A look at racism, past and present. Does it still Exist?
African-American history
Excerpt
Growing up in the Midwest, I didn’t learn much about black history while in school.
I grew up in a small town in Illinois and saw racism a lot. When things happened at the elementary school, the black kids were the ones blamed.
There were two separate parts of the city for the blacks. At that time it seemed the grownups were satisfied with the way things were.
When I was in the seventh grade, we moved to a larger city in Illinois. I participated in a lot of marches with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in order that blacks could obtain better jobs and better housing.
When I was thirteen, my two older sisters and I went downtown to one of the department stores, Carson Pirie Scott. This was a fun shopping trip for us, and we had never been on the mezzanine
floor before. We were teenagers and were dressed as such. Well, when we got off the elevator, people were staring at us. We went to the ladies’ bathroom, sat in the lounge section, and then left. While we were there, the white women stared at us with disgust and promptly left.
As we were leaving the store, we were stopped by security, who had the nerve to ask us to open our purses. We had small clutch purses, I remember, which you couldn’t put much in. People were walking by and looking at us as he searched our purses; he then told us we could go. We were so embarrassed and mad. I wish we had reported this to the NAACP, which was the only recourse blacks had at that time. Does this still happen?
Welcome to the Den. Of course, racism still exists. It's more subtle and underground, but the statistics show that race still matters to most people, regardless of their religion, creed or color. As long as there is ignorance, there will be racism.
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