Omariyan Brockington 

Inquiry Skills-Block 6 
Ms.Hussein 
8/14/2019  

The United States of America is a basic tourist attraction. Seeing how 

amazing it is from the outside looking in ,but the U.S.A isn't the county people 

think it is. My question was why is it hard to be black in america? It's hard to be 

black in america because of a plethora of things racism, police brutality, and 

the KKK and that's only touching the surface.  

Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another. Racism has 

been a growing thing since the start of american slaverly. In the beginning 

people only saw blacks as work labor and in the present day we are seen as 

barcodes.  

Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves 

undue violence by police members. Widespread police brutality exists in many 

countries and territories, even those that prosecute it. Although illegal, it can be 

performed under the color of law. 

​The Ku Klux Klan commonly called the KKK or the Klan, is an American 

white supremacist​ ​hate group​.​ ​The Klan has existed in three distinct eras at 

different points in time during the history of the United States. Each has 

advocated extremist ​reactionary​ positions such as ​white nationalism​, 

anti-immigration​ and especially in later iterations n​ordicism​ and ​anti-Catholicism​. 

Historically, the Klan used ​terrorism​ both physical assault and murder against 

groups or individuals whom they opposed. All three movements have called for 

the "purification" of ​American society​ and all are considered ​right-wing extremist 

organizations. In each era, membership was secret and estimates of the total 

were highly exaggerated by both friends and enemies. 

Those of us alive today aren't directly responsible for the segregation but 

we are all complicit in accepting it. Before you blame it on economics, keep in 

mind that middle-class blacks also suffer from discrimination in housing, schools, 

and jobs. “Stamped from the Beginning” was an unreservedly militant book that 

received a surprisingly warm reception. Amid a series of police shootings of 

African-Americans during President Obama’s second term, “Black lives matter” 

became a rallying cry and then a movement, and helped push racism to the 

front of the progressive conversation. 

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or the Klan, is an American 

white supremacist hate group. The Klan has existed in three distinct eras at 

different points in time during the history of the United States. Founded in 1865, 

the KKK extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a 

vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s 

Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic 

equality for blacks. Its members waged an underground campaign of 

intimidation and violence directed at white and black Republican leaders. 

 ​Police brutality in the United States, the unwarranted or excessive and 

often illegal use of force against civilians by U.S. police officers. Forms of police 

brutality have ranged from ​assault and battery​ (e.g., beatings) to ​mayhem​, 

torture​, and ​murder​. Some broader definitions of police brutality also ​encompass 

harassment (including false arrest), intimidation, and verbal abuse, among other 

forms of mistreatment. 

In conclusion, ​it's hard to be black in america because of a plethora of 

things racism, police brutality, and the KKK and that's only touching the surface. 

In the present day we are seen as barcodes. Widespread police brutality exists 

in many countries and territories. ​All three movements have called for the 

"purification" of ​American society​ and all are considered ​right-wing extremist 

organizations. This project has shown me things and taught me about things I 

didn’t know.