Race-Relations in America

How would you sum up race-relations in America today, and more specifically, what is your own personal experience with it? What do you see are some of the more important issues, ideas, controversies at the heart of race-relations in America today?

Race-relations in America today, are better than they were in the mid 1900's but are not perfect. There is definitely still a difference or a segregation between whites and African Americans. People can still act different to a person depending on whether they are white or black. An example of the difference of races today is shown in a personal experience of mine. I was heading to the YMCA to play some basketball and work out. I entered the Ambler YMCA and saw a developing situation. Lately the YMCA has been having problems with people bringing in too large bags to the YMCA, which could contain, a gun, or other weapon, or drugs or alcohol. Some of the employees were gathered around an African American man that had a rather large bag that he was carrying his clothes in. He had just come from work so he also had a briefcase looking bag. Evidently the employees thought this was suspicious and pulled him aside. The problem with this was that white males and females were walking past the front desk with bags the same size or even larger! This could just be a coincidence or some of the employees at the YMCA could of been discriminating against the African American man. This is one example of the race issues that are still present today in American society, seen through my personal experience. The most important issue that is present in race-relations America today is that African Americans are still discriminated against when they do certain things.This is the most important thing because even government officials or police officers sometimes discriminate against African Americans, even though they should be the one setting the example. Race-relations are better than they were in the 1900's but still there are some issues that are present today.