As it has already been noted, racism in the United States has always been and remains one of the pressing issues. This conclusion is confirmed by the recent Gallup survey in the US. However, this time respondents were demand to asses the state of race
As it has already been noted, racism in the United States has always been and remains one of the pressing issues. This conclusion is confirmed by the recent Gallup survey in the US. However, this time respondents were demand to asses the state of race relations at the end of Obama’s second term.
As follows from the results of the survey, Americans are far less positive today about what Barack Obama’s presidency means for the advancement of blacks in the US than they were shortly after his historic election. Regardless of how Americans feel about Obama and his policies, they believe black-white relations are much worse now than earlier in his presidency. But it is clear that the optimism Americans initially had for a black president’s ability to improve race relations and the situation for blacks has long since faded. There’s a growing number of those who are convinced that the first black president hasn’t just failed the expectations people in the US had, but aggravated the problems of the African Americans population.
Americans are the most armed in the world, for every 100 inhabitants there is an average of 89 weapons. Therefore, numerous armed groups across the country have been declaring their readiness to defend the communities to which they belong from any sort of discrimination.
Moreover, the recent Washington Post analysis showed that The number of fatal shootings by police officers increased from 465 in the first six months of last year to 491 for the same period this year. Other research suggests that a young African-American has three times the chance to become the victim of police violence than an average white kid.
It is, therefore, not surprising that those that have lost her faith in the president and the official authorities have been witnessing an increasing number of racial discrimination cases with the burning anger rising within them. Therefore, there’s an ever increasing number of violent groups, that are prepared to defend the black population of the US with arms in their hands.
The New Black Panthers Party (NBPP), the War on the Horizon, the Black Foot Soldier Network… You can find a lot of such groups on the Internet.. Their exact number and the capabilities are pretty difficult to assess, since behind each of such names lies a long story of struggle against racism. According to the Liberation, experts on extremist groups suggest the existence of at least 180 “black separatist” organizations across the US. This number indicates the exist