Link legitimate sources proving it's racism at work.
i'm glad you want to learn and i'd be more than happy to show you a lot of studies, but understand that this is cumulative pedagogical and experiential work and learning i've been doing passionately in and out of the classroom - this means books, conversing with people of all backgrounds, a heavy sociology/political science/women's studies/monetary policy/ international relations/ black and african american studies/latin american studies/religious studies/history, etc course load to understand different cultures and different sides of the issue - in order to understand the disenfranchised whose voices have been muted by a very ideologically biased writen history. so i can't remember all the articles and books and notes i've made in class but i can give you some information that can be found if you google the terms as well:
on the death penalty:
Texas Death Penalty Blog: Dennis Kucinich's position on the Death Penalty
mortage discrimination:
ISS - Study finds mortgage discrimination
environmental racism:
POVERTY, POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
(ex: Radioactive colonialism operates in energy production (mining of uranium) and disposal of wastes on Indian lands. The legacy of institutional racism has left many sovereign Indian nations without an economic infrastructure to address poverty, unemployment, inadequate education and health care, and a host of other social problems.)
drug war, drug arrests:
Study Exposes Racism of War on Drugs | Drug, Arrests, Study
plus,
CRACK USERS in the U.S. (1998)
Total: 971,000
White: 462,000
Black: 324,000
Latino: 157,000
Other: 28,000
but now let's look at the arrest rates..
ARRRESTED FOR CRACK POSSESSION in the U.S. (1994)
10.3% were White
84.5% were Black
5.2% were Hispanic/Latino
ARRESTED FOR CRACK TRAFFICKING in the U.S. (1994)
4.1% were White
88.3% were Black
7.1% were Hispanic/Latino
*Criminologists overwhelmingly agree that traffickers roughly mirror users so that the vast majority of people selling cocaine were/are white.
COKE USERS in the U.S. (2000)
Whites: 2.6 million
Blacks: 340,000
Latinos: 406,000
Asians: 15,000
Native Am: 48,000
Arrests for Coke Possession in U.S. (1999)
White & Hispanic = 150,667 (54%)
Black = 126,239 (45%)
Native American = 842 (<1%)
Asian/Pacific Islander = 1,627 (<1%)
Arrests for Coke Sales in U.S. (1999)
White & Hispanic = 50,124 (38%)
Black = 81,792 (62%)
Native American = 253 (<1%)
Asian/Pacific Islander = 509 (<1%)
Keep in mind that a significant number of these “white” arrests are Hispanics/Latinos.
*also ... the reason why cocaine (as well as pretty much every other drug) was made illegal in the u.s. was due to racism in the first place. the drug war is very racially intertwined.
YouTube - History of Racism in Drug Laws - here's a video on this.
and although you mentioned "recent" keep in mind that everything is predicated upon a history which has already created an uneven playing field for minorities - poverty persists and exacerbates the unbalanced access to opportunities. also, think about beauty. the amount of asians, especially females, having blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery to get a more "western" eye is staggering.)
http://www.dailyvita.com/images/LorWhitePerfect.jpg
i also learned about countless experiments and studies involving even sending out the same resume to the same business except with a different last name (an "ethnic") one and there was definitely some SIGNIFICANT racial bias in there. studies done in court when an offender with the same crime (they also trained the actors to talk, walk, and have the same mannerisms and age/sex and alleged socio-economic background and education- only difference being race) plead in a court case and minorities (around 14 times as much for blacks, 8.5 times as much for latinos, and 4.3 times as much for asians) to go to jail or get a harsher sentence.
schools have become
more segregated
U.S. Schools Turn More Segregated, a Study Finds - New York Times
U.S. school segregation on the rise: report | Lifestyle | Reuters
""It would be a tragedy if the country assumed from the Obama election that the problems of race have been solved, when many inequalities are actually deepening," said Gary Orfield, co-director of the Civil Rights Project."
health care
Institutional Racism in the US Health Care System
Slavery in the Modern World — Infoplease.com
Modern day slavery flourishes
- and what are they making? OUR clothes, our wal-mart commodities, sustaining our unsustainable living standards. about 90% of mass produced chocolate (think hershey's, nestle) has at some point in its production been touched by a slave. and yes, our government and multi-national corporations support and fund this.
it's awesome that you're surrounded by a culturally diverse people and have had the opportunity to travel, etc etc. however, i grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood and internalized a lot of the beliefs around me without questioning it - so this cause of honest exploration and conversation and
questioning why we don't learn about these things is a one i'm personally committed to. when i first learned about how small my world was and how prejudiced i was, i was horrified and really went through a dark period. i can't turn my back on what i have learned, even if i wanted to (which i have, because it's not easy.) now, i'd just like to use my entp talents and whatever else i will cultivate and gain strength from to seek the truth and encourage honesty and openness all around me.