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An 8 page research paper/essay that discusses the ongoing problem of racism in American culture. The writer argues that racism continues to exist and continues to create gross inequities in American society. This discussion of racism in American first looks at this problem and how it appears in politics, religion and the media networks. Then, possible solutions are examined and discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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were somewhat embarrassed by all the attention (i.e., a bloody civil war, the right to vote, etc.) that had been paid to black Americans. Consequently, the North allowed, and even
encouraged, the institution of Jim Crow laws in the South, which gave discrimination against minorities the force of law. Today, one can easily surmise that Du Bois would make the
same comment, as the attitudes of white conservatives, especially those in the Republican Party, have swung completely away from regarding racism as a problem, as they have taken the position
that the government has "gone too far" with Affirmative Action programs (Wallis 197). Racism, in short, is "no longer a hot topic"
and critiques of American society on this issue are accused of being "reminiscent of the 60s," an appellation that has a distinctly negative connotation in mainstream culture (Wallis 197). Nevertheless,
racism continues to exist and continues to create gross inequities in American society. This discussion of racism in American first looks at this problem and how it appears in politics,
religion and the media networks. Then, possible solutions are examined and discussed. Politics Stefan Bradley, in his book review of Ira Katznelsons text on Affirmative Action politics, relates Katznelsons
investigations that "successfully demonstrate the unfairness that only Affirmative Action can begin to redress" (Bradley 450). Specifically, this history relates how the federal government intentionally crafted public policy to court
the favor of the white majority, while simultaneously facilitating the creation of a suppressed black underclass. In other words, prior to the creation of Affirmative Action as an official federal
policy designed to rectify previous inequities there was an unofficial Affirmative Action policy already in place in American culture, but it was a policy that favored and privileged whites.
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