The government has always reflected the public’s ideals of things happening in the nation. That is the reason America has elected officials. Unfortunately, due to the lack of minority voters, only some races, or one race in particular, is represented by the elected leaders in our government. The elected leaders create plans, bills, programs, and laws based on the wants and needs of the people who elected them. If minorities make up most of our population, but whites are the main race in government positions then our nation becomes underrepresented. Whether it happens unintentionally or intentionally, the decisions made by a government represented by one race are bias and unbeneficial for the country as a whole. “The United States with respect to the number and magnitude of the laws, policies, and enforcement and monitoring agencies’ policies deemed to have an …show more content…
The case went all the way to the Supreme court before they decided to desegregate schools. Whites who disagreed with this decision, did everything they could to keep schools legally segregated by creating private schools. The schools were very selective and although they could not turn away a student for being black, they found other ways to keep them from being admitted in the schools, such as entrance exams. Before the board of education desegregated schools, African American schools had very poor education systems. Most black men and women were uneducated and could not prepare their kids for entrance exams; therefore, they would not pass and could not be admitted into the schools. Private schools were not created for better education but as a way to legally separate black from whites. In modern times, often the tests not only prevent minorities from being admitted but also allow many whites to be admitted. There's no longer discrimination against just blacks but minorities and lower class whites as