Friday, April 30, 2010

post # 4

Almost two years have passed since Mr. Obama won the presidential elections of United States on 2008. Mr. Obama’s victory signified a lot for the African American community and for the many emigrants of this country; it was the first time in the history of United States that an African American won to elections to occupied the president’s charge. However, even whit Mr. Obama elected president racial discrimination and job discrimination did not change, there is still a huge racial gap that not allows economic mobility for minorities.
A long the years college degrees have become the more powerful weapon for people of the minorities to move up economically. Well educated people had more possibilities to obtain well paid employments, so then they could make more money, increase their income and move their social class. In the magazine “The Nation” published on June 30, 2008 the writer Dedrick Muhammad posted an article called “Race in Extreme Inequality” where he states that “Since 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the income gap between blacks and whites has narrowed by just three cents on the dollar. In 2005 the median per capita income in the United States stood at $16,629 for blacks and $28,946 for whites.”(26), here Dedrick shows how the income gap between the minorities (in this case African Americans) in 1968 did not have much difference, but also he shows how this gap increased in more than hundred per cent until the year 2005. What means that does not matter the education of the person the issue of racism has been increasing gradually in the U.S.

these are the two first paragraphs of my essay.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Diego -

    This is a great start - I'm glad the article I sent you is helpful. I'm not sure if you have one of those numbers right, though: did the gap really *increase* 100% (until 2005?) How would that fit with it going down (although only slightly) since 1968? Look again and see if you can clarify.

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