Racism in the United States

Despite the abolition of apartheid in 1964, this phenomenon is still embers under the ashes, starting with discrimination on the basis of color and race and not ending with discrimination on the basis of religion and belief.

Tragic scenes are repeated in the United States, of police violence against some minorities, not the last of which is George Floyd, but it is the incident that shook the world. Floyd ended his life with a painful phrase: “I can’t breathe”, to indicate the extent of the suffering experienced by citizens of different races.

Muslims are also suffering, as incidents of discrimination against them in the United States increased by 9 percent in 2021 compared to 2020, while the Council on American-Islamic Relations received nearly 7,000 complaints, including immigration issues, travel discrimination, government and law enforcement abuse, bias and hate incidents, and seizure Judicial, school accidents and freedom of expression. Like Latinos, Chinese and indigenous peoples, they in turn suffered from a series of exclusion, marginalization, restriction and continuous discrimination.

In a 2019 Pew Institute survey, eight out of ten respondents said; They believe that Muslims face at least some discrimination in American society, bypassing other major groups.

And the network “CNN” reported that 80 percent of those who participated in the survey said; They believe that black people face at least some discrimination.