All throughout time many people have been discriminated; from the Holocaust, to the Japanese Americans internment camps, to the segregation between African Americans and caucasians. America has never fully collaborated throughout time. Many have been treated differently, not only based on how they look but their gender as well. This is an issue that most are aware of but not to the full extent of seeing the true gory. In Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Jessica Viñas-Nelson’s ‘Post-Racial’ America”, they both encompass that gory through their thematic message; many people encounter mishaps such as discrimination due to their gender and race solely based on their identity and societal expectations. In Butler’s novel, Kindred, Dana travels back …show more content…
In the US constitution, it says “no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This 14th amendment states that no one can discriminate based on color but there are many loopholes around that many people still do unfortunately. For example, in the past few years, the LGBTQ community has felt very discriminated by their identity. Societal expectations are a man and woman are to get married; however this is the 21st century and a lot has changed. Now a days there are transgenders, women couple, men couple, etc. Along with that idea, many still see African Americans and Whites getting married is “wrong”. This is an issue that has no right or wrong answer and in Jessica Viñas-Nelson’s ‘Post-Racial’ America”, she describes the ipitemy that is today's discrimination. In New York 1834, “A mob attacked a mixed-race gathering of the American Anti-Slavery Society and continued to menace, burn, and destroy the homes and churches of leading abolitionists. The mob’s wrath seemed targeted at black churches, homes, schools, and businesses. A similar riot, with similar instigation and targets of violence, occurred in Philadelphia in 1838.” The significance of White Americans destroying property of mixed raced people, abolitionists, and black communities for 11 days is surprising considering it is in the northern states. In the northern states, slaves would run away there or be free but this reveals that northerners were just as racist as southerners; racism is systematic and internalized. Societal expectations have been