Racism through Americas history

      Although America may have a rich history, it is tainted with several centuries of racism, institutional or and or social racism. We see racism imbedded in the way of life for the characters of Song of Solomon; undoubtedly being an accurate representation of how life actually was, considering that the author lived throughout the period that this book was set in. You can first see a major example of racism that seems surprisingly normal to these people is the fact that the hospital is whites only. I find this surprising for many reasons but the main one being the irony behind a hospital of all places to be segregated. Not only because of doctors not showing preference to patients but because hospitals should stand as places of scientific achievement. Several pages later theres an example of institutional racism, with the naming of Doctor Street. The first time reading this it stuck out. It surprised me how hard the government would work to keep a group from forming its own identity around a place. Although America has come a long way in terms of racism, there is still room to improve, as there always will be.