There is no longer any significant barriers to opporunity for African Americans ~ Discuss

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'There are no longer any significant barriers to opportunity for African Americans' ~ Discuss

It starts with 'I have a Dream'. The famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr in 1963, the speech that called for the end of racial discrimination and societal equality for all. Many years later, we continue to ask ourselves the question as to whether or not we have done enough to fulfill that dream.

Following this infamous speech, the United States saw the 1964 Civil rights act passed into law by President Johnson (Followed by executive orders 11246 and 11375). It prevented further discrimination in the workplace, schools and publically owned facilities. This represented a major landmark in the civil rights movement for African Americans in particular, who had until then suffered heavy segregation from the white populace. Though this is arguably not a form of affirmative action, which entails the active compensation for victims of past societal and legal discrimination, it did highlight the issues regarding race to the wider populace of the country. Prior to the Civil rights act, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education that the discriminatory nature of the public education system was