Before the 1960s, white Americans thought themselves superior to everyone else living in the United States, especially black Americans. Blacks were completely segregated and were not allowed the same civil rights as whites (Lewis). However, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came along he changed this. With his civil rights movement he got great change for black people, but after blacks started being seen as equals and given the same civil rights, it became apparent that an outward show of racism was no longer acceptable, thus creating an inner hate among some white Americans and starting a whole new era of racism, and not just towards black Americans. I believe that racism is still alive in the ... Showed first 120 words of 1025 Size (words) ...

... Continuing with another 115 out of 1025 Size (words) ...they get, and it is done intentionally. The numbers don’t lie. The only lying is people lying to themselves about our problem with racism.

Racism is not always outwardly shown. There are many times when it is kept so well hidden that the only people that see it are the ones directly involved in it. Being able to say that we live in a country that has outgrown it’s racial problems would be a blessing, but unfortuntately it is a blessing that we have yet to receive. Instead of preserving our ethnic diversity, America as a whole is trying to do away with it. However, we can do our ...Essay still continues 100 more words...