Racial Discrimination and Hispanics in the United States

The Human rights policy has always been trying to protect the dignity of all humans. Authorities have denounced the existence of any form of discrimination in any type or form. The U .S federal rights acts of 1964 have outlawed racial discrimination in public places. The United States constitution states all people are equal who are either naturalized or both in the United States, the protection of everyone's rights is entrenched in the laws and ensured by the state. These are but a few examples of stipulations that prevail when the ever stinging subject of discrimination is brought to the surface.

The last century has seen the United States of America undergo major transformations and bold steps towards elimination of the different forms of discrimination. Major campaigns by civil rights activities, ranging from Martin Luther King Jr., on the racial discrimination, to women voting right activist Susan B. Anthony. They are some of the major personalities that have fought discrimination head on in the belief that ability and importance bear no linkage to gender, race or creed. The seeds of their campaigns have borne fruits that continue to be enjoyed to date by the

Has racial discrimination completely been wiped out of the face of America or is it still alive and tormenting the minorities even after all the denouncing campaigns? These are just some of the questions that this seeks to answer. The focus of the attention will be at the discrimination meted out against the Hispanics in the United States.

The history of Hispanics in America spans back to around four hundred years. Their first destination and concentration was around Midwestern states. The Hispanics would then spread through out the United States setting up communities around manufacturing to establish a good lifestyle. Hispanics recently increased their presence in the different industries in various states throughout America. Their predominance in the named states is from those territories that initially belonged to South America and was accepted by the United States. This happened in the 1840s when the American-Mexican wars that would lead to America taking authority and control of for instance the state of Arizona, Texas among others the occupants of those territories became U .S citizens and were guaranteed land protection by the U .S government. This brief history is meant to shed a light on the origins of the Hispanics and consequently the birth of the prevalence of their discriminations in the United States.