Race in US History

     Race in US History has been since the beginning of America unfortunately it still is evident today as we still haven’t come to grips about what race really means.  According to Sociology race is defined as; “A socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important.”  (Maconis, 673) However, society has categorized this meaning something all together different.   When certain events arise for i.e. crimes; this situation automatically focuses on the minority race due to discrimination.  This unequal treatment of minority categories is often led by stereotypes which still exist today. In an Oklahoma prison, 76.5% of the prisoners are minority.  This is just a minor sample, but pretty consistent throughout the criminal system.  In the movie Discrimination at the Swim Club it gives another example of social injustice.  Minorities were told to swim somewhere else because it would affect the image of the swim club, when in actuality it may draw more clients if others were able to see that the club was culturally diverse.  Whites and Blacks fought hard in the Civil Rights movements to end segregation; the physical or social separation of people.  Today, for equality for all mankind, we must remember the principals that our country was founded upon and end racial problems and live for “liberty and justice for all.”