Racial Tension Has Decreased in the U.S.?

Racial tension in the United States has decreased in some ways but in others it has remained the same. During the 1950's there was stereotyping and unequal opportunities in education and jobs for blacks. For a long period of time, blacks had few rights. They were not treated as equals and had to struggle to end racial tension. Today, blacks are respected and treated as equals in almost every industry, but racial tension has not …

…it is not completely gone. It will probably take a few generations to learn how to act, work, and go to school with people that are different in appearance. We can not force people to like one another, but we can teach our children to treat others as they would like to be treated. Racial tension will end when everyone realizes that no one is different from anyone else and we were all created equal.