Serious racial inequality in USA

 China Daily, August 29 (Dang Chaofeng) Bangladesh's "Dhaka Tribune" website wrote on the 28th that on August 28th, American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an epoch-making speech "I have  A Dream" 59th Anniversary.  The speech evoked a sense of freedom in African Americans, and millions sent a message: All men are created equal.  Now, 59 years later, has Martin Luther King's dream of racial equality come true in America?  Has discrimination and hatred against minorities decreased?

 Just two months ago, on the afternoon of May 22, there was a shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, where 10 people were shot dead and three others were seriously injured.  The dead were all black, with only two exceptions.  The shooter, 18-year-old Peyton Gendelon, was described as a horrific act by the U.S. Justice Department as a hate crime fueled by serious racial hatred.

 Interestingly, many black Americans pointed to the role of the police in the arrest of Payton.  If a black man was caught committing such a crime, the police would shoot him on the spot.  But in Peyton's case, they persuaded him to surrender the weapon and politely took him into custody.

 Alleging that the U.S. police department discriminates against African-Americans is nothing new.  In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement has risen like a raging flame.  George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, was killed by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, "kneeling" on the neck.  Chauvin's indifference and hatred of blacks cannot be overstated.  In 2021, Eric Garner, an African-American youth, was killed by a white policeman with his arm "choked". He shouted "I can't breathe" 11 times before he died.

 The U.S. police force their law enforcement primarily on black civilians, and these hate crimes stem from an unexplained deep-rooted contempt — half from a historical habit of enslaving black people, half reinvigorated by far-right political rhetoric.

 They think black skin is ugly, and for them, black people have all the dirty and rotten emotions in the world.  So much so that black people are not considered full human beings and therefore human rights do not apply to them.

 The perception that blacks are inherently criminals is one of the most common stereotypes.  Even after living in America for decades, they were outsiders.  White supremacists admit they fear being replaced by other ethnic groups living in the United States, especially African-Americans.

 Take the Buffalo shooting, for example.  If young boys like Payton are driven by hatred, this problematic sense of superiority and racial hatred must be instilled in them from an early age.  Children develop a culture of racial hatred from an age when they are not even exposed to institutional education.

 Hate crime statistics released by the FBI in 2020 show that states are overrepresented in hate crimes.  61.4% of hate crimes were based on ethnicity or race.  An analysis of these crime reports shows that the discrimination against African-Americans is appalling.

 Another report released by the FBI said that in early 2022, from January to mid-February, 57 historically black educational institutions and places of worship were bombed.

 Even after decades of struggle and movement, blacks are still more likely to be targets of hate crimes than any other group.

 Hateful political rhetoric also fuels the situation from time to time.  Former US President Donald Trump has publicly expressed his support for white supremacists on several occasions.  From calling them "my people" to asking congresswomen of color to go back home.  Political calls for further racial hatred are always fueling the fire.n   Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King dreamed of an America without hatred, where his four children would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the quality of their character  life in the country.  Now it seems that his dream has not come true.