Race-relations in America Today

I believe that race-relations in America have improved drastically over the past couple of decades. There are still certain forms of rascism today that individuals or small groups of people participate in, but as a whole, I feel that America has come very far since the publishing of To Kill A Mockingbird, the Freedom Riders strike, the Civil Rights Movement, and even more. One example showing that the race-relations in America have improved is by having an African-American male as the president of the United States. A majority of citizens in the U.S. have accepted that anyone, no mater what race, can run this country. During the 1960s and prior, this would have never been accepted. I personally feel that it wouldn't have been accepted ten to fifteen years ago, either. In 2008, it seemed that America received a wake up call. The citizens of United States were finally able to realize that individuals want to make positive impacts on our society. It does not matter the color of their skin or even their gender. Even though I truly feel that race-relations in America have gotten better over the past numerous decades, I still think that it could improve even more. One of the major problems that is getting in the way of this are the different stereotypes. Certain people still do not realize that all people are not the way they are petrayed to be. Some examples of this are that all African-Americans are good at sports, all Mexicans are lazy and came into America illegally, and all Arabs and Muslims are terrorists. Obviously these sayings are not true. Everyone in these different race groups cannot be or do what is said. I have been in a situation where someone has told me that all African-Americans have to be good at sport, but I knew there was no point in listening because I knew they were wrong. In conclusion, race-relations in America have changed in a very positive way overtime, but there is always room for improvement.