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Racism and Discrimination

Racism is the discrimination of people based on their ethnic group, usually the marginalized or the minority. Categorizing people in the community based on their physical characteristics such as skin color, eye shape, disabilities, and facial form is referred to as a race. Institutions and laws were created on the base of white supremacy that privileges white people and oppresses people of color. White supremacy does not refer to white people as culturally and genetically superior that people of color. Voting was one method that demonstrated racism practices in the United States African American people were denied the opportunity to express or choose their leaders. Black people came to existence due to the slave trade. Slave trade is the process of selling and transporting slaves conducted by Europeans and Americans. This discussion will identify a historical event were voting discrimination was portrayed, the relevance of the topic, lessons learned from a past event, and the application of the lesson learned.

In 1870, the 15th amendment was one step closer to achieving racial equality. Compared with white people, black men were denied basic rights since they were considered less worth. During the slavery era, black people were counted as three-fifths of a person, a concept that denied slaves voting rights, representation, and taxation. The 15th amendment made it possible for the African American people to be a politician by facing the Jim Crowl law challenges that marginalized black voters. Due to the suffragettes in the 19th amendment, voting was not done on the basis of gender. Still, realistically, black women were discriminated against at the polling stations since they were not considered American citizens until 1924. Arizona Supreme Court, in 1948 granted voting rights to black people. Despite the efforts promoting equity in voting, the 24th amendment imposed polling taxes and literacy to deter black people from voting. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was the main victory of civil rights that leveled state restriction illegal. The act gave people of different races the right to take part in the voting process. The voting Right Act impact was noticed immediately in 1966, where a quarter-million new African America registered for voting.

William Barber is one of the few individuals alive that can bring a stop to racism. William is an activist against racism and a pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church located in Northern Carolina. Cornel West, a philosopher, recognized William Barber as the closest person to match Martin Luther King because of his previous leadership in North Carolina's NAACP chapter, which led to the social justice movement called moral Mondays (William & Tim, 35). Poor people's campaign was spearheaded by William Barber, which criticizes racism of any kind, poverty, hostility, and misleading moral narratives of religious nationalism. He believes in religious morals that promote equity among all Americans hold skin color and ethnicity constant. He believes that each person has the right to express his opinion in terms of voting. Individuals are obliged to choose their own leaders, be it black or white people. Through the poor people's campaign, William Barber has noted that 23 states have passed strict laws that deter black people from participating in election procedures since 2010 (Schaffner et al. 9). William Barber is the president of the poor people campaign and pastor, making him an idle candidate who can change people's views on voting racism, promoting equity among American citizens.

A church can be used to spearhead in the elimination of voting racism. William Barber was a church leader who advocates that every individual is equal in God's eyes had has the right to express their opinions and have their voice heard. According to church leaders, racism is when people fail to recognize a particular group as a creation in the likeness and image of God. As religious people, they have an obligation to shape the community's moral traits in voting participation. Also, the elimination of poll taxes, literacy test. In 2010, 23 states imposed polling taxes as a restriction to deter poor society from voting. These restrictions mostly target black people since they were considered poor. Due to slavery, most black people were poor when the act that allowed them to participate in the election was passed. Elimination of the literacy test will contribute to an increase in the number of black voters. Literacy tests were taken to deny black voters from the opportunity to vote since the educational program was limited to a few African Americans. The design for this test was solely was to fail black people (Ash et al. 2). In an interview, William Barber raised the issue demanding an explanation. In 1965, the Voting Right Act successfully eliminated some of the barriers regarding racism in voting, but a report composed by the civil rights commission suggested the opposite in 2018. William Barber was the president of the poor people's campaign that focused on eliminating racism and poverty.

Racism in voting is a topic that should be addressed keenly in the US since the voting procedure is conducted after four years. African Americans are still members of the united stated community and should be allowed to express their opinions in leadership matters. The voting right should be shared equally to avoid the pasted experience and future wars if it arises. Lesson learned from the past is that the greatest contribution to racism is slavery. Black people were much oppressed because they were not allowed to participate in voting procedures and become politicians. After some of the restrictions were lifted, black women still faced discrimination in the polling station. William Barber was and still is fighting against racism in voting (Geal, 25). Lesson learned from the past is relevant to avoid racism in voting. African Americans should be allowed to express their own opinion regarding voting to avoid experience's repentance. Regardless of skin color or ethnic group, all American citizens should be treated equally. Restrictions from voting should be lifted and encourage all American citizens to participate. Learning about racism in voting in the past will educate all Americans on their background and the mistakes they did to avoid such mistakes in the coming future.

Work cited

Ash, Allison N., et al. "Anti-Racism in Higher Education: A Model for Change." Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice 4.3 (2020): 2.

Gear, Robert. "The end of racism and the last ideology: The Cosby Show's Fukuyaman neo-liberal children." (2018).23

II, Rev, William J. Barber, and Tim Tyson. "Gird Up, Get Up, and Grow Up: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II in conversation with Tim Tyson." Southern Cultures 25.3 (2019). 35

Schaffner, Brian F., Matthew MacWilliams, and Tatishe Nteta. "Understanding white polarization in the 2016 vote for president: The sobering role of racism and sexism." Political Science Quarterly 133.1 (2018): 9-34.