African Americans Facing Exclusion

African Americans have faced exclusion from our society since our country’s beginning, having no rights or protection under a law that states, “All men are created equal”. We have made great strides toward equality but there is still a great deal of prejudice and injustice that still goes on today. We see it in the news media often but it’s the unpublicized subtle, silent prejudices that truly affect African Americans. These racial prejudices …showed first 75 words of 631 total…

…showed last 75 words of 631 total…social studies class on base about two months ago. To give you a idea of what I’m trying to get at the racial make up of the class consisted of 2 blacks in the class of 30 people we were discussing affirmative action. When I ask the class what they thought the manager meant by, you sound different on the phone. The only one in the class who could figure out my point was the teacher.