Highlights of report on human rights violations in US

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III. Ethnic Minorities Suffer from Bullying and Exclusion

Students rally against white supremacy at Syracuse University in New York, US, Nov 20, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]

1. White supremacy is on the rise

Since 2016, white supremacy in the US has sho

wn a resurgence trend, leading to racial opposition and hatred.

2. Racial discrimination is common in law enforcement

African American adults are 5.9 times more likely to be incarcerated than white adults.

African American jurors were 4.4 times more likely to be struck down than white jurors.

3. Racial inequality in the workplace and people's livelihood have not improved

Workers of African descent have consistently endured an unemployment rate approximately twice that of their white counterparts.

African American men earned 70.2 cents for every dollar earned by white men, and white women earned 78.6 cents.

African American women earned 61.9 cents for every dollar that white men earned.

The unemployment rate for African Americans is 13.9 percent, while that for the white people is only 3.9 percent.

4. Racism is pervasive in the workplace and in everyday life

The N-word was regular at the workplace where African American employees were called "monkey," or told to "go back to Africa."

White workers wore shirts with Nazi symbols underneath their coveralls.

Bathrooms in the workplace were declared for "whites only."

When African American employees reported the racial discrimination to upper management, they were told to deal with it themselves.

5. Non-white children suffer from serious discrimination in education

White school districts in the United States get $23 billion a year more than districts that educate mostly non-white children.

The average white school district got $13,908 for every student in 2016, compared to $11,682 per student in districts that mostly serve people of color.

White districts enroll just over 1,500 students, while non-white districts serve over 10,000 students.

6. Hate crime climbs to high level

7,036 single-bias incidents reported in 2018, 57.5% of which stemmed from a race/ethnicity/ancestry bias.

A total of 46.9% of single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by anti-Black or African American bias, while among 5,155 victims of race/ethnicity/ancestry motivated hate crime, 47.1% were victims of crimes motivated by offenders’ anti-Black or African American bias.

7. Intolerance against Judaism and Islam continues to worsen

A survey by Pew Research Center showed:

About 82% of respondents say Muslims face discrimination in the US

Some 64% say Jews face discrimination in the US

Extremists inspired by extremist ideology were responsible for 249 anti-Semitic incidents in 2018

8. The rights of indigenous people have been violated

Fifty-eight out of every 1,000 Native American households lack plumbing, compared with 3 out of every 1,000 white households, according to the report. This disparity has implications for public health.

Native Americans experience more deaths, poverty and higher unemployment rates.

According to a Pew Research Center survey titled Race in America 2019, most US adults say the legacy of slavery continues to have an impact on the position of people of African descent in American society today.

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