Racism is a belief that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement; usually

involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. Racism comes from different cultural values, ethnic backgrounds, as well as the physical appearances. The conflict of racism occurs when the majority group of society feels that the different cultures and values of the minority group bring the deviance to the society. The United States of America, which brought people from all over the world, is stated as the land of opportunity and freedom, it is also the country that is notorious for the racial discrimination. Ive decided to select racism because it a growing concern in America today. Racism have been one of the most significant issues that people have been facing and fighting for, and is still occurring around us without even knowing. Racial integration has long been the touchstone of racial progress in the workplace. But integration is only the beginning of the struggle to end racial discrimination. As workplaces become more diverse, they do not necessarily become less racially discriminatory. Diverse workplaces may be characterized by antagonism between people of different races. Interethnic discrimination may exist along side the discrimination that has traditionally occurred between blacks and whites. "The Permanance of Racism" is a 1992 interview conducted on a show entitled "The Open Mind." The interviewer is questioning Derrick Bell on his book titled "Faces At the Bottom of the Well: The Permanance of Racism." In his book Bell speaks on his belief that racism is a permanent factor in the lives of all Americans. He spoke that each indivdual person must have to change their mindset towards others in order to bring about a change. Bell said that because of slavery, oppression became synonymous with African Americans and that is the reason so many African Americans are plagued by racism in the Unted States. An article A few of the brightest, Cleanest Mexican Children School Segregation as a form of Mundane Racism in Oxnard, California by David Garcia, Tara J. Yosso, and Frank P. Barajas. They examined the dual schooling system that facilitated the reproduction of a cheap labor force and the marginalization of Mexicans. They argue that school segregation privileged Whites and discriminated against Mexicans as a form of mundane racism. The authors build on previous scholarship documenting the predominance of racism in U.S.

society to define mundane racism. As the standardized subordination of Mexicans that occurred as a commonplace, ordinary way of conducting business within schools. The board of education wanted to segregate Mexican children, and this desperately shaped their educational experiences. While this was under review there was no legal icon allowing the schools to segregate schools in California public education. Mexican schools were known for overcrowding multigraded classroom, unsanitary conditions and poorly trained teachers. Mexicans were providing labor, which contributed to the wealth of the city and socially and politically helped empower the whites. In return, they receive barely any access to opportunities for social or educational mobility for themselves or children. Oxnard created a dual schooling system that only benefited the white and continued to discriminate against Mexicans. The board never thought to explain or rationalize why they wanted segregation in the schools. One question we must all take into consideration. What is the effect of segregation over the years? While test scores, high school graduation rates, and the percentage of and Hispanic students who successfully go on to college continue to reveal a serious achievement gap between these students and their white counterparts, is segregation the true culprit or are there other factors? In the second article found dealing with racism Employment Discrimination in the Ethnically Diverse Workplace by Hernandez, Tanya Kateri. When dealing with the workplace its been known that racial integration has long been the touchstone of racial progress. Most would predict as more of the workforce gets more diverse the less racially discriminatory they are. But thats considered to be wrong, diverse workplaces may be characterized by antagonism between people of different races. They continue mostly with the tradition of discrimination of not only African American and Caucasian but also Latinos and Afro-Latino. Latinos are some of the most racially discrimated peoples today. Not only are they discrimated against as a whole by other races their is also discrimination within the race between white Latinos and Afro-Latinos. Afro-Panamanian tutor of Spanish sued his university employer for failure to renew his appointment as an adjunct instructor, claiming a violation of Title VII's prohibition against race and national origin discrimination. The professor claimed that the Latinos that worked in the departement showed favoritism to the "white" Hispanics that worked in the department. The case was dismissed because of the fact that the court did not understand that a color hierarchy

informs the ways in which many Latinos experience the racism and national origin bias of other Latinos. The discrimination claim was also dismissed because the court faileed to see how color biased discrimination could occur in Latino culture. Many people seem to hold on to the idea that the only racism that can occur is between African Americans and Caucasians but with the rapidly changing demographics of the United States prejudice is taking place amongst a number of different races. In 2008 Monroeville, Alabama became the famous once more for a racism trial occurring in the small southern town. Parents of several African American junior high students filed a joint discrimination lawsuit against The Monroe County Board of Education, Monroeville Junior High School's principal , the county superintendent & the junior high's school board. The lawsuit was based on reports from the students that they were enduring being called racial slurs in the school & there was segration in the classes. The segregation came in the form of the African American students being kept out of advance placement and honors classes. With Monreville's history of being the setting for Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" a tale of racism in a young childs perspective, the allegations are not only eye catching but also very believeable. With the junior high school's demographics being that the majority of a 463 student population is African American allegations of racism or prejudice are not uncommon. Fights that occur between the black and white students result in suspensions but the African American were given off campus suspensions while the white students were given in school suspensions of a shorter length. Monroe County's Board lawyer investigated the allegations and found them to be "baseless." The Huffington Post reported in 2010 of a Fox News employee being fired after he complained of discrimination in his workplace environment. Hareem Jones is an African American who work for Fox News in 2008. He said he endured "daily abuse, fear & humilation" from his co-workers. One instance occurred during the 2008 presidential campaign. Two of Hareem's coworkers said in front of him that they wouldn't feel comfortable having a black president. Jones alleges that one of the men looked at him saw he was uncomfortable and said "Am I offending your blackness?" Jones filed a complaint with the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was seekin $5

million dollars in damages. The complaint alleges that several of the defendants "continually made racist, sexist, and extremely offensive comments throughout the course of every working day. When Jones finally met with the head of Human Resources and those he made the allegations against he was fired days later. His attorney belived he had a strong case because of the fact that when he went to his superiors to inform them of the mistreament the fired him almost immediateky after coming forward. Ageism is the prejudice of a person becuase of their age whether it be to a young or mature person. Sexism is a discrimination of a person due to their sex. Contrary to popular belief both men and women expericence sexism. The biggest discrimination going on today is that of those within the LGBTQ community. Proposition 8 is a bill in which it makes it illegal for gay and lesbian couples to marry or adopt children together. Gay and Lesbian couples have been fighting for some time now for equal rights as straight Americans. Racism has always and will always be a continuing epidemic in America. With the United States forever changing demographics prejudice between races is unfortunaely inevidable. Derrick Bell correctly said that unless each person changes their point of views there can be no change against thia epidemic.