RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
Racial discrimination is one the provocative problems we have in our society today. Significant amount of people in our society today focus on all different racial groups of people and discuss their fairness, discrimination, and prejudice. The United States of America that is known to be one of the most diverse and freest racist countries in the world. However, the African slave trade has contributed to the environment of a racist culture in America by degrading the African races and teaching Caucasian Americans that they are better and superior than the African-American. On most occasions, other cultures and races for several different reasons discriminate against blacks. African-Americans are discriminated against because of the color of their skin, their level of criminal behavior, their economic status, and a long list of other reasons. …show more content…
The story “Buffalo Soldiers” by ZZ Packer talks about racial discrimination towards the African-Americans despite sharing a common enemy during and after civil war, they still experience discrimination within the soldiers and in the society. The author was attempting to portray the struggle for the blacks to accept this newfound equality. Meanwhile, African-American were treated harshly, deprived of any educational means, and forced to only obey orders during slavery. Now that the opportunity to stand aside a white man had opened the doors of self-thinking, it still held a sense of question in fear of disobedience.
During the story, African American soldiers who chose to serve during the war were referred to as Buffalo soldiers. As she stated in her story "Spread out you fucking niggers! ' Heyl yelled, as if unaware that the men had already surged forward” (Packer 106). This quote displays racism toward the buffalo soldiers even after them having supposedly won their rights and not a slave anymore. This quote can also tell us that although the buffalo soldiers were serving for the same cause as the white men, but they were treated differently and constantly spoken down to with offensive comments from the other white superiors. Also blacks were not properly trained for battle whatsoever and considering they spent majority of their lives as slaves, assumed what was being taught and practiced, was the right way. "Lazarus had dutifully loaded his carbine as demonstrated, and yet, it did not fire." After Lazarus discovered the faulty weapon, he began to fear his life, not so much in a way his life would end due to battle, but the judgement from his white peers. "He knew he could never retreat, or he 'd get branded as yellow, and furthermore a traitor, and would have proven all the East Texas papers right: the Negro was not ready for battle" (Packer 20). At this particular point of the story, the Buffalo soldiers had been set up for failure by their fellow white soldiers. The white soldiers intentionally handed them faulty guns and ammo and would receive unjust punishments if they did not follow orders from their white lieutenants. It seemed as if the white soldiers had wanted the buffalo soldiers to die by putting them in such a dreadful situation and placing their lives in danger. Another quote that supports the statement was “Negro was not ready for battle” (Packer 23). Looking at the society we live in
Racial discrimination is one the provocative problems we have in our society today. Significant amount of people in our society today focus on all different racial groups of people and discuss their fairness, discrimination, and prejudice. The United States of America that is known to be one of the most diverse and freest racist countries in the world. However, the African slave trade has contributed to the environment of a racist culture in America by degrading the African races and teaching Caucasian Americans that they are better and superior than the African-American. On most occasions, other cultures and races for several different reasons discriminate against blacks. African-Americans are discriminated against because of the color of their skin, their level of criminal behavior, their economic status, and a long list of other reasons. …show more content…
The story “Buffalo Soldiers” by ZZ Packer talks about racial discrimination towards the African-Americans despite sharing a common enemy during and after civil war, they still experience discrimination within the soldiers and in the society. The author was attempting to portray the struggle for the blacks to accept this newfound equality. Meanwhile, African-American were treated harshly, deprived of any educational means, and forced to only obey orders during slavery. Now that the opportunity to stand aside a white man had opened the doors of self-thinking, it still held a sense of question in fear of disobedience.
During the story, African American soldiers who chose to serve during the war were referred to as Buffalo soldiers. As she stated in her story "Spread out you fucking niggers! ' Heyl yelled, as if unaware that the men had already surged forward” (Packer 106). This quote displays racism toward the buffalo soldiers even after them having supposedly won their rights and not a slave anymore. This quote can also tell us that although the buffalo soldiers were serving for the same cause as the white men, but they were treated differently and constantly spoken down to with offensive comments from the other white superiors. Also blacks were not properly trained for battle whatsoever and considering they spent majority of their lives as slaves, assumed what was being taught and practiced, was the right way. "Lazarus had dutifully loaded his carbine as demonstrated, and yet, it did not fire." After Lazarus discovered the faulty weapon, he began to fear his life, not so much in a way his life would end due to battle, but the judgement from his white peers. "He knew he could never retreat, or he 'd get branded as yellow, and furthermore a traitor, and would have proven all the East Texas papers right: the Negro was not ready for battle" (Packer 20). At this particular point of the story, the Buffalo soldiers had been set up for failure by their fellow white soldiers. The white soldiers intentionally handed them faulty guns and ammo and would receive unjust punishments if they did not follow orders from their white lieutenants. It seemed as if the white soldiers had wanted the buffalo soldiers to die by putting them in such a dreadful situation and placing their lives in danger. Another quote that supports the statement was “Negro was not ready for battle” (Packer 23). Looking at the society we live in