500’s
to 1800’s. It all started from captivating millions of Africans to be sent in America for the
transatlantic slave trade [ CITATION Mei20 \l 13321 ]. Black people is effortlessly recognized by
their skin color from the rest of the inhabitants which makes them an extreme noticeable target
for enslavement. Also, there was a development of a belief that blacks were an inferior race with
an agnostic culture which made it unchallenging for whites to rationalize Black slavery. The
oppressed blacks experienced brutality from their captivators which they were put to work
clearing and cultivating the farmlands of the New World.
Today, discrimination against the black is still present in the America. According to Pew
Research Center survey, most United States adults says that the legacy of slavery carries on to
have an influence on the stand point of black people in American society. With this, more than
40% says that the country has not made sufficient development toward racial equality, and there
is a doubt that black people will never have equal rights as with the whites. Discrimination
towards blacks is not just an issue that challenges the core values of fairness and equality of
opportunities in the United States. According to Bleich et. al. (2019), black people experiences
widespread discrimination across interpersonal and in social institutions including health care,
unfair treatment by the police, and being targets of racial insults or micro aggressions. Black
Americans also continues to withstand consequential hurdles to achieve equal treatment in public
and private institutions, specifically with the police and health care - which negatively affects
their health and safety. Aside from discrimination in different institutions, it says that having a
college degree and/ or having a high household income do not provide as a protective aspect
against encountering discrimination for black people in the United States.
A recent occurrence of racial discrimination against the blacks is the case of George
Floyd. On May 25, 2020, Floyd went to a convenience store to buy cigarettes. However, the
employee of the said convenience store called the police saying an issue of Floyd’s
counterfeiting of a 20 dollar bill. A few minutes later, the Minneapolis police went and captured
Floyd beside the pavement and knocked him down. For a rough time of 8 minutes, Mr. Chauvin,
a white police, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck which caused Floyd’s death [ CITATION Eva20 \l
13321 ]. The police who captured Floyd were fired and currently in trial. With the massive
attention made in social media, people across the world made the catchphrase “Black Lives
Matter.” more evident today. This Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, is an international
social movement, dedicated in fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of
police brutality[ CITATION The20 \l 13321 ]. Hence, fighting for racial equality has been a
challenge for how many decades as culture and belief is not easily corrected.
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