Race Differences in the US

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This paper discusses racism and differences between classes in the United States. The paper discusses how Hurricane Katrina exposed racism and class disparity in America in that African Americans who were affected by the storm spoke out saying that they felt like the victims of genocide. The paper discusses the difficulties in defining race and what the US is doing to counter racism.

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"Another point, and the final point, that is interesting to be made regarding President Elect Barack Obama is how he has been more associated with black Americans than with white Americans when Obama is a mixture of both races. He has been called African American, and indeed he is, in the true sense of the words: He was raised partially in Kenya; but he also has a white mother and was raised in the United States. It seems funny to even suggest that Obama be classified as anything other than African American. Yet it is the cloud surrounding race and the interesting fact that we - specifically Americans - have to categorize people, putting them into neat little boxes. It is a necessity that remains curious."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anti-Defamation League. "Extremism in America: About the Klu Klux Klan". Retrieved on December 17, 2008 from, http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/default.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=kkk
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