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Struggle for the Civil Rights

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Struggle for the Civil Rights

Hello ladies and gentlemen. It has been a long time that African Americans have been

fighting for their civil rights with no success. The blacks have been becoming violent subjects,

which has lowered their self-esteem, making them more inferior. Most importantly, they are all

denied the freedom of choice. Even though many actions are taken to solve these issues, still in

the twenty-first century, they are denied their civil rights, which makes them very violent.

First, racism is a common aspect that is affecting them. There is a need to understand all

the elements of racism among African Americans, including the academic and professional lives,

which has been lurked below the surface, in ways it stigmatizes them. For instance, I can

remember well that my friend Winne was the only black student in my class when I was in high

school. When the white instructor started discussing African American vernacular English, he

and the rest turned to Winne and asked her to explain. According to Winnie, she had previously

attended a black school, the so-called Spellman college, where she felt comfortable. Now that we

were in a private institution that was a white school, she had a burden to represent everyone who

looked similar. Every white person should clearly understand that it is his or her obligation to

safeguard the civil rights of African Americans. Academically it is not the responsibility of black

students to educate their classmate and professor. The many challenges facing the African

American students are that they face pressure on underrepresented students to have

representatives of their groups, which also leads to restriction of their participation as they

dislike misrepresented in their respective groups.

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In Academics and the military, it has been reported that almost a third of black U.S

military members in the service have experienced racial discrimination, harassment, or even both

during their first year of recruitment. Most of the blacks who receive ratio discrimination are

dissatisfied with their jobs, although most of them fail to complain. The concerns on racial

discrimination of the African American military discrimination has taken on new urgency as the

American undergoes wide national recognition of racism. I can relate the fight for African

American civil rights to the early 1960s, where the black soldiers faced discriminatory

experiences during world war II through the precursor of the 1960 movement. The onset of the

war leads to a sharp contrast between the rights of the white and the black American citizens.

Although the African Americans had not achieved equal rights during this time, the

discriminatory practices against the black military were very vivid. During this time, the blacks

had been restricted to men's roles and could not work in Air Corps due to the restriction. The

level of inequality brought black organizations that demanded more involvement in the U.S

military and end military segregation (Wilson & Astor, 1999).

It is our duty as citizens to combat racism in America. This can be done by educating fellow

citizen on the impact of discrimination against African Americans. It is the time to speak up and

not to remain silent anymore. Please do not leave it to the African Americans to only fight for

themselves but make it a joint effort for the same as it is not only the black people challenge but

a problem to all of us. Most importantly, the nation is now moving towards the two societies

where there will one white and also one black who are separate and unequal. Therefore the time

has come of turning the purpose into command, time for adopting proper strategies and promises

to a sound democracy that can be exercised by every individual regardless is a black American,

Indian or any minority group (George, 2018).

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References
George, A. (2018). The 1968 Kerner Commission got it right, but nobody listened. Smithsonian
Magazine.
Wilson, D., & Astor, G. (1999). The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the
Military. The Journal Of Military History, 63(4), 1029. DOI: 10.2307/120618