Racial issues in the United StatesThe arrest of a member of the Ku Klux Klan who killed two young black men, Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee in 1964, represents a small attempt to settle scores on a tort -civil rights case dismissed. Although this act occurred more than 40 years ago, the current case demonstrates that racial issues are still a part of our society. Even the issues are no longer black and white. With a growing number of Hispanics in the United States, the racial quilt has become more complex, which has been of particular interest to me in my studies of Spanish language and culture. The Los Angeles Police Department has reported an increase in violence in recent years, largely attributed to Hispanic and black gangs fighting each other. We cannot passively watch how these problems develop, but instead must find solutions to coexist. In my opinion, the assumption that all races are now on equal footing and have been since the Civil Rights Act leads many Americans to strongly oppose anything that seems to unfairly favor one race over another. other, such as affirmative action programs. As a resident of Michigan, I unfortunately witnessed the passage of Proposal 2, which bans affirmative action through what was called the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, modeled after the California Civil Rights Initiative, both led by Ward Connerly. Many Americans think that voting against “reverse discrimination” is a good idea, without taking into account the fact that white Americans have had many more years to accumulate wealth and obtain better positions in society, while minorities have only had this opportunity to a couple of decades and often for several times. still suffer discrimination. I learned a lot about affirmative action and other racial issues as a student in a class called "Race and Politics," a class where Mr. Connerly and members of the local chapter of the NAACP came to visit and speak. Discussions about race often reached a nervous calm in my classroom, something I think is common when members of different races come together to talk about it. We stumble around trying not to offend each other or say something that could be taken offensively. In her book "It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Angry, Annoy, and Divide the Races," Lena Williams describes how members of all races innocently bother each other without knowing it. One example is the way white Americans say of not “seeing color” to say that race is not an issue for them.