RACISM We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. The Declaration of Independence
The legal barriers to racial equality have significantly decreased and the racial exclusion from the benefits of society and the right of citizenship is no longer nearly total, as it once was. But discrimination still limits the opportunities and stifles the hope of many minority groups, in the U.S. as well as around the world.
At this moment in our nation's history, it is critical that we start remedying the effects of discrimination. We find that many successful civil rights remedies, voting right laws, which have begun to take part in the Congress and state legislatures, have come under attack from conservative politicians. Affirmative action, for
example, which has created an increasingly diverse workforce, has also been a victim of strong criticism.
There are several minority groups which have been the most affected, and are frequently being denied of their unalienable rights written in the
above statement of the Declaration of Independence. These people are faced with strong discriminating issues every day, and as long as our society is ridden with race-based problems, we will need race-based remedies. And while we have
come a long way, we still have a long way to go. In 1963 the civil rights reformation was speed up by Martin Luther King Jr.
As the speech, of I have a dream was performed in washington, on August 28. By this time discrimination, social issues, and
violence, such as the Ku Klux Klan, was already present. We must sadly confront the issue that his dream, hasn‘t become a
reality yet. Although there are laws meant to end racial discrimination, in what concerns legal rights, education and jobs, we still
find it more than present. Martin L....