The Conflicts Of The Black Race: Delayed Economic And Educational Progress

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when contribute to the slow progress of black people.
Before the Civil Rights movement racism was so blatant that not knowing it
existed would have been difficult. Presently, it is so subtle that some argue
we cannot blame racism for our problems. Unfortunately, they are wrong. The
effects of racism can be seen in the segregation of our neighborhoods and in our
high unemployment rates. White people want to keep their contact with us to a
minimum. In 1991, USA Today reported that the 1990 census "concluded that 'the
majority of the nation's 30 million black people are as segregated now as they
were . . . in the '60s' " (Smith 104). This proves that although some blacks'
incomes have increased, they do not always live in neighborhoods they can afford
because the area is usually predominately white. The U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development found that anti-black discrimination was widespread in the
housing industry in 1992 (Smith 105). This practice can be found in ...

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