The Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare policy passed by the Obama administration more than two years ago, has declared a historic piece of legislation constitutional and will finally make it possible for most Americans, whether white, black, brown, or yellow to have access to healthcare.
It seems that the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class shrinks more with each passing day. Ask any representative from the three predominate economic classes in America and they will each tell you that their class has suffered the most from the protracted recessionary period that beset our economy in 2007 and has yet to fully dissipate for the majority of our citizens. Let’s take a look at the numbers to see which strata of the economy actually fared the worst.
One perception is that people view race relations in major cities as better than in small communities. The common wisdom is that in larger cities people become more accepting of those from different nationalities.
But the opposite also holds true. People can distance themselves easier in a larger city because neighborhoods and enclaves are often set up along racial boundaries. A person of another race crossing those lines might appear as foreign, as if they have come from another planet. Or worse, as in the Trayvon Martin case.
Dear Sticky Wicket,
Do all races and ethnicities experience racism or is it just something minorities deal with
~Confused in Dallas
Dear Confused,
Racism comes in all colors. As long as there are differences among people there will always be prejudice. No race or nationality is immune to it.
