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Reflections on race: essays from the archives.

Dan Gediman

Gediman explores the 'This I Believe' archives.

Dan Gediman, executive producer of the current This I Believe series, says listening to essays from the 1950s helped him "understand the courage required for blacks and whites to follow the moral compass in their souls." Nubar Alexanian hide caption

1950s Essays on Race

I was born in 1961 and raised in suburban Boston. For me, racism and segregation were stories in the news but not something I had any direct experience with. In my neighborhood, there were two black families, and I went to a largely integrated school all the way through high school. I don't recall hearing any of my friends, nor indeed any of the other kids at school, refer to any of the black kids in a demeaning or insulting way.

Years later, as an adult, I moved to Louisville, Ky., where I still live. Like many American cities, Louisville had its urban race riots in the 1960s and protests over forced busing in the 1970s. But by the time I moved there in the mid-1980s, that unrest was largely a thing of the past.

So racism isn't something I've had much direct contact with in my life — until I encountered a dusty, old book called This I Believe, which was an anthology of essays from a popular program on CBS radio in the 1950s. The book, and audio recordings I found later, featured the stories of people, black and white, who had lived through dramatically different times than I had. There was an essayist who told of his grandfather, who was a slave. Another mentioned his grandfather fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

And I realized that even with all the history books I had read and all the documentaries I had seen, I really had no idea what it had been like to live in America during the Jim Crow era. Yet in listening to these powerful statements of belief, I heard history come to life: people living in segregation talking about segregation.

"Forty-six years ago, I was born a Negro in America," Harry McAlpin begins. "For this, of course, I was not responsible, though I am proud of it."

When he wrote his essay, McAlpin was an attorney in Louisville. He had been a distinguished newspaperman and the first African-American journalist to attend a White House press conference during the Franklin Roosevelt administration. McAlpin continues:

It takes a great deal of patience to accept the customs of some sections and communities, to try to fit into the crossword puzzle of living the illogic of a practice that will permit me to ride on the public buses without segregation in seating but deny me the right to rent a private room to myself in a hotel ... or the illogic of a practice which will accept me and require me to fight on the same battlefield, but deny me the right to ride in the same coach on a train.

The stories McAlpin and other This I Believe essayists told gave me a much better understanding — at a visceral, gut level — of what it was like to be an African-American in the 1950s. Even though life for many blacks hadn't changed much since Reconstruction, there was hope that the burgeoning civil rights movement would improve race relations in the United States — maybe not immediately, but in the years to come.

"I look at my children now and know that I must still prepare them to meet obstacles and prejudices," says Jackie Robison, the first black to play Major League Baseball:

But I can tell them, too, that they will never face some of these prejudices because other people have gone before them. And to myself I can say that, because progress is unalterable, many of today's dogmas will have vanished by the time they grow into adults. I can say to my children: There is a chance for you. No guarantee, but a chance.

Even with the day-to-day indignities of racism, some black Americans saw the occasional sign of progress. Billy Eckstine was a popular jazz and pop vocalist in the 1940s and '50s. His big band nurtured the early careers of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Eckstine explains:

Recently, I made my first tour of the deep South in many years. As a Negro entertainer, I had some misgivings about the tour. But instead of supporting the wholesale segregation and bigotry of the past, I found people were genuinely interested in bettering their attitudes. They recognized the errors of the past and were anxious to correct them. A policeman in Alabama stopped me on the street one day and asked, "How they treating you down here?" When I told him I had no complaints, he replied, "That's good, we're trying hard." ... It proved to me once again that there is a basic goodness in all people. Warmth and decency don't belong to any one race. ... I don't kid myself that it's easy to accept everyone as a friend. My faith in people has been shaken at times by the cruelty and thoughtlessness of some individuals. ... But human dignity has never failed to win whenever it came to a showdown. That's why I have unfailing faith in the future.

Not all African-Americans in this period were as hopeful as Billy Eckstine and Jackie Robinson, whose fame gave them advantages other blacks likely didn't share. The experiences of Will Thomas may have been more common to the times. Born in Kansas City, Thomas traveled the country earning money at jobs ranging from newspaper writing to boxing. By 1946, though, Thomas had become so disgusted with how he had been treated that he decided to renounce his citizenship and move his family to Haiti, where he hoped they would escape racial prejudice. Thomas admits:

When I reached this point, I had become an unbeliever in both God and country, for it seemed to me that racial segregation, and all that it implied, was as rigid on the spiritual as on the temporal plane. ... I had condemned my country and my religion because I had only viewed what seemed wrong in both. ... But when I was able to remove the blinds of my own prejudice, it became clear that these failures, these flaws in church and state, were human failures, human flaws, and not mere self-willed bigotry. And that within each, there were and always had been many who had worked and fought for what was right. I think the core of my earlier bitterness had been the conviction that I had been denied my birthright of human dignity. But I know now that is something which cannot be given or taken away by man.

Blacks weren't the only people considering their place in society. There are quite a few This I Believe essays from the 1950s that feature white Americans talking about race relations. One story came from Amy Vanderbilt, the author of the bestseller Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. Vanderbilt recalls:

When my eldest son was a little boy, we were on a Fifth Avenue bus. He kept turning around to smile at someone I couldn't see. When we got off, this person did, too, and I saw that she was an elderly Negro. "Your little boy likes me," she said with some surprise. "He don't seem to notice any difference in me at all, like I was his own grandmother. How's that?" "Because," I replied, "he's never been taught by the grown-ups around him that there is a difference." Children uncoached in prejudice and class-consciousness enjoy people for what they are. As they mature, our society soon sets them right as to their place in it. More often than not, they accept this place without question, and thereby shut themselves off from warm human contact with many of their fellows.

In listening to these essays, it became clear that many white people — or at least the ones Murrow invited to appear on his "This I Believe" series — sincerely wished that circumstances would improve for African-Americans. But few whites had as much power to actually effect change as President Harry S. Truman. The grandson of slave owners, Truman desegregated the armed services in 1948. Many people believe that to be one of the first major successes of the civil rights movement. He recorded his "This I Believe" essay in 1953 shortly after leaving office, and he used his statement to call Americans to action:

I believe that our Bill of Rights must be implemented in fact. It is the duty of every government — state, local or federal — to preserve the rights of the individual. I believe that a civil rights program, as we must practice it today, involves not so much the protection of the people against the government, but the protection of the people by the government. And for this reason we must make the federal government a friendly, vigilant defender of the rights and equalities of all Americans. I believe that we should remove the last barriers which stand between millions of our people and their birthright. There can be no justifiable reason for discrimination because of ancestry, or religion, or race or color. I believe that to inspire the people of the world whose freedom is in jeopardy, and to restore hope to those who have already lost their civil liberties, we must correct the remaining imperfections in our own democracy. We know the way — we only need the will.

The period when these essays first aired was a time of tremendous fear and upheaval for whites and blacks alike. The Supreme Court was releasing its decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case, and a black teenager named Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman. It was a time that challenged people to walk the talk of their supposed religious and political beliefs, rather than continue to accept the status quo they were born into. This was part of the history lesson that Louisvillian Harry McAlpin taught me in the conclusion of his essay for This I Believe :

It takes a great deal of courage to put principals of right and justice ahead of economic welfare and well being, to stand up and challenge established and accepted practices, which amount to arbitrary exercise of power by petty politicians in office or by the police. Trying to live up to my beliefs often has subjected me to both praise and criticism. How wise I have been in my choices may be known only to God. I shall continue to pray, therefore, a prayer I learned in the distant past, which I now count as my own: "God, give me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

By airing essays like this on national radio, Edward R. Murrow and his producers were encouraging Americans to reconsider long-held laws and social customs. By bravely stating their beliefs in such a public forum, the essayists were giving voice to a growing movement for civil rights in the country. Listening back to these old This I Believe programs more than 50 years later has helped me understand the courage required for blacks and whites to follow the moral compass in their souls.

Dan Gediman is executive producer of This I Believe.

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• Majorities of whites, blacks and Hispanics say race relations are bad
• Majority of Americans say Trump has made race relations worse
• For the most part, Americans see positive intergroup relations
• No consensus on best approach to improving race relations
• Opinions about the amount of attention paid to race vary across racial and ethnic groups
• Majority of Americans say racial discrimination is overlooked
• One-in-five black adults say all or most whites in the U.S. are prejudiced against black people
• Across racial and ethnic groups, similar shares say they hear racist or racially insensitive comments from friends or family
• Seven-in-ten say a white person using the N-word is never acceptable; about four-in-ten say it’s never acceptable for blacks
• Majorities see advantages for whites, disadvantages for blacks
• Many see racial discrimination and less access to good schools or jobs as major reasons blacks may have a harder time getting ahead
• Most agree blacks are treated less fairly than whites by police and justice system
• Plurality says country hasn’t gone far enough in giving black people equal rights with whites
• Most say legacy of slavery affects black people’s position in society a great deal or fair amount
• Blacks more likely than other groups to say their race has hurt their ability to succeed; whites most likely to say their race has helped
• Majorities of blacks, Asians and Hispanics say they have faced discrimination
• Most blacks say their family talked to them about challenges they might face because of their race
• Most blacks see their race as central to their overall identity
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A majority of Americans say race relations in the United States are bad, and of those, about seven-in-ten say things are getting even worse. Roughly two-thirds say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Donald Trump was elected, even if not necessarily more acceptable.

Opinions about the state of race relations, Trump’s handling of the issue and the amount of attention paid to race vary considerably across racial and ethnic groups. Blacks, Hispanics and Asians are more likely than whites to say Trump has made race relations worse and that there’s too little attention paid to race in the U.S. these days. In addition, large majorities of blacks, Hispanics and Asians say people not seeing discrimination where it exists is a bigger problem in the U.S. than people seeing it where it doesn’t exist, but whites are about evenly divided on this.

This chapter also explores Americans’ views of intergroup relations; whether they think the better approach to improving race relations is to focus on what different groups have in common or on the unique experiences of each racial and ethnic group; whether they have ever heard friends or family members make potentially racist or racially insensitive comments or jokes and, if so, did they confront them; and views about white people and black people using the N-word.

About six-in-ten Americans (58%) say race relations in the U.S. are generally bad, a view that is held by majorities across racial and ethnic groups. Still, blacks (71%) are considerably more likely than whites (56%) and Hispanics (60%) to express negative views about the state of race relations.

Democrats have more negative views of the current state of race relations than Republicans. About two-thirds of Democrats (67%) say race relations are bad, while Republicans are more evenly divided (46% say race relations are bad and 52% say they are good). These partisan differences are virtually unchanged when looking only at white Democrats and Republicans.

Overall, 53% of the public says race relations are getting worse. Views are particularly pessimistic among those who say race relations are currently bad: 69% of this group says race relations are getting even worse, and 22% say they’re staying the same. Just 9% think they’re getting better. Among those who say race relations are good, 30% see things getting even better, while 30% say they’re getting worse and 40% don’t see much change.

Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, 56% of Americans say Trump has made race relations worse. A relatively small share (15%) say the president has made progress toward improving race relations, and 13% say he has tried but failed to make progress; 14% say Trump has not addressed race relations.

Assessments of the president’s performance on race relations vary considerably along racial and ethnic lines. Most blacks (73%), Hispanics (69%) and Asians (65%) say Trump has made race relations worse, compared with about half of whites (49%).

Democrats and Republicans have widely different opinions of the president’s handling of race relations. Fully 84% of Democrats say Trump has made race relations worse, compared with 20% of Republicans. And while 34% of Republicans say Trump has made progress toward improving race relations, virtually no Democrats (1%) say the same. Among Democrats, views on this don’t vary much along racial or ethnic lines, but white Democrats (86%) are somewhat more likely than black Democrats (79%) to say Trump has made race relations worse.

Most Americans say it’s become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump’s election

Majorities across racial and ethnic groups say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump was elected, but blacks (76%) and Hispanics (75%) are more likely than whites (60%) to say this is the case. Whites are more likely than blacks and Hispanics to say expressing these views is about as common as it was before Trump’s election.

Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump was elected (84% vs. 42%). Half of Republicans – vs. 12% of Democrats – say people expressing these views is about as common as it was before, while small shares in each group say it is now less common than before Trump’s election. These partisan differences remain when looking only at white Democrats and Republicans.

Among whites and blacks, the view that expressing racist or racially insensitive views is now more common is particularly prevalent among those with more education. Some 84% of blacks with a bachelor’s degree or more education and 86% with some college experience offer this opinion, compared with 66% of blacks with a high school diploma or less education. Among whites, the difference is between those with at least a bachelor’s degree (71% say expressing these views has become more common) and those with some college (55%) or no college experience (53%).

More than four-in-ten say it’s now more acceptable for people to express racist or racially insensitive views

While most Americans say it’s become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump’s election, fewer (45%) say this has become more acceptable. About a quarter (23%) say it’s now less acceptable for people to express these views, and 31% say it’s about as acceptable as it was before Trump was elected.

Overall, blacks (53%) are more likely than whites (43%) or Hispanics (45%) to say it’s become more acceptable for people to express racist or racially insensitive views. Among Democrats, however, whites are the most likely to say this (70% of white Democrats vs. 55% of black and 57% of Hispanic Democrats).

Again, educational attainment is linked to these views. Among whites, blacks and Hispanics, the view that it has become increasingly acceptable for people to express racist or racially insensitive views is more prevalent among those with more education. Overall, 58% of adults with at least a bachelor’s degree say this has become more acceptable since Trump’s election, compared with 44% of those with some college and 36% of those with a high school diploma or less education.

Views on whether it’s become more acceptable for people to express racist views since Trump was elected are also strongly linked with partisanship. More than six-in-ten Democrats (64%) say this is now more acceptable; 22% of Republicans say the same. Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say this is about as acceptable as it was before Trump’s election (50% vs. 15%).

Despite their generally negative assessments of the current state of race relations, Americans tend to say that most racial and ethnic groups get along well with one another. Among those who gave an answer, about six-in-ten or more say this is the case for whites and Asians (88% say these groups get along very or pretty well), Hispanics and Asians (73%), blacks and Hispanics (65%), whites and Hispanics (63%) and blacks and Asians (62%). Relatively large shares do not know enough about how some of these groups get along to give an answer.

Assessments of how well blacks and whites get along are more divided. Among those who gave a rating, 51% say these groups generally get along well, while 49% say they don’t get along too well or at all. Whites are far more positive than blacks in their views of how the two groups get along. About six-in-ten whites (58%) say blacks and whites get along well; the same share of blacks say these groups do not get along well.

There’s a significant age gap among blacks on this issue: Blacks ages 50 and older express more positive views of black-white relations than do their younger counterparts. Among those in the older group, 53% say blacks and whites get along very well or pretty well, compared with 33% of black adults younger than 50.

Whites and Hispanics also offer considerably different views of how their groups get along, though majorities of each say they get along very well or pretty well (70% of whites vs. 54% of Hispanics). And while large shares of blacks and Hispanics say their groups generally get along, blacks (83%) are more likely than Hispanics (69%) to say this.

While those who say race relations are good are consistently more positive about how these groups get along, more than half of those who say race relations are bad also say intergroup relations – with the exception of black-white relations – are also generally positive. When it comes to how blacks and whites get along, just 36% of those who say race relations are bad say these groups get along well, compared with 76% of those who say race relations are good.

More than half of Americans (55%) say that, when it comes to improving race relations, it is more important to focus on what different racial and ethnic groups have in common; 44% say it’s more important to focus on each group’s unique experiences.

Asians (58%), blacks (54%) and Hispanics (49%) are more likely than whites (39%) to say it’s more important to focus on the unique experiences of different racial and ethnic groups. Still, about four-in-ten or more of these racial and ethnic minorities say the better approach to improving race relations is to focus on what different groups have in common.

Among whites, opinions vary considerably across age groups. Younger whites are the most likely to say that, when it comes to improving race relations, it’s more important to focus on what makes different groups unique: 54% of those younger than 30 say this. In contrast, majorities of whites ages 30 to 49 (57%), 50 to 64 (63%) and 65 and older (67%) say it’s more important to focus on what different racial and ethnic groups have in common. Age is not significantly linked to views about this among blacks or Hispanics.

About four-in-ten Americans (41%) say there’s too much attention paid to race and racial issues in the country these days; 37% say there’s too little attention, and 21% say it’s about right. Whites are far more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to say there’s too much attention paid to race, while blacks are more likely than other groups to say too little attention is paid to these issues.

Half of whites say too much attention is paid to race and racial issues these days, while smaller shares say there is too little (28%) or about the right amount of attention (21%). In contrast, about two-thirds of blacks (67%) and half of Hispanics say there’s too little focus on race. Asians are more divided, with similar shares saying there’s too little (39%) and too much (36%) attention paid to race and racial issues. A quarter of Asians say the amount of attention paid is about right.

Among whites, the view that the country is too focused on race is more common among those who are older and without a bachelor’s degree. Opinions also differ considerably across party lines: Three-quarters of white Republicans think there’s too much attention paid to race and racial issues, compared with 21% of white Democrats. About half of white Democrats (48%) say there’s too little attention paid to these issues and 29% say it’s about right. Black Democrats are far more likely than their white counterparts to say there’s too little attention paid to race: 71% say that’s the case.

When it comes to racial discrimination, a majority of Americans (57%) say the bigger problem for the country is people not seeing discrimination where it really exists, rather than people seeing racial discrimination where it really does not exist (42% say this is the bigger problem).

More than eight-in-ten black adults (84%) and somewhat smaller majorities of Hispanics (67%) and Asians (72%) say the bigger problem is people not seeing racial discrimination where it really exists. Among whites, about as many say the bigger problem is people overlooking discrimination (48%) rather than seeing it where it doesn’t exist (52%).

Younger whites, as well as whites with a bachelor’s degree or more education, are more likely than older and less-educated whites to say the bigger problem for the country is people not seeing racial discrimination where it really exists. Views also differ sharply by party, with white Democrats and white Republicans offering views that are the mirror image of each other: 78% of white Democrats say the bigger problem is people not seeing discrimination where it really exists, while 77% of Republicans say the bigger problem is people seeing discrimination where it doesn’t exist.

Relatively small shares of Americans overall think all or most white people in the country are prejudiced against black people (9%) or that all or most black people are prejudiced against whites (13%). But majorities say at least some whites and blacks are prejudiced against the other group (70% say this about each group).

Among blacks, one-in-five say all or most white people in the U.S. are prejudiced against black people; 6% of whites say the same. The difference, while significant, is less pronounced when it comes to the shares of blacks (10%) and whites (14%) who say all or most black people are prejudiced against white people; 12% of Hispanics and 16% of Asians say this.

Whites (46%), blacks (44%), Hispanics (47%) and Asians (47%) are about equally likely to say they often or sometimes hear comments or jokes that can be considered racist or racially insensitive from friends or family members who share their racial background. About half in each group say this rarely or never happens.

Among those who say they hear these types of comments, even if rarely, majorities of whites (64%) and blacks (59%) say they have confronted a friend or family member who shares their racial background about this; 50% of Hispanics and 43% of Asians say they have done this.

While many say they have confronted a friend or family member who has made a racist comment, the public is skeptical that others would do the same. Only 6% of all adults think all or most white people would confront a white friend or family member who made such a comment about people who are black, and 3% say that all or most black people would do the same if a black friend or family member made a racist comment about people who are white.

Most Americans (70%) – including similar shares of blacks and whites – say they, personally, think it’s never acceptable for a white person to use the N-word; about one-in-ten say this is always (3%) or sometimes (6%) acceptable. Opinions are more divided when it comes to black people using the N-word: About half say this is rarely (15%) or never (38%) acceptable, while a third say it is sometimes (20%) or always (13%) acceptable. Again, black and white adults offer similar views.

Among blacks, opinions about the use of the N-word by black people vary across genders and age groups. Black women are more likely than black men to say this is never acceptable (43% vs. 31%). And while half of blacks ages 50 and older say it’s never acceptable for black people to use the N-word, 29% of blacks younger than 50 say the same.

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For a country that was supposedly founded on principles of freedom and equality for all, the United States has a very long, complicated, and very often dirty past when it comes to the social, political, and economic factors on race relations. For a country that considers itself forward thinking, progressive, and equal, the United States has shown very conflicting views and policies dealing with issues of race relations overall–not even limited to any particular minority. The United States, as a country founded on people attempting to escape oppression, seems to actually revert back to ethnocentrism when confronted with the new and unfamiliar, perhaps as a defense tactic against the oppression the “melting pot” of immigration has felt since before this country was considered its own country at all.

It is no secret at this point the extent to which early settlers from Europe clashed with the indigenous Native American population already well established on the continent for centuries. Although obviously the Western European settlers ended up slaughtering, enslaving, relocating, and overall committing a virtual genocide, it was not like this from the beginning.

It is nice to romanticize the image most children grew up with of Thanksgiving–settlers and Native Americans coming together to share mutual knowledge, and the Native Americans helping the settlers until they were able to sustain themselves. In some parts, this story is true–the settlers in Plymouth were clearly influenced by Native American culture. There is also however, plenty of evidence, particularly near the early Jamestown, Virginia settlement, that indicate the Native Americans were not always as kind to the settlers. This is natural–the Native Americans were attempting to protect their home from outside invasion.

On the other hand, the settlers were absolutely horrible to the Native Americans, and this tradition carried throughout centuries. Although some of the first Western settlers were weakened by their journey, they had a large technology advantage–namely the firearm. Guns are not referred to as the ultimate equalizer for nothing; firearms are the only things that made it possible for the Western settlers to simply take what the Native Americans worked so very hard to keep–the land of their ancestors.

Never to excuse the actions of the settlers, or the subsequent generations of oppressive Western Europeans that followed, but it is nevertheless necessary to examine where these people came from, and why they acted the way they did. These people came from places generally where they were themselves persecutes for their beliefs. They believed they were moving to a place, after a long and terrible journey, where they would be free from the oppression they faced at their respected homes. They tended to band together by groups of faith–problematic when considering the Native American issue–there was never unity to begin with.

Fast-forwarding in time a little bit, the African slave trade was alive, well, and more than thriving. It is impossible to count the amount of Africans that were forced from their homes, placed on a long, death defying journey, and then simply forced into servitude–after, of course, being auctioned or sold like simple farm animals. This kind of treatment is worse than inhumane, it is simply appalling. How in the world would this not leave a scar on race relations between African Americans and white Americans in particular?

This is not even to mention the fact that the United States was the last country in the Western world to outlaw slavery. It is hard to have a serious debate, or constructive conversation regarding race relationships between African-Americans and whites with a statistic such as that hanging over the head of a country. It took an actual Civil War to end the policy of slavery in America, and even that is a stretch–Abraham Lincoln in The Emancipation Proclamation did not even end slavery–the 13th Amendment had to do such after the war itself ended.

African-Americans as a whole did not even obtain legal equality until a little more than fifty years ago. This has certainly left a bad taste in the mouth of generations that were alive at the time of the Civil Right Movement, the extreme race riots, and the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

All of these pieces fit into the same puzzle. It is the same puzzle that incorporates the “No Irish Need Apply” signs near the turn of the century, as well as the “nativism” that erupted as a geyser that broke the bridge between patriotism and nationalism–a very dangerous line to cross, illustrated by the current situation in North Korea. The main point is we, as Americans, can never, and will never, be able to find a full common ground on the issue of race relations, because the country was never able to unify from the beginning.

This is now the root of the problem. Egocentrism and dangerous nationalism has been wired into American ideology since early colonization began. It is true the United States has done some things to attempt to right previous wrongs, such as the reparation money paid to Asian Americans after their detainment during World War II. Another attempt the government has made to right a similar wrong is the implementing of affirmative action programs. These programs, aimed at creating a level playing field for people of all races was the public policy equivalency of Marxism–it looks great as a concept, but not so much in practice, and for similar reasons; Affirmative Action is effective in doing what it was created to do, the consequences are the issue.

As has happened in the past when a ethnicity is threatened, Affirmative Action has not only furthered the stereotype of the “white man’s burden”, but has also lead to rifts within people competing for jobs or places in a university in more than one way. On one hand, the white man feels he may have been slighted for a job he feels he was more qualified for. On the opposite side of the spectrum, the minority may question the merit on which they got the job, hurting them as individuals.

There is currently a Civil War waging in Mexico, a country in which the United States has stolen land from, and exploited throughout its history. This War between drug cartels is a war not for the drug trade within Mexico, but the demand for these drugs in America. It is true that immigration policy should be reviewed, and perhaps reevaluated due to unemployment issues domestically, but to NOT intervene is again ethnocentric and nationalistic.

There the only one thing about the issue of race relations in America today: the country has proven throughout its history that they will not improve, regardless of policy.

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Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States

How it works

My interest in the topic of race and ethnic relations in the US stems from personal experiences dictated by my ethnic background and race. On numerous occasions, I have been subject to stereotypes and differing treatment. Some are under the impression that my Mexican descent equates to poverty and that my interests should not gravitate towards items of high value. Consequently, when perusing high-end retail locations, I find myself being ignored, directed towards clearance items, or but bluntly informed that the merchandise would be out of my financial reach, often paired with a request to leave.

Language presumptions have placed me in situations where I am assumed to be a non-English speaker. At times, I’ve had to endure employees of upscale establishments making condescending remarks in English, under the assumption that I wouldn’t understand. Indiscreet conversations allude to doubts over my place in the United States, with cruel whispers suggesting I should die or return to my home country.

Law enforcement authorities have subjected me to criminal accusations solely based on my family’s origin. I have been wrongfully accused of theft due to my Mexican background and been outright told that my ethnic group is deemed as thieves, too lazy to work and prone to causing problems and participating in illegal groups. In these shocking instances, the real thief, a Caucasian man in this specific case, stood right beside me, unquestioned and unconsidered as the thief until the lack of evidence cleared me from the accusations.

I yearn to gain a deeper understanding of society’s perspectives on race and ethnic relations. I want to grasp why conflicts between races continue to thrive, and aim to enhance my understanding of ethnicities other than my own. It’s my belief that one can never accumulate too much knowledge on this subject.

I subscribe to the definition of race as a group of individuals sharing common social characteristics and physical attributes, such as eye shape, eye color, and skin tone. Conversely, ethnicity refers more comprehensively to a person’s cultural background, their origin, and societal roots.

Today, we face issues regarding race due to politics. A political official has stated that certain races and ethnicities are not truly people, but animals. This mindset suggests that history is repeating itself. Some individuals still haven’t learned from the past and continue to treat non-white people poorly. It is concerning that certain groups are deemed “animals”, perceived as an “infestation” solely based on their skin color. It’s as if we are regressing instead of progressing. In the past, African Americans were seen and treated as less than human. How is this different from what is happening today? People of color continue to suffer mistreatment simply for being themselves. Hispanic people, in particular, are mistreated due to political views. They are often stereotyped, looked down upon, and blamed unfairly, just for seeking the American dream and a better life for themselves and their families. They face harassment from strangers, influenced by the negative rhetoric our president uses when referring to them. The world would improve considerably if our society was more accepting of all races and ethnic backgrounds.

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