Persuasive Essay 2 Pages Double Space about

Contemporary Race Relations

1. Persistence of Racial Ghettos:

a. limitations of the civil rights movement

b. the role of economy: from mfg. to service

c. suburbanization

d. declining tax base

e. diminishing resources – infrastructure, schools

f. the impact of media

g. 72 % of marriageable black men live below poverty

2. Changing faces of America

a. Native American integration into mainstream

b. Economic and political freedom seekers

c. Impact of 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act

3. Diversity and its discontents:

a. 1992 Los Angeles riot – economic disparity, police brutality, questionable justice system, the challenges of ‘getting along’

b. Integration or separation?

c. Educational challenges and roles

d. Rise of hate crimes

e. Racial profiling – representations

f. Class divisions – 1%

g. Lawsuit based on slavery – how do we deal with the past?