RACIAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY

Racial Issues in Community

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Literature review3

Hypothesis7

Methodology7

Sample size7

Questionnaire Design7

Interview7

Data collection7

Analysis8

Recommendations8

Result9

References10

Racial Issues in Community

Introduction

Racism is an ideology that represents the human races and believes and shows that some races are still considering superior to others. Before slavery in colonial America racism was fully based on skin color thousands of African slaves served the European colonists with the white and Indian slaves. Still US is facing many racial issues in different communities. This research paper will highlight the racial issues in my community i.e. African American community in Nashville.

Literature review

Racism in the United States is an ingrained part of its society. In the twentieth century, indigenous were forced to abandon their cultures, languages and forced labor. There are many types of punishment, but the uprooting and replacement of their cultural background has to be one of the most heinous attitudes towards human being. African American people faced difficulty to fight for their rights and justice in the US society. Racism in the United States has existed since its establishment. Victims of racism were non-white indigenous population i.e. Indians and Negros. (Williams, 2004) African Americans are people whose ancestors are from Africa. African Americans used this term to define themselves, but for various reasons they have also used terms such as Negro. The most frequently used terms are African American and Black, which are used interchangeably. The term African by itself is used interchangeably with African American and Black by more culturally conscious African Americans.

Approximately 35 million African Americans reside in the United States, constituting 12.3% of the total population, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. Most of them (88%) live in metropolitan areas. Approximately half of all African Americans live in the South. This entry reviews their history, from slavery through emancipation and ongoing struggles for equity and civil rights. (Dudley, 2001) Blacks continued to suffer discrimination, but found a great beacon of hope in Martin Luther King. Over the years, especially during elections the political class tried to capture those votes and recalled the image of Luther King. The claims were nothing more than a request to enforce the rights they were entitled and which were embodied in the U.S. Constitution.

The racism was a way of creating divisions even in the poorest sectors; capitalism took advantage of the slices of the divisiveness in their companies. Had a clear vision of the misdistribution of wealth, and to continue the deepening of the gap. Wealth was becoming impossible to end poverty and discrimination. (Sanders, 2006) In 1676, an uprising against the governor of Virginia and the system of exploitation of poorer colonists wealthy landowners headed by Nathaniel Bacon. After his death, the revolution lost its head, but Bacon had received broad support among the slaves. These decisions laid the foundation for a long period of black slavery when Negros was used for farm work, especially in the production of cotton and tobacco.

While the diversification, of many liberal arts curricula at most American universities have paid at least lip-service ...