Racism in America has a long history founded in slavery and a belief that people of different heritage and race are inferior in beliefs, knowledge and other things. This belief thought to have been quelled and almost non existent today is still seen through institutional and unintended racism. Policing and the justice system in America continue to racially profile African Americans and convict many more than white counterparts with the same crimes.

There are 3 things that the American government has done to address racism: School desegregation, school finance reform, and early child education programs. According to a recent Pew poll, a growing number of people call racism a big problem in America: “Half of Americans -- exactly 50 percent -- say racism is a "big problem" in this country . . . That's up an astonishing 17 points since the last time pollsters asked this question in 2010. And it represents the highest level of concern about racism in this country in at least 20 years” (Ingraham).