unequal Archives - The Race Card Project

Unequal segregated schooling never entirely overcome

December 16, 2021 DC, Elena R. Reece, segregation, unequal, Washington

Elena R. Reece,
Washington, DC

This country belongs to Native Americans.

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 1941, American, American Indian, country, Lewis Hernandez, Milwaukee, murder, Native American, one America, rape, rich poor, separate, stole, terrorism, unequal, White America, WI

Lewis Hernandez,
Milwaukee, WI.

White people, raped, murdered and stole this country from the American Indian.
Now it’s one America. One white. One Black. One rich. One poor.
Separate and unequal. Separate and unjust.
The American Indian has been fighting terrorism since 1491 when Caucasians first came to their country.

Affirmative Action is separate and unequal

July 14, 2020February 22, 2021 Affirmative Action, AR, Brandon W Hogan, Jonesboro, unequal

Brandon W Hogan,
Jonesboro, AR

I am a 35-year-old black man living in what is supposedly a very racist, bigoted Southern United States state or Arkansas. Other than a handful of incidents in high school of people just trying to anger me, I have never been the victim of any kind of “racial incident” or had any confrontation that was, as far as I know, based on race other than having a few young black men tell me I am not black enough because I tell them not to call me, “nigga.” It’s worth saying that I have never once had to say anything similar to anyone of another fact-it has never happened in my adult life.

I strongly believe that Affirmative Action policies are not only inherently unfair and unethical but serve to actually lessen the accomplishments of any non-white person, whether that person benefited from such policies or not. I am a U.S. Army Medical Corps Veteran and have a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and a Master’s Degree in History. I should not have to explain that I have achieved what I have(relatively meager as it may be) without handouts or hand-ups and that I actively refuse and denounce such programs as insulting and ultimately damaging to everyone.

Why do we have “black communities”?

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 1964, 1968, Acworth, black community, civil rights, conversation, Fair Housing Act, GA, segregated, unequal, Vicotor J. Boney

Vicotor J. Boney,
Acworth, GA.

Any legitimate discussion about race in America must include this question. Fifty plus years removed from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, we remain segregated and unequal.

No longer separate but still unequal

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 FL, Michael Samuels, Saint Johns, separate, unequal

Michael Samuels,
Saint Johns, FL.

Separate and unequal still exists!

April 18, 2014 Lori K. Elliott, OH, Ohio, PA, pittsburgh, public school, School USA, separate, unequal, USA, Wyoming

Lori K. Elliott
Wyoming, OH

I am African American. More than 40 years ago, my parents took me out of the public school and enrolled me inan almost all white parochial school because the public school in my racially segregated neighborhood was so awfu. Six years ago, I moved from an integrated neighborhood to an almost all white neighborhood because the decent public schools available to my child in our integrated neighborhood were so limited. My daughter is now in an excellent public school — but we had to move.

Still separate, still unequal! CHANGE NOW

April 18, 2014 chage, income, Jamaica Plain, MA, Massachusetts, Newton, Obama, Race, School USA, separated, seperate, Sophie Dover, unequal, USA

Sophie Dover
Jamaica Plain, MA

Despite all the gains we have made as a country (which people love to harp on) – a harsh reality still exists for people of color and low income individuals across the nation. Schools and neighborhoods still remain separated by race and income. More money is funneled into schools serving better-off, white communities while lower income communities of color suffer with worse quality education and worse educational outcomes as a result. Let us re-examine our national rhetoric surrounding race, from – “well, Obama’s president, so anything’s possible!” to “Obama’s president, so why is this still so hard?”