Question

Some have argued that the election and successes of former President Barack Obama indicate that the United States has become a post-racial society. However, the recent resurgence of overtly white supremacist groups and politicians’ not-too-veiled comments suggesting white supremacist leanings—for example, Iowa Representative Steve King’s statement that “we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies”—make it clear that race and ethnicity remain important issues in the United States.

Why do race and ethnicity remain such volatile issues in the United States? Think as a social worker while you formulate your response.

Answer 1

United States of America has always been a topic of discussion when it came to white supremacy. To be precise, or to be ironic, there's no word or term such as whites in the US census record. All that they mention is "Causacian," and all whites come under this race.

To understand the racism of USA, we need to go way back to Abraham Lincoln's regime when racism actually touched peaks as he initially brought in laws not to abolish but to limit the racism and that's the reason why northern states progressed while southern states like Carolina and Texas continued to reel under white supremacy. After American Civil War, things started to change.

It is true that white supremacy is everywhere and it's the right of expression and freedom to mention this. White supremacy is not seen in books and everyone is ignoring that word iself although it functions above the law. When Obama came to power, US maintaind cordial international relations but soon after Obama was elected, everyone knows as to how certain laws were implemented all of a sudden and it is also allegedly sending wrong message to the international society and even to blacks who started to feel insecure.

Recently, Gregory who Obama once called My African American has also alleged that the Republican Party became inclined towards whites. In an interview to CNN, he took pot shots at Trump's administration and said that there were no or v few blacks in the administration.