More often than none, it is said that people move to America for equal opportunity, freedom, and independence, but yet upon arrival, these concepts are thrown out the door and no longer stand as a reality. It almost seems as if racism is openly embraced just in more subtle ways than years ago. Many people carefully avoid overt expressions of prejudicial attitudes, but covertly continue to harbor a negative view of racial minorities. "Today, overt racism in this country has decreased to some extent because our cultural belief in equality encourages us to evaluate people, in Dr. Martin Luther King's words, ‘not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Even so, racism remains a serious social problem" (Marcionis, 2006). Opinions are forced onto people in ways that sometimes go undetected by an individual, but sub-consciously cause the individual to form biased views and racist beliefs. Who or what forces these opinions onto others causing them to conform to......

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Title: Racial Issues
Approximate Word Count: 1192
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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