Racism in America, A thing of the past?

From the days of slavery, to the Civil War, through Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, the United States has contended with racism. What is the state of race relations in the U.S. today—and what does your Bible say about racism?

Racism in America is most definitely not a thing of the past. Although history was made last November when the first black president was elected, that does not hide the fact that there is still a huge problem in America with black racism. Things like police brutality against young black men in many cities around the country in the last few years. People seem to think that the election of a mix-raced man has resulted in racism significantly disappearing and that is however not the case.

This graph shows the discrimination against blacks in America in 2015. This clearly shows that racism is infact a huge problem in the US still. The one thing that cannot be denied is that the minority (the black people) are gaining political and slight economic power. Should there be different standards in measuring white racism and non-white racism? In classrooms around the U.S., students are often taught that racism is "prejudice plus power"—that unless one has the power to enforce one's prejudice, one cannot be said to practice racism. Ironically, this common idea can perpetuate a racist double standard, in which by labeling an entire race of people powerless, their moral and spiritual agency is devalued.