In The Case For Reparations Analysis

The reason I chose to take this photo was because I feel that it sends the obvious message that we should stop the social inequality going on around us. We should stop focusing on our differences and focus more on our similarities and possible common goals. Maybe if we did this we could truly grow and become unified as a nation. We as a society should join forces and put an end to all of the discrimination and racism that surrounds us daily. I know that in a way this is an unrealistic expectation because the odds of there being absolutely zero inequality are closer to none than anything. The reason for this is because there will always be those that think that they are better than others and because of this the inequality throughout our society …show more content…
He starts off by taking us on a brief trip down memory lane on how the segregation between these two races began and developed over time. As we all know, it all began with slavery approximately three hundred years ago. Since then African Americans have been degraded, tortured, treated unfairly and to put it simply, dehumanized over the course of the years. Even with the abolition of slavery in 1865, it is obvious that there is still tension between these two races that has yet to be resolved. And although the discrimination of whites versus blacks is not as apparent as it once was, all we have to do is take a look around us to notice that it is still there, lurking in the …show more content…
Social construction is where it is up to the members of society to determine what is a problem and what isn’t. In the beginning when the housing discrimination was just starting to take place, many African Americans just accepted it. It seemed that the majority had adopted the attitude of “this is the way things are and we just have to deal with it as best as we can”. They let society tell them who they were and where they belonged without much resistance. However, as the years progressed and the amount of blacks that were being cheated grew, so did the amount of awareness surrounding this issue. More and more blacks were beginning to stand up for themselves, by trying to renegotiate their contracts or simply by just ceasing to make their payments. In doing this, they were identifying and legitimating their problem, which was that no mortgages were being offered to blacks. After they were able to get past the public arena and the political realm they were finally able to successfully achieve putting an end to contracts and receive real mortgages on their