about racism in general and about racism

towards African Americans seeking

Erick Bravo

employment in particular. This is an issue

Professor, Rosenberg

that is going to be going on forever.

English 101-101W

Employers do not give black people an

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opportunity to show their potential in a job

because before they get the job, employers
Unfair employers

already have a bad assumption. Black

people who might be really in need of a job

Introduction

are less likely to get called back for an

Racism and ethnic discrimination

interview just for the reason that their last

have been an issue since the Colonial era

names dont sound white. Another reason

and Slave era. But who were the most

black people are denied from getting a job is

affected? Native Americans, African

because employers assume that black people

Americans, Asian Americans, and Latin

do illegal drugs.

Americans were the most affected. As a

Experts opinion

result they were not granted privileges and

rights that any human being should have.

The two main questions of

Discrimination does still happen today. It

discussions in this report are:

creates racial stereotypes based on color,

1. Do you think racism is affecting

nationality, and religion. If we take a closer

black people employment-wise in

look at whats happening today in the news,

our country?
2. Do you think racism is still the same

we can see that Donald Trumps racist

remarks show how racist people still are. We

since slavery time?

live in a free society where everyone is

responsible and can say what they want, but

The article U.S. Companies Often Assume

I think that if we want to make this country

Black Job Applicants Do Drugs, discussed

great again; a great step to take will be to

one aspect of the problems black applicants

leave racism behind.

have seeking employment. According to

My purpose for writing this report is

to educate the general public and employers

Tamar Todd, a staff attorney at the Drug

Policy Alliance, studies show that even
though blacks and whites do illegal drugs at
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similar rates regardless of their race, blacks

are going to get along with each other later

are much more likely to get arrested for

in life.

drug-related offences. As a result they get

turned down for employment. (Strachan)
Also, according to Greg Jones, the author of
Sorry, Everyone, America Isnt That
Racist, stated that what he tried to tell his
audience was that racism was never going to
end in America, unless Americans
themselves stop being racist. (Jones)

Results
The majority of participants between
the ages of 18-19 most of them females,
reported that racism affects numerous
employees in the country. Out of the
seventeen students, eleven students think
that racism is affecting peoples employment
opportunities in the country, while three
students think that it is not affecting, and the

Methods
In order to answer my two main
research questions, I decided to create a
small eight question survey. I went around
the cafeteria to personally hand them out to
students. The survey consisted of five openended and three closed-ended questions. I
handed my surveys to students because right
now, we are going through a point of time
where we have a person running for
president whose racial remarks are making
other people follow in his footsteps and

other three students are not sure.

A surprising finding was that at this
point in time, people think that racism is still
the same as during slavery. Out of the
seventeen participants that took my survey,
seven students believe that racism is still the
same since the time of slavery, while nine
people answered no, and only one person
was not sure. This shows that people believe
it will take a long time to end racism, and
will still become racist to blacks and many
others.

become racists, and I wanted to see what

students thoughts were.
The reasons why I handed these
surveys to students around campus was to

However, when I asked how they

would react if they saw a manager treating a
coworker unfairly because of race, they
would talk to a higher authority.

see what this generation believes at this

point in time because it may reflect how we
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country. It shows how young people are

Do you think racism is affecting people employment wise in our country

aware of this big issue going on today.

12
10 11

Conclusion

The results from my survey of

6
4

students around the NCC campus from

2
0

3
Yes

2
No

3 3

Hispanics, Whites and Blacks show that our

Not Sure

generation today is pretty well informed

about what racism really is. It also showed
that when asked how they would react if

Do you believe racism is still the same since slavery time?

unfairly because of race, they answered that

they would do something about it, and talk

to a higher authority. This led me to

1
7
Yes

they saw a manager treating a coworker

Not sure No

conclude that some people would stand up

to racism instead of ignoring the issue. The
results of the survey also worry me because
half of the students think that racism is still
the same since slavery. This makes me

Discussions

worry that racism might never end.

Up to this point racism has been one

of the main topics of discussion in our
country. The shooting in St. Louis Missouri,
white cops shooting sometimes innocent
black people, the protests of black people to
create awareness that Black lives matter,
Donald Trump wanting to build a wall
between the border of Mexico and the
United States are topics that are being
discussed in the news all the time. My
survey also supports what is going on in the
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References
Jones, Greg. Sorry, Everyone, America Isnt That Racist. July 7, 2015. Web. March 24, 2016
Strachan, Maxwell. U.S. Companies Often Assume Black Job Applicants Do Drugs. HuffPost
Business. May 07, 2014. Web. March 08, 2016.

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Survey
1. How do you define racism?

3. Do you believe people should be classified in stereotypes?

4. Do you think racism is affecting people employment wise in our country?

5. Have you ever been discriminated against at your job?

6. How would you react if you saw your manager treating a coworker unfairly because of
race?

7. Do you believe racism is still the same since slavery time?

8. If you had the power to stop racism how would you do it? and why?

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