Response to Carter's Article

Unfortunately, I have to agree with former President Carter when he says that racism still exists in a lot of the country. It is unfortunate that the people of America cannot look at the fact that we have a President that is African American in a positive way. Our country is finally making a positive change in rights of all citizens, and yet a lot of whites believe that African American's are inferior to them, which makes our country look hypocritical when we say the Pledge of Allegiance. "For liberty and justice for ALL". All, would mean blacks and whites equal. Racism in America has been around for hundreds of years. Starting when Americans came to Jamestown, and a Dutch slave trader traded a ship of Africans for food in 1619 [1]. Throught the years, the idea of Africans as an inferior race in America escalated to the 20th century, when a social group called the Klu Klux Klan formed [2]. The KKK was formed in Tennessee in the winter of 1865-66. They later became known as the "Invincible Empire of the South" in 1867 [2]. The KKK terrorized African Americans all the way up the the 1950's, and although they do no terrorize African Americans physically today, they still have extreme hate toward African Americans. The idea of racism to our President is appalling. We chose this man to lead our country in the right direction, and people have such extreme prejudice towards this man for the color of his skin, that they cannot even give him a chance to make a change. I agree with former President Carter that many citizens are very prejudice and believe that they are inferior. To be honest, I would like to see these people who are racist towards Obama become President.