Institutional racism means racism carried out by
the government entities. It can take place in the schools, the courts or the
military. It has a vastly negative effect on the group of people belonging to a
same racial group. For example, in the area of medicine, unethical experiments
are performed on the minority communities. Even in the twenty-first century, a
number of groups find themselves affected by racism due a to plenty of reasons.
If institutional racism is not brought to an end, there is a little hope that
racial discrimination will be erased from the United States.
In this
blog, you will read about examples of human rights and racism in the USA.
Racism in
Medicine
It is an irrefutable fact that the racial bias
has influenced the U.S. healthcare sector. In the past, the government was
funding for syphilis studies on poor black men and Guatemalan prison inmates.
Some of the government agencies played an important role in sterilizing black
women Native American women. However, today government has taken initiatives to
reach out to minority groups, for example, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s
landmark.
Race and World
War II
In the past, it has been seen that the World War
II has marked racial advancements and setbacks for the United States. Minority
communities like blacks, Asians, and Native Americans grabbed an opportunity to
showcase their skills and intellect required to excel in the military. However,
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor forced the government to evacuate Japanese
Americans from the West Coast. They were forced to live in the internment camps
as it was thought they were still loyal to the Japanese empire.
If you want to work for the human rights and racism in the USA, you can join Peace First. Peace First is working for the upliftment of minority communities in the
United States.
