Since it’s Black History Month, we would like take the time to discuss the status of race in America.
Although we have a man of partial African heritage as our president, racial tension is still prevalent. Our major cities remain somewhat racially segregated, with Blacks mostly residing within the city limits and Whites living on the outskirts and suburbs. Groups such as the Aryan Nation, the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis still exist in large numbers. The disparity in the quality in education between the mostly White public schools and mostly Black public schools plays in favor of the White schools. And we cannot forget to mention that Blacks suffer from the highest incarceration rates in the nation.
These problems are not brought up to blame any group of people for the plight of another group of people. Rather, the reason we are bringing them up is because they are, after all, problems and we must deal with them as a society. We cannot separate individuals from their identities; however, that does not mean that an individual’s identity should separate them from others. It’s time we stop looking at things using terms such as Black and White, Muslim and Christian and rich and poor as ways to divide us and deflect responsibility. Instead, we should see our differences as unique and, therefore, something that unites us. Once that is accomplished, society will be able to move forward for the betterment of humanity.
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