The word segregation has almost disappeared from our vocabulary but not from our everyday life. Regardless of one’s income, most blacks tend to live in a community amongst themselves. William Clark suggests that 30 to 70 percent of racial segregation comes from economic factors but many others believe that since white prejudice has existed for so long in a variety of forms that skin color is a major factor in the United States. It has also been proved that income does not matter either. Whether a black family’s income is below $2500 per year or over $50,000 per year, there is only a 3% difference in the number of segregated black families. This is not a significant change for the amount of money difference earned. Black Americans endure the greate

Inner city ghetto population is on the rise. People that can afford it move to the suburbs leaving the poorer and unfortunate behind. In the 1960’s the population was evenly divided between the cities, suburbs, and rural areas. By 1990, urban and rural population had declined. Today, the divide between the suburb and the city, unfortunately, is a racial divide. The government continues to cut spending and aid to the cities, therefore, the minorities have even a harder time getting out of the ghetto. When aid is cut to cities, businesses begin to fold and even more people end up jobless. The racial struggle for power and privilege in the central city is essentially a struggle between the have-nots; its a struggle over access to and control of decent housing and decent neighborhoods.

Racism is a plague that we live with everyday. It is something that started many years ago in the time of slavery. Over the years we have taken many steps to try and solve this problem but we are along way from a solution. Racism is something that is taught through families and generations. Unfortunately, for some it is handed down like an old heirloom. This whole aspect is shameful. I believe alot would improve if we could produce jobs, improve lifestyles and school settings. The government could help by restoring contributions to cities to help rebuild and improve inner city life. I do not know if this problem will ever be corrected. The bad thing about this is that it affects our children more than anything else. In the movie “Losing Isaiah,” a black baby is adopted by an upper middle class white family with one older child. In the midst of the movie, the older white sibling ask the 3 year old black child what the differences were in their hands. The child replied that one hand is bigger that the other. He had no regards of the color of the skin. This movie, especially this portion, is a prime example of how society should be, but instead we are making color a priority. This fact is slowly killing us as a society. I feel that many Americans need to step back and look at what life means to them and then realize that regardless of color, life is just as precious to someone else as it is to them. Afterall, individualism is the only alternative to the racism of political correctness. We must recognize that everyone is a sovereign entity, with the power of choice and independent judgment. That is the ultimate value of our civilization, and it should be proudly proclaimed.

Immigrants are also looked down on in America. The reality of immigrants, though, is that there may be a few bad one’s but the majority generally pre

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