[Kevin26330]

Because the systems that denied Blacks opportunities for generations are still in place. Racism isn’t as individualized and overt as in the past, but it’s still present, although in many cases it’s institutionalized. Imagine a certain company ‘A’ that, in the past, refused to hire graduates from a certain college because it was a historically black university. Today, no one associated with Company A is a racist, but the company still doesn’t hire from the black university, only now the reason is ‘We’ve never hired from there. It’s simply not one of the venues we examine when looking for new hires…’ In short, while I agree that there are opportunities available today that weren’t in existence a generation ago, young Black people are still getting shafted. Moreover, Black youths are affected by the racism visited upon their parents and grandparents. For example, assume that in 1940 a young black man named William wanted to become a doctor, but the teacher at the local elementary refused to teach blacks. Thus, William is denied the chance to better himself and create a better life and more opportunities for his descendants. Instead, he’s forced to become a sharecropper and his family stays mired in poverty. Then, rather than William it is his grandson William III who becomes the first in his family to go to college and even get a shot at being something other than a farmer. Basically, the racism of the past is still affecting Black America’s youth today.

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Name : Kevin26330, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Age : 35, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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