Racism in America
Autor: safetypete • May 13, 2015 • Research Paper • 584 Words (3 Pages) • 786 Views
Blake Graham
U.S. History
Ms. Plucinski
May 22, 2013
Have We Done Enough?
Today in America, African-Americans face a lot of discrimination from society. They are discriminated against when it comes to things like employment, education and imprisonment rates all because of the color of their skin. This all started over 200 years ago with the African- Americans being made to be slaves to White Americans. The Whites treated the African- Americans very poorly. They kidnapped them from Africa, tore them away from their families, made them work for no pay, forced them to work in harsh conditions and abused them. The slaves revolted and the White Americans did not like that and to this day, many White Americans discriminate against African-Americans. We as a society have done a lot to end discrimination against Africa-Americans, however, we have not done enough.
As far as employment for African-Americans in the United States, the African-Americans are way under employed as compared to all other races. “While the national unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent, the unemployment rate for African-Americans is over 17 percent” (Rogers). Also, as far as African-Americans leading top companies, African-Americans make up only 1.2% of the CEO’s of the 500 largest companies in the United States. “Only 13 black executives have ever made it to the Chairman or CEO position of a "Fortune 500" listed company. Of these 13 executives, there are currently 6 active” (blackentrepenuerprofile.com).
African-Americans also are the least educated group among all the races in the United States as far as graduating from high school. “Among racial/ethnic groups, Asian/Pacific Islander students had the highest graduation rate at 93.5 percent. The rates for other groups were 83.0 percent for White students, 71.4 percent for Hispanic students, 69.1 percent for American Indian/Alaska Native students, and 66.1 percent for Black students” (Prince). With African-Americans lagging so far behind the other races when it comes to education, this also is contributing to their high unemployment rate.
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