History Essay on racism

Izabella Zayshlyy

History 305

LRA #3

October 17, 2019

Racism still exists today in the country known for freedom and the country that is also known as the melting pot. The United States is rich in diversity, which improves many aspects of today's society, yet people today still discriminate you based on your color or race. People of all races feel the impact of racism during different events in life, such as getting a new job, making new friends, or simply walking down a busy street. I believe that the result of racism today affects how our society views diversity and how victims of racism view society. More importantly, the complexity of racism allows it to permeate across cultures, contexts, and institutions.

What caused the initial act of slavery within the United States, and why were African Americans the target? What were some consequences of disobedience in terms of slavery back then and how can they compare to modern day racial discrimination?

Racism in America experienced a great shift in 1964 when the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. This act outlawed segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the South. The act also outlawed discrimination based on race, national background, and gender. This piece of history is important for understanding the current conflicts because this is act was supposed to help and fix the problem of racism and it may have helped a little but racism has still continued in other ways.

The challenges I anticipate to face is this topic being broad and myself running into too much information that will lead me to have a broad paper. I think if I stick to answering my questions and focus on tying in the history of racism into todays presents of it.

What I hope to gain from my research is ways to help and teach people about what is going on in today’s world about racism. There are so many ways racism might seem like it is clearly and easily defined for some, interpretation of the phenomenon can vary, and I want to learn those interpretations.

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