Racism has NOT been forgotten

In my previous blog I found an article on the Jena 6. While this article does show that racism is still prevalent in the South, it is NOT being ignored. If anything the video I included demonstrated just how serious the racism problem is being taken. The small town of Jena was filled with tens of thousands of angry protestors. These protestors were being headed by well known civil rights activists Reverend Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. This clearly demonstrates the fact that people are not turning a blind eye to this problem in this little southern town. People are taking the time to intervene when racism becomes a problem. The protestors do not show this apathy or belief that racism has dissolved as mentioned in the blog by Yates.

Now that was just a small demonstration of how people are taking racism seriously in this one place for that one case, but not only are people taking the racism problem seriously on the community level but also nationally and globally. I found one website that lists over 2000 organizations that deal with discrimination around the globe. The America’s Black Holocaust Museum not only helps remind people that the problem not only once existed but still persists. Other groups such as the Anti-Hate Organization, The Black World Today, the National Association of Black and White Men Together and many other programs are attempting to make real strides in destroying the problem of racism. Not only are mostly black-membered associations taking the racism problem seriously but white-membered groups are as well. The Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation feel they are taking up the work of the old time abolitionists. These programs also see that racism is not just a southern problem but work towards attacking the problem on a national and global scale. People have not forgotten about the problem that is racism but are actively fighting to end it.