The View on Racism in the US

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/politics/blacks-white-racism-united-states-polls/index.html

After the Charlottesville incident last weekend and Trump's responses to it, a lot of question have submerged back into our lives. Trump gave a speech and was blaming both sides. The article explains how most Americans are against white supremacist ideas. In the past few years, there was a realization that different racial background affects the way discrimination is seen. Minorities see discrimination very differently then majorities do. For example, the article says how African American people experience discrimination a lot more than white American people do. African Americans will, therefore, see a lot of discrimination in America while white Americans will believe there is little discrimination in our country. In a research done by the Public Religion Research Institute, they found that 39% of white Americans think that there is serious prejudice against minorities while 66% of nonwhite Americans think the same thing. Polls seem to show that many Americans think that Trump's campaign and presidency are making a difference about the prejudices in the U.S. They think that prejudice is worse under Trump's presidency.

Questions:

1. How big do you think discrimination is towards minorities? 
2. In what ways can we try to stop discrimination in the U.S?
3. Do you think discrimination against minorities has become worse under Trump's Presidency?

Connection: Although the U.S has a lot of discrimination, people use their 1st amendment to speak up against it. Without the first amendment, we wouldn't be so aware of discrimination and how much it really affects others. The first amendment allowed us to read and inform ourselves about discrimination and it allows people to speak against it, and stand up for their rights.