Post Racial Society
Has America become a post racial society? Throughout the history discrimination and prejudices has been an ongoing phenomenon across the world. Each country has its own system which is bias toward certain groups of people. Why does a person skin color determine a person's values in the society? The idea of white skin has been an important factor in American culture. Today in the 21st century, there is evidence that African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian and other ethnicities are still being treated differently than whites.
Even though United States is the largest free country, there many racial attitudes today. According to the associated press poll, 12% of American overall harbor neither anti-whites or anti-black’s sentiment. Based on these …show more content…
The school to prison pipeline is when black or Latino students receiving suspension a lot time and getting punishment more than whites in school. It makes them hate school and they don’t get enough education. Those students left behind and easily to get into trouble or arrest. According to Chicago Tribune analysis of Department of Education data for 2004-05 school year. This ratio of percentage of black’s student suspension was more than 3 times the percentage of black student in different states. 1 state have a less than 1% of black student’s suspension which is called Idaho. "In Illinois, where 20 percent of all students are black, they might be expected to make up 20 percent of all students receiving suspensions. Instead, they make up 47 percent of students receiving suspensions or 2.35 times the percentage expected". From 2004-05 amount of black students getting suspension for disciplined in school and in three different state. On other hand, according to this American life, episodes 538. Michael Thompson is the director of the council of State Governments Justice Center. When they collected the data of suspension students “African American boys in Texas, 83% were suspended at least once. And usually, they were suspended a lot more than once”. This is evidence that America is not a post racial society because blacks have higher percentage of suspended. They are not treat equal and people don't believe that black students can behaved well as white’s student. When student receiving suspension a lot of time and getting punishment more in school. It’s make students dislike school and education because
Even though United States is the largest free country, there many racial attitudes today. According to the associated press poll, 12% of American overall harbor neither anti-whites or anti-black’s sentiment. Based on these …show more content…
The school to prison pipeline is when black or Latino students receiving suspension a lot time and getting punishment more than whites in school. It makes them hate school and they don’t get enough education. Those students left behind and easily to get into trouble or arrest. According to Chicago Tribune analysis of Department of Education data for 2004-05 school year. This ratio of percentage of black’s student suspension was more than 3 times the percentage of black student in different states. 1 state have a less than 1% of black student’s suspension which is called Idaho. "In Illinois, where 20 percent of all students are black, they might be expected to make up 20 percent of all students receiving suspensions. Instead, they make up 47 percent of students receiving suspensions or 2.35 times the percentage expected". From 2004-05 amount of black students getting suspension for disciplined in school and in three different state. On other hand, according to this American life, episodes 538. Michael Thompson is the director of the council of State Governments Justice Center. When they collected the data of suspension students “African American boys in Texas, 83% were suspended at least once. And usually, they were suspended a lot more than once”. This is evidence that America is not a post racial society because blacks have higher percentage of suspended. They are not treat equal and people don't believe that black students can behaved well as white’s student. When student receiving suspension a lot of time and getting punishment more in school. It’s make students dislike school and education because