Racism Has Gone Back Underground By Richard Pryor - 952 Words

There s a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. Richard Pryor. This quote is a GREAT example of the current disadvantages black families are facing today and have been facing for a lifetime. In the 1910 blatant racism to an individual’s face was something to chide someone about, but the racism hidden in our social structures have remained and is continuing to thrive. Structural racism in the U.S is defined as the normalization and legitimization of an array of dynamics that routinely advantages whites while producing cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people of color (Lawrence, Keleher). It is found in institutions such as, education, politics, and economics. As a mixed-status family the individuals in my family have faced many disadvantages and some advantages at the hands of structural racism. It affected our access to Housing, the labor market, healthcare, and education. I asked four of my family members about their personal experience w ith structural racism and I will also include my experience in this paper. To begin, housing discrimination is discrimination based on protected class status, race, ethnicity and so much more in the realm of housing and real estate. It can lead to racial segregation and housing inequality. It began to occur in the United States after the abolition of slavery as part of federal law. In 1934 the Federal Housing Administration, also known as FHA was introduced and was possibly the most heinous of all