However, racism today is not just directed at African American’s it has expanded to encompass most ethnic minorities. Part of Trump’s pledge in his campaign is that a wall needs to be built between the United States and Mexico and Mexico should pay for it. This is just one of his many racists comments that only add to the already occurring issues of racism today. Even though Jim Crow laws are now a thing of the past that does not mean that discrimination and racist views are as well. Often times today when someone sees a person from the middle east or from mexico or from any other country they assume that they may be a terrorist or they deserve to be treated worse based on their ethnic background. However, those are just stereotypes that have developed over time. Racism has pretty much always existed, just in different forms and the same underlying issues have always been there. We have made drastic efforts to help the issue of discrimination and in most cases today we try to eliminate it as much as possible but it's almost
However, racism today is not just directed at African American’s it has expanded to encompass most ethnic minorities. Part of Trump’s pledge in his campaign is that a wall needs to be built between the United States and Mexico and Mexico should pay for it. This is just one of his many racists comments that only add to the already occurring issues of racism today. Even though Jim Crow laws are now a thing of the past that does not mean that discrimination and racist views are as well. Often times today when someone sees a person from the middle east or from mexico or from any other country they assume that they may be a terrorist or they deserve to be treated worse based on their ethnic background. However, those are just stereotypes that have developed over time. Racism has pretty much always existed, just in different forms and the same underlying issues have always been there. We have made drastic efforts to help the issue of discrimination and in most cases today we try to eliminate it as much as possible but it's almost