Danna Sofia Lara Vasquez 1001

Racism in the United States

George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis crystallized
worldwide outrage against racism. A discrimination that has manifested itself in
the United States for 400 years, with the first enslaved settlement in
Jamestown. The episodes of racism began around the time the Spanish arrived
in Florida.
As the American nation was built, landowners were in favor of enslavement. It
was very profitable for them to buy African prisoners, to enslave them and
subject them to heavy labor.
The resentment that prevailed in the southern states
A feeling of rancor was present in the whites of the southern states of the
United States. So what was once slavery changed to the separation of spaces,
laws and services for blacks and whites. Blacks were always rejected.
Police violence that affects more blacks than whites
African Americans currently face a serious problem of police violence.
According to the organization Mapping Police Violence, 24 percent of deaths in
police custody correspond to African-American citizens, a disproportionate
figure, considering that 13.4 percent of the American population is black.
This figure of police violence against African Americans is part of the
Presidency of Donald Trump, a president who is criticized for exacerbating
white supremacy and discriminating against black, Latino, and Muslim
populations, among many others.