"White Like Me"

    Through the use of Tim Wise's documentary and novel "White Like Me," he was able to spread his views on race relations and his advocacy for the African American community. The difference between the races is that "being white is better than not being white." People of color did not receive the same amount of freedoms that those who were white did. African Americans were not citizens until the 15th Amendment, which was many years past the making of the constitution. Loans and insurance were not available for blacks as they were singled out in their professions, many of the blacks worked in agriculture and domestic housing services. By electing Obama to the executive office as the first African American president we, as a country, made history that would have been unheard of years ago.  However, I do not agree with any of his political views, it was still a move in the right direction for race relations and equality. I did feel that when Obama was elected that racism would be less of an issue in America, but situations seem to have become worse. According to Wise, the criminal justice system is the most unequal factor for African Americans. There are more black people in jail now than were enslaved in 1850.

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