Racial Discrimination In America

In the passage Thomas Paine states that American government is fair-minded. However, there are an overwhelmingly large amount of examples that prove that corruption does indeed exist in America’s political system. One relatively recent example of corruption was the bribery involved Rand Paul’s presidential campaign in 2012. In this event Jesse Benton, Paul’s political director campaign manager admitted to paying senators in exchange for their endorsement towards their campaign (Ballhaus). This example of corruption disproves Paine’s claim that the government in the United Stated is unbiased and fair. In his book, Paine also claimed that, “There the poor are not oppressed, the rich are not privileged…. Their taxes are few, because their government …show more content…
It’s true that America is a diverse nation filled with different languages and cultures, but that is where the comparison ends. Unfortunately, the United Sates has many problems stemming from different racial and cultural groups. Racial and cultural discrimination is one of the country’s main sources of disorder and injustice, often leading to violent protests and riots. A prime example of racial discrimination in America can be seen through police brutality. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and many other incidents exposed the unnecessary use of excessive force and the racism that is shown by a high number of American police officers (“Excessive or Reasonable Force?”). Again, it could be argued that the police brutality in America is not as extreme as it is in other countries however, according to research done in a recent survey, 74% of police officers have witnessed a fellow officer using excessive force or brutality when it was not necessary (“Excessive or Reasonable Force”). Different religions in the United States also lead to segregation and discrimination as well. After the September 11th attacks, many people in America as well as …show more content…
He claimed that the country was one peacefully cohesive body. One major difference that breaks Thomas Paine’s claim is the fact that the “United” States of America are not really united together anymore. Americans have created distinct divisions between themselves causing frequent turmoil and crises. Aside from the racial and religious divisions that Americans created, there are several other divisions that are causing conflict. For instance, the separate political parties are most definitely contributing to America’s de-unification (Thomas). The heated controversy concerning the Democratic Party and the opposing Republican Party not only separate public officials making politics more challenging, but they also divide the regular citizen population based on how they choose which side they favor (Thomas). Favoring different political parties leads to many problems in the long run. Another cause for division is different views of political power. Some states, such as Texas have even threatened to secede from the union because of conflicting views on political issues, such as the level of power of the state government has versus the federal government (Thomas). The opposing views on politics and power have caused obvious separation in American