Good paper dealing with African Americans trying to succeed Today in America there are many who assume that racism does not exist as it did in the forties, fifties, and sixties. Racism today is not as dangerous as it once was, but that does not mean that it does not hurt people just as much. There are many who think we have solved our racial problems and that African Americans live freely. However, there are …showed first 75 words of 751 total…

…showed last 75 words of 751 total…to be victimized.         Much to often blacks are judged unfairly by whites and other blacks. Sadly enough, many middle class blacks are forced to walk that fine line between wanting to succeed and being ridiculed for not remembering their heritage. In today's society there needs to be less victimizing and more accepting. America is made up of different languages and cultures, and though we are different in heritage we need to unite as a country.