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Gehrin 1

Daniel Gehrin

Caruso

UWRT 1103

9 November 2015

Social Tolerance in America Where !s !" No#

!" seem "o$a% #henever "he ne#s is on T&' all (eo(le hear is a ne# s"or% abou" ho# racis"

 (olice o))icers (ur(ose)ull% harm blac* American' ho# (eo(le o) $i))eren" se+ual orien"a"ions

are bein, harasse$ or ho# (eo(le #i"h cer"ain belie) #ish "o harm o"hers o) o"her belie) -us"

 because #an" o"hers "o see "he #orl$ as "he% $o. We have come )ar as cul"ure' #i"h our $ar*es"

"imes in American his"or% bein, base$ in ha"e an$ $iscrimina"ion. No# #e live a "ime #here

man #here $iscrimina"ion is a" an all/"ime lo#. Tha" be,s "he ues"ion' #h% $o #e s"ill hear o)

racism an$ $iscrimina"ion The ans#er' man% Americans are unin)orme$ an$ i,noran" "o man%

social chan,es.

!) one #as "o research racism an$ $iscrimina"ion in America' "he% #oul$ li*el% )in$

"hemselves on a (a"h "o#ar$s "he American sou"h. ne #oul$ li*el% )in$ man% s"ories alon, "he

line o) civil ri,h"s' se,re,a"ion' ' e"c. These *in$ o) s"ories #oul$ be )oun$ more o)"en in

"he sou"h "han an% o"her (ar" o) "he coun"%' bu" #h% The reason' man% sou"herners have a

4sou"hern heri"a,e min$se". Wha" "ha" means is "ha" i" is a cul"ure "ha" is roo"e$ in "he (as". !)

one #as "o as* an% sou"herner "ha" $a#ns "he con)e$era"e )la,' #oul$ li*el% "ell %ou "ha" i" is a

heri"a,e "hin,. So #hen his"or% has ,iven "he sou"h a chance )or chan,e' "he% have in man%

ins"ances re-ec"e$ i".

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Gehrin 2

Time has (asse$ since "he $a%s o) se,re,a"ion in "he sou"h' so lo,icall% "he (eo(le #oul$

evolve #i"h "he "imes. Un)or"una"el%' man% s"ories such as $iscrimina"ion' blac* violence an$ "he

con)e$era"e )la, con"rovers%. This is no" "o sa% "he sou"h is no" im(rovin,. When all "hese

con"roversial even"s ha((en' "he% ,e" a si6able amoun" o) me$ia covera,e an$ #i"h "ha" comes a

)loo$ o) ou"si$e vie#s in"o "he area an$ i" ma% no" chan,e ho# (eo(le )eel abou" a cer"ain "o(ic'

 bu" i" $oes a$$ a voice "o "he surroun$in,s "ha" ma% even"uall% be a$o("e$ )or "he be""er.