Racism

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This paper provides a chronological review of racism in America and reveals that racial inequalities caused by an ideology of inherent black inferiority continues to persist. It explains that, since this ideology currently manifests itself in subtler, socially palatable ways, i.e., by ascribing the race problem as flowing from the freely chosen cultural behavior of the blacks themselves, the persistence of racism is that much harder to establish and redress.

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"Government legislation and progressively improving racial attitudes of whites did much to improve the historical plight of the African-American community in recent decades. This is apparent in, for instance, the size and growing influence of the black middle class. Yet, the black-white gap in socioeconomic status remains enormous in terms of both unemployment, underemployment, and the fact that young, well-educated blacks who are matched in work experience with whites still earn 11% less annually. Such trends indicate that perhaps modern racial inequality relies on the market and Laissez-faire racial bias to re-create structured racial inequality. But perhaps, the more disturbing fact is that these racial inequalities exist in a social climate of widespread acceptance of notions of black cultural inferiority: "The tendency to deny the modern potency of discrimination and to see a lack of striving and effort on the part of blacks "has been confirmed in a number of investigations"." (Martin & Tuch, p. 15-20)"

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