Racial Progress

The very exciting timed writing prompt that we most recently did got me thinking of the progress that we've made when it comes to equality. No longer is someone free to scream racial obscenities, or to deny certain things to one another due the color of their skin.

Now the framework for true racial equality has been set up. Laws have been set up to ensure that we, as a nation, make forward progress to unity. Though the remnants of the past still linger in the form of bigotry and prejudice, their presence has been greatly reduced.

The speech that the timed writing was centered around was directed at incorporating the Black population into the Union's military during the Civil War. Just by looking at today's standards and the amount of minorities in the military is enough to make one question whether or not they were ever excluded. I don't know any statistics, but what I do know is that the boss for the Marine Corps Recruiting Station is Black, and that a lot of the "higher ups" for our recruiting district are also Black. A third of Madison's recruiters have Mexican heritage and half of all of the recruiters represent different minorities.

The point that I am trying to make is that the evidence of racial inequality is surely fading in our nation. What seemed like a big deal at the outbreak of the Civil War then, is now a simple mundane thing that goes unnoticed now. From my point of view, the walls that society set up to keep the races isolated are crumbling under there own weight, and as time passes by, they will be non-existent someday and there will be a blend of cultures.