What Is Today's Greatest Social Issue

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I believe today’s greatest social problem, in America, to be racial inequality. The foundation of America was built with the hands and feet of slaves and the immigration of people from throughout the world. Nevertheless, African-Americans have been, and in many ways, are still considered an inferior race. After carefully thought of this particular social issue I had to first ask the most basic of questions, what is race? I define race as a way in which we physically and historically identify ourselves. Throughout history African Americans’ brown skin allowed us to be easily identified by other races as different and therefore inferior. Some people believe that racial inequality is no longer applicable, while other experience it first hand ,