Racial Disparities In The 21st Century

"The more it changes, the more it remains the same thing" (Karr).
The 21st century is a product of great strides between the Holocaust of enslavement and the sixties toward equality for people of African descent. On the contrary, the 21st century has also demonstrated the failure to change the paradigm of social equality. As a result, racial disparities in “The New Century” is still prevalent in areas of social economics, employment, politics and the criminal justice system. This paper will compare the growth of African people from the sixties through the 21st century.
“For what does it profit a man, Dr. King would ask, to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can’t afford the meal?” (Obama) The metaphor refers to the goals of African
Jim Crow Laws played a major role in employment inequality. For example, black barbers were unable to service white women and white nurses were unable to services black men. The employment disparities in segregated cities such as Birmingham, Alabama created major economic issues for African Americans. The unemployment rate for blacks in the 1960’s were almost triple that of whites as there were no black police officers, firefighters, bus drivers or bank tellers to name a few. Therefore, The Civil Rights Movement established boycotts to business that African Americans were consumers, but the business refused to employ as workers. The movement led to major changes which formed The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banning discrimination based on race, color, religion, and sex. Affirmative Action was also a pivotal point post-sixties as the Equal Employment Opportunities was an extension of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Equal Employment Act was created to help bridge the gaps of employment discrimination by enforcing hiring practices of certain classes such as, African Americans, women and people with disability. The
Statistics confirm that the right to work labor laws decreased incomes, provides inferior health insurance coverage and contribute to higher workplace fatalities therefore; union members played a big role against the struggles of civil rights. African Americans in the 21st Century labor market still face reduced labor inequality. The issues reside at higher levels of power due to the process of job advancements in the workforce. Studies show evidence that African Americans need better qualifications to receive promotions oppose to their white counterparts. For example, an African-American woman with a Master’s degree makes less than white men with an undergraduate degree (dept of labor). Other areas of disparities include the transition from industrial labor to technological labor in the new Century which reduced the level of high paying jobs for urban unskilled