Final Project-Race and Your Community

Running Head : Final Project-Race and Your Community

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Date One can argue that the United States is civilised and cases of racism no longer exist . That may be true theoretically but in practice , it is the opposite . Racism still does exist in most of the communities in the United States . In some communities it exists in such small levels that one may assume is absent . Most people who are not natives but reside in the United States experience racism . It does not matter whether you are

br coloured or not (Espenshade , 1994

I am white and my family is from Ireland but I reside in Richmond Richmond is a community that has residents from all the different races hence many human interactions have been racialized almost every where within the community . For example in churches , there are certain churches whose congregation is mostly members from a certain race . The same goes for schools (Aguirre Turner1994 . Racism is a vice that even though members of the Richmond community are trying to fight , its traces are very visible

Being Irish , I do not face as much racial discrimination as members of the other races from the Native white Americans . This is because there is no much difference in appearance between the Americans and (me ) the Irish . Most Irish individuals resemble the larger population of the Native White Americans . There are similarities in our physical characteristics , culture and religion . We are well - established ethnic communities and even though we are from...