Complete 3 page APA formatted essay: Cultural Diversity in the U.S.The United States experiences racial conflicts, which have given birth to riots, clashes and discriminative attitude and behavior. Hu

Complete 3 page APA formatted essay: Cultural Diversity in the U.S.

The United States experiences racial conflicts, which have given birth to riots, clashes and discriminative attitude and behavior. Human rights activists always persuade to the government as well as law enforcing agencies for treating all individuals on equal foundations by offering them equal education,

health, business, recreational, sports and job opportunities, so that future generations could be protected from the bloody clashes because of the unequal distribution of wealth, resources and opportunities imposed and inflicted upon the minority groups by the political, social, educational and economic institutions. Affirmative action has been in vogue in almost all states, cities and institutions of the USA particularly for the last four decades, and laws strictly condemns application of any discrimination on the individuals. “There are thousands of examples of situations where people of color, white women, and working class women and men of all races who were previously excluded from jobs or educational opportunities, or were denied opportunities once admitted, have gained access through affirmative action.” (Kivel, 1997: 3) Now, no public or private reject to recruit the black, female or gay candidates to obtain employment because of their complexion, gender or sexual orientation etc.

Race-sensitive admissions policies have also been adopted at schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Actually, social discrimination is not confined to employment and job only in the USA. Rather, the same prejudiced behavior could be observed in healthcare services and various educational institutions too. It was particularly the case in past when an overwhelming majority of teachers, staff members and students, belonging to white Anglo Saxon population (WASP) displayed their hatred by teasing the Black students through different ways. even separate water coolers and washrooms