The Vast African American Historical Background

If you are a student of history and you have theand honor to their black colored colleagues in offices.
strong passion for African American history, you willHowever, there were two special executive orders
find how cruelly and brutally the black community waswhich have given the concrete shape to the
treated earlier. They were treated as slaves in theiraffirmative action. The first Executive Order 10925
own home land. The color distinction was a seriouswas duly signed by our honorable American President
concern in America. The African Americans wereKennedy in 1965. Through the enactment of this order,
treated wildly. There was lack of equal status whichthe Affirmative Action was given a prominent
could put the black persons in the same hierarchy inexpression and status which was meant for the
which the white persons were honored. However,development of the lifestyle of the black community in
after several decades, the African Americanthe country.
communities are still suffering from the ethnic violenceAgain, President Johnson took the bold initiative to
and the racial segregation. They are still victims of theenact Civil Rights Act for wiping out the prominent and
vandalism, injustice, unequal status and the brutality.severe gap between the black and the white in terms
They are dined the jobs in some commercial sectorsof equal status in the working place in America.
in America due to the dark complexion of their skin.Through the new law, the commercial sectors and the
If you study thoroughly, you will come to know whatemployers will be liable to utilize the reservation
sort of struggle our African American brothers haveprocess which came into effective with the
done to earn the equal status in schools and colleges. Itmodification in the legal framework after the
was blood shed war and they sacrificed a lot to getenactment of Civil Rights Act and Executive Order to
the right to expression and enjoyed the right tofacilitate the black community. Due to the
education. Their children are now going to schools andestablishment of the quota system in working places,
colleges in America. They are studying with thethe black community people are getting fair chances to
children coming from the white community. It wasget the prestigious posts in different commercial
possible due to the Affirmative Action movementorganizations and offices.
which allowed black community to enjoy the sameHowever, if you decide that the problem has been
status and honor as other general white Americansolved, it is wrong. The white community has never
citizens do.taken it as part of progression for the country. They
The fact is that the struggle for existence continuedhave termed it as reverse discrimination because they
with the entry of the national heroes into the battle fieldclaim that the white community people are losing jobs
who fought for the equal right and the other civil rightsdue to the color distinction as there is reservation
for the betterment of the lifestyle of the blacksystem which is blocking the way to the progression
community in America. With the enactment of Civiland all round development of the nation. The eligible
Rights Act of 1964, the higher authority of Americawhite colored persons are not getting job offers
cleared the bottled neck condition in the area ofbecause of the same color distinction issues.
professional world by declaring that no commercialTo be frank, the controversy is on and it will be still
sector whether it is small or large scale industry will notover there if both black and the white community
recruit people on the scale of racial segregation andpeople come under the same umbrella to make their
color distinction in the matter of recruiting black peopleunanimous resolution to settle issues. In actuality you
in the commercial organizations.will feel sad that the true vision of Dr. King has not
However, instead of the modification of the old laws,been fulfilled. He dreamed that a person should be
you will see that in the job oriented field, there are stilltreated not by the yardstick of color distinction and
few white people who don't want to accept that equalracism but on the strength of the clarity of character
status and they are not interested to show respectand honest intention.