Please talk about racial issues in the United States, especially racial discrimination.

racial discrimination in the United States is deeply rooted

The Human Rights Record of the United States in 24 published by the press office in the State Council, China on the 3rd pointed out that racial discrimination is deeply rooted in the United States and permeates all aspects of social life.

This human rights record says that people of color in the United States are generally poor and their living conditions are far worse than those of whites. According to the British "Guardian" reported on October 9, 24, in 22, the net worth of white families was $88,, which was 11 times that of Hispanic families and nearly 15 times that of African-American families.

According to statistics, the number of blacks living below the poverty line is three times that of whites. The average life expectancy of blacks is 6 years less than that of whites.

Records show that ethnic minorities in the United States are discriminated against in employment and occupation. According to USA Today on May 5, 24, in 23, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 29, allegations of racial prejudice in the workplace. Statistics released by the US Department of Labor show that by November 24, the unemployment rate of blacks was 1.8% and that of whites was 4.7%, the former was more than twice as high as the latter.

Minors from at least 38 countries are engaged in slave labor. Of the 45 million people in the United States who cannot afford medical insurance, 7 million are African-Americans, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the total African-American population, which is 77% higher than that of whites. An article in American News and World Report on March 29th, 24 pointed out that the Declaration of Independence stated that human beings are created equal, and the gap between whites and blacks was simply an insult to this "foundation of the country".

According to the records, segregated education is prevalent in American schools. One eighth of black students in the southern United States attend schools where black students account for 99%, and about one third of black students attend schools where ethnic minorities account for more than 9%. In the north, more than half of the black students attend such schools where the majority of black and minority students are students.

Records show that racism is on the rise in American university campuses. Fascist slogans and white supremacy slogans have been found in the University of California, Berkeley, and Diablo Valley Community College in California, including threats with weapons and language. At Little St. Ross College in California, the school newspaper published a column attacking Jews, which triggered a wave of protests. Chat rooms on websites were occupied by white supremacy elements. At Dartmouth College, white girls auction "slaves" at fund-raising activities. At the University of Southern Mississippi, a group of whites shouted racist slogans and attacked four black students after the American football game. At the University of Olivet, Michigan, where there are only 55 black students, 51 black students dropped out of school after racial violence and harassment.

Records show that racial prejudice and bigotry in the United States have intensified social contradictions and increased hate crimes. According to the statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on November 22, 24 on the reports of 16% law enforcement units, among the 7,489 hate crimes in the United States in 23, 3,844 were related to ethnic hatred. Among them, there were 2,548 cases of ethnic hate crimes against blacks, accounting for 51.4%, more than twice the total number of such crimes against all other races, and 3,15 blacks became victims. And 62.3% of the criminals are white.

The Los Angeles Times reported on May 3, 24 that in 23, influenced by the September 11th incident and the Iraq war, there were 119 hate incidents against Muslims in the United States, up 69% year-on-year. There were 221 hate incidents against Muslims in California, a year-on-year increase of nearly three times. The record points out that racial discrimination in the judicial field in the United States is commonplace. The proportion of people of color sentenced and held in prison is significantly higher than that of whites. According to the report released by the US Department of Justice in November 24, colored people account for more than 7% of the prisoners in the United States.

By the end of 23, 44% of the 1.4 million prisoners sentenced to more than one year in federal and state prisons in the United States were black. For the same crime, the average prison term of black people is six months longer than that of white people, and the possibility of being put into prison after being arrested is three times greater than that of white people, and it is more difficult for black people to get suspended sentences than white people.

According to the records, after the "September 11th" incident, the United States openly restricted citizens' rights in the name of homeland security, and monitored citizens' every move by monitoring telephone calls, tracing websites visited and monitoring the transfer of financial funds, with ethnic minorities, foreigners and immigrants as the main victims.

According to statistics, after the "September 11th" incident, 32 million people in the United States have faced the problem of racial discrimination investigation. Among those who were discriminated against, African Americans accounted for the most, accounting for 47%, followed by Latinos and Asians, and whites only accounted for 3%. In November 24, the US Department of Homeland Security announced that 157,281 immigrants had been repatriated in the past year, an increase of 8% over last year, setting a new record. The number of undocumented foreigners arrested also increased by 112%.

It is also reported that since last year, dozens of immigrants from Mexico or other countries have been arrested every day in cities in many states, such as San Francisco, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Miami, S? o Paulo, Denver, Kansas and Portland, and have been forced to wear heavy electronic shackles like suspects. It has become a national trend to treat illegal immigrants like criminals. The definition of terrorists and illegal immigrants has become very blurred.

the current situation of racial discrimination in the United States, the seclusion of racism

Yang Yifan, a special correspondent of the Boston International Herald Tribune, reported that global racism has not died out, even in the most developed country-the United States.

On August 23rd, 23, Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King, said to the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial Hall, where his father gave a speech that year, "I know that my father's influence far exceeds a dream." He said that 4 years later, his father's dream has still not come true, and there is still serious racial discrimination in the United States, and he asked the US government to improve the social welfare system. This may also be the latest anti-racial discrimination cry.

The epitome of racial discrimination in the United States

Today's United States can be said that the old and the new coexist in racial discrimination. On the one hand, the old racist forces still exist. Although they are few in number, they can always make waves in American society. John levenson, a black graduate student at Boston University, told reporters that even in the middle schools and universities where he attended, there were many shadows of racial discrimination.

He recalled that two years ago, he and his companions went to a club in a university to play. As soon as they entered the door, they felt that many white people cast contemptuous eyes. The waiter at the club came up and said rudely, "This is a private place, please leave you niggers." His companion told him that this is a club only for whites, and the boss has a strong Klan background.

The reporter himself had a similar experience in the United States. In the streets of Boston, the reporter once encountered the same strange eyes and rejection. Although polite, he was extremely indifferent, and even in school, students could feel it.

Peter Rogge, a scholar studying American history at Boston University, told reporters that historically, the United States did not have an innate factor of racial discrimination. The United States is an immigrant country. Most Americans have ancestors from all over the world. Among them, Irish, German, Italian and Hispanic whites are more, while the proportion of blacks has reached 13%. In recent years, the number of Asian immigrants has also increased. However, there are still relatively strong racial discrimination forces in the United States. For this reason, Peter Rogge believes that it is necessary to find the reason from the background of global racial discrimination. In the long historical process, because of the high level of productivity in white society, the discrimination against colored people is essentially the rejection of backward society and different cultures. This situation has become a microcosm of global racial discrimination in the multi-racial society of the United States.

America: a black-and-white society

On the other hand, from the current point of view, racial discrimination in the United States has begun to show new phenomena in new fields, and traditional political conservative forces have also begun to intervene, and simple single racial discrimination has been replaced by cultural implicit discrimination. In February 1968, the US Congress published a report entitled "Report of the National Advisory Committee on Civil Upheavals", which revealed in detail the reality of racial discrimination prevalent in American society and pointed out: "Our country is splitting into two societies, a black society and a white society-two separate and unequal societies."

In February p>1993, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of the above report, a Washington-based foundation published another 35-page report, which listed the racial discrimination prevailing in the United States in the early 199s, and concluded that the inequality among various races in the United States has not improved, but has "further intensified" in the past 25 years.

American scholars have noticed a strange phenomenon. On the one hand, there is a strong racial discrimination in the United States. On the other hand, any behavior in American society is worried that it will be marked with racial discrimination. A researcher told reporters that, in short, everyone knows that racial discrimination is not good, but everyone will consciously or unconsciously commit racial discrimination. In the middle of such a strange circle, racial discrimination in the United States continues.

Peter Rogge gave an example to the reporter. He said that in October 1994, the National History Teaching Center (NCHS) in UCLA announced a set of national history teaching standards for primary and secondary schools. The first unit of this standard describes the origin of the United States, which is contrary to the European civilization-centered approach in the past, treating European civilization, African civilization and indigenous Indian civilization in the same position, calling their encounter in the colonies "convergence" and emphasizing that European immigrants are "latecomers" on the American continent. After the publication of this standard, it caused a strong rebound in American conservative circles. Among them, it is precisely American conservative political and cultural workers represented by American Vice President Cheney who insist on advocating the theory of European civilization center. Their discrimination against other races is not simply reflected in the big white hat of the Klan, but in the field of cultural survival in the United States, and even more in Bush's foreign policy today.