Starting with slavery, moving to Jim Crow and culminating with hate crimes and racial profiling, there has been a continuous stream of factors preventing the realization of an equal American society. ... In the long run, the sins of our fathers has left us all with a burden to bear, one that cannot be erased, and refuses to be ignored. ...
Lack of health care coverage and affordability has kept African Americans at a disadvantage, being that blacks bear a disproportionate burden of disease, injury, disability, and death. ... During the Jim Crow era, discrimination came somewhat of a division; with the "separate but equal" laws in place. ...
During the time of the Jim Crow era, the Italian physician and criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) began to identify patterns of criminality based on the physical appearances of individuals. ... Racial profiling forces individuals that have done no wrong to endure the burdens of the law and legal system to prove that they are innocent. ...
