Showing posts with label white Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white Americans. Show all posts

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Inside the Mind of White America - BBC News


The concept of there being "two Americas" is almost as old as the nation itself. From the outset there were the landowners, the ruling class - the "haves". And then there were the have-nots. That divide has been economic but also racial, with minorities claiming a disproportionately small share of the nation's substantial wealth.

And yet, a 2013 Pew Research Center study showed that half of white Americans surveyed do not feel that African Americans are treated less fairly by the police, employers, doctors and others. Only 13% of blacks felt the same way. Amid the current backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement and increasing wealth disparity, Clive Myrie from the BBC's This Week's World delves into what white Americans understand - or don't - about race.


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Ramos: America Has Never Been White


Jorge Ramos reacts to Iowa Rep. Steve King's tweet in agreement with Geert Wilders, a right-wing extremist, regarding race and immigrants.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

US Election: White Vote Pushes Trump into White House


White Americans of all ages, genders, levels of wealth and education were the crucial factor in Donald Trump's victory.