It seems that the color of your skin, whether black, white, brown, red, or yellow, no longer matters in America. One might assume that this claim is plausible, given that we have an "African American" president and that America is now considered a "post-racial nation" (Rush Limbaugh, 2010), where skin color is different. is no longer an inhibiting factor. The truth is that race has certainly played a significant role in American history from the early 16th century through the 21st century. “Race” is a good indicator of who has power, owns land, receives privileges and opportunities, and who reaps the benefits of the items listed (to name just a few items from an exhaustive list). It appears that African Americans, as well as other racial minority groups, continue to be primary targets of extreme discrimination, prejudice, racism, and profiling with regard to their observable characteristics. The past is a good indicator of the future, and a close look at America's richly checkered historical past reveals that for a particular black man, the likelihood of him being a victim of racial profiling is more common than for his counterparts. of white race. According to the Declaration of Independence which stated that "all men are created equal" (Thomas Jefferson, 1776), it is obviously clear that this phrase was and still is not applicable to African Americans. We can look at the beginning of our nations' colonial era, when the powerful and wealthy elites of the time rationalized the slavery of Africans and indigenous peoples as a moral good and a service to the "inferior races." It is universally known in America that the system of racial caste slavery, which included racial profiling, lasted...... middle of paper...... academy. (May 11, 2012) Ginwright, Shawn A. 2002. “Classified: Challenges of Social Class in Black Community Change.” » University of California Press on behalf of the Society for the Study of Social Problems 49:544-566 Haug, Nicole C. 2012. “Race and the Criminal Justice System: A Study of Racial Bias and Racial Injustice”. Martin, Ardis C. 2008 “Television Media as a Potential Negative Factor in the Racial Identity Development of African American Youth.” Academic Psychiatry 32, no. 4:338-342. Mauer, Marc and Ryan S. King. 2007 “A 25-year quagmire: The war on drugs and its impact on American society.” Sentencing Project. Smedley, A. (1998). “Race” and the construction of human identity. American Anthropologist, 100, n°3: 690-702. Uexurini, Arhi. “The Rebel Press.” The rebel press. Np, January 7, 2012. Web. December 5, 2013. http://therebelpress.com/articles/show?id=2