Posts by BRW

Fourteenth Amendment the United States Constitution guarantees “citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States," and “equal protection under the laws.” The Fourteenth Amendment was created in the Reconstruction era to establish civil and legal rights for African Americans. This amendment abolishes slavery and gives equal rights to all citizens. Occurring to Fourteenth Amendment, all citizens must be treated equally under the law regardless of race. However, people still experience racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is everywhere. It is in school, housing, and law. For example, in school, Black students experience racial harassment. Also, in housing, there is a relationship between poverty and race which increases the likelihood of a certain race being poor which increases Black children to grow up poor and do not get a fair chance when searching for a job. In addition, racial discrimination can be found in-laws, even though all people must have equal protection under the laws. Also, the media focuses on the race when the Black is the criminal, while it focuses on the cause of the crime when the White is the criminal. Although people think that racial discrimination no longer exists, it is normalized in society which negatively affects minorities by creating a bond between poverty and race, receives a different quality of education, and does not feel protected under laws.