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1、种族歧视英文作文(3篇)第一篇:《有关种族歧视(英文)》TheterribletollofracismintheU.S.BySharonSmith
2、March19,2004
3、Page7HALFOFallBlackmeninNeploymentstandsat37percentnationongBlackAmericansthatshouldbesettingoffalarmbellsinelectionyear2004.YetevenJohnKerry,thecandidateajorityofBlacks,hasissuedbarely
4、asoundbite.Thisshouldeasnosurprise,sinceBlacklives,BlackvotesandBlackrightshavebeendevaluedsincetheFoundingFathers.TheoriginalU.S.ConstitutionpermittedslaveryandcountedBlackslavesasthree-fifthsofiningbothCongressionalrepresentationandtaxation,embeddingracismintheveryfound
5、ationofU.S.society.TheinstitutionofslaveryericanRevolutionthatcostatleast600,000lives.Butracismoutlivedslaveryandflourishedforthenext100yearsintheformofJimCroajorityofstates,fromNorthDakotatoTexastoCalifornia,madeitacrimeforBlackstointerminglehospitalstocemeteries,lunchco
6、unterstophonebooths,militaryservicetomarriage.JimCroassivecivilrightsstrugglestretchingovermorethantthe1955Montgomerybusboycotttothefighttoenforcecourt-orderedschooldesegregationinthe1970s.Butdefactosegregationcontinued,NorthandSouth,andBlackanatedfromthepoliticalestablis
7、hment,injectingracismboththeDemocraticandRepublicanPartiesscrambledtoappeartoughoncrime,embracingtheso-calledduringthatperiodajorityofthemorethan2million,AfricanAmericansmakeupjust12percentoftheU.S.populationandonly13percentofdrugusers,yetaccountfor35percentofdrugarrestsa
8、nd53percentofdrugconvictions.Blacksarealso43percentofthoseondeathroatedthat30percentof12year-oldBlackboyseinjailintheirlifetimes--farmorethananystateshavelaerinmatestherighttovote,anestimated13percentofallBlackmen--includingoneineverythreeinAlabamaandFlorida--havebeendise
9、nfranchised.Racism,notcriminalrecords,explainsthehighunemploymentrateforBlackmentoday.Arecentanapplyingforajobasadishantocarryan18-monthprisonrecordonhisback,concludedreporterDavidcanexplainthesestatistics:--Segregationinpublicschools,the1950stothelate1980s,hasnoosttesmor
10、elikelythanains--andtheaintrue:Racialdiscrimination,or,thecolorproblem,refersmainlytoNegroesinth