Is the worst racism really "over" in America?

America has the same problem as the UK. People define themselves into small groups African American, Black American, Irish American.. the list is pretty much endless. While people still regard themselves as a "Race or Colour" there will never be an end to racism. Part of the problem is too many people believe they are a victim and in a lot of cases there is no crime. People need to stop being a diverse group and be American first and heritage later.. the same in the UK. Im British and Scottish by birth. Colour doesnt come into it and neither does religion and i wish other people would start seeing things the same way. If people see colour there will always be an issue of it existing. We are all equal and should just be people nothing more nothing less.

For majority of Africa Americans, his election is obviously a great new since white controlled congress can not pass law to mass persecute black people in USA now like the way Americans of native tribe , Japaneses and Chinese ancestry had to go through, even though racism by individual American is still common today, it is still a big step for minority and civil right movement here.

It makes me laugh when I hear black people called African Americans since they are by no means African. It is like calling the white folks European Americans. Racism will be over when they are just Americans all the best urban

hi murderistic..(whew what a name) as long as people lie, cheat, steal, and murder there will be racism. there's always some people that will keep it alive sadly enough. i've said before and so have others if the whole world were one race there would still be the trouble that racism brings. some people want to pick on others. it makes them feel they're better.

People tend to relate racism as only white prejudices over black, which is only partially true. See all these atrocities other citizens had to go through like native Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Jewish Americans,and all others living minority in USA, can the worst of racism be over so easily just because an African American is elected as president? It is no doubt it will be harder for the government to legally institutionalize racism now since they will have to go through the signature of a half white president.

I don't think the worst of racism is over in the US. But hope springs eternal, and every single step in the right direction makes it ever nearer to the goal. The election of President Obama has also made people everywhere realize that anything and everything is possible.

No, I do no think racism is over. If anything, I think electing Obama will define racists more than anything else would. Already, we're hearing cries of "racist!" whenever anyone disagrees with what he or any other black person does. that's not going to help.

Racism is not as bad as it was years ago but it is still around. The election of Obama certainly brought many of the racists out of the closet. As for it shifting to a different ethnic group? People who discriminate tend to be that way in other areas. They don't usually limit their judgements to just one group of people.

I think the worst is over for American racism. It is no longer legal to string someone up in your front yard or attack them. Those imo, were the darkest days of racism. There will always be racism. Some people are raised that way, others just choose to view the world like that and there is nothing we can do about it. Since the law, however, no longer works for racism, but works against it, racists now have to hide their racism. People are no longer as vocal about their racism, except the fanatics, who are mostly looked at as idiots. I dont think enough Americans even know about South Asians, or other cultures to be racist. We are pretty ignorant, I think as a whole, of other nations. We prefer to be racist against our own.