In many areas of our culture in the United States today, we seem to appear to be attempting to be more inclusive, however if you look closer, it can be seen that we are really trying to make up for events that have happened in the past and use these as justification for our actions today. As a nation, we need to move away from every form of discrimination and bias and focus on becoming more of a meritocracy. There are many ways in which racism is still prominent in today's society both against minority groups and the majority group. Ideas and rules such as reverse racism, white privilege, Affirmative Action, the Rooney Rule, and University Quotas are all ways in which racism today is being overlooked but can be solved through a transition to a meritocracy.
The term racism is defined as prejudice or discrimination based on race. Past examples of racism include slavery of certain groups, and the denail of certain races to have the right to vote. A modern version of racism would be not hiring someone based on their race. Recently, the term reverse racism has been used to signify racism against the dominant or priveleged racial group. However, racism should not be limited to only certain races as this would be racist. By having
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While this is a great philosophy, we have been going so far as to impose laws that are racist against the majority in order to tread lightly with the minority group. Racism, put simply, is a prejudice against someone because of the color of their skin or their ethnic background. Affirmative Action is a set of policies in which “an institution or organization actively engages in efforts to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups in American society” (Hultin). This would mean people of minorities were to be the ones ultimately hired for a job because they were the only ones that could be considered if everyone had similar