Discovered mass graves of black people in Florida USA, a reminder of historical suffering

Racism and violence against non-whites, especially blacks, in the United States is as old as the country's history. Relatedly, the US Air Force has announced the discovery of 121 black graves at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

Jan 25, 2024 - 08:44
Discovered mass graves of black people in Florida USA, a reminder of historical suffering
Discovered mass graves of black people in Florida USA, a reminder of historical suffering

 Lieutenant Laura Anderson, one of the officers of the United States Air Force, has announced that the discovery of the mass graves came after an investigation carried out over the past two years at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, and that the investigation to determine The details of this case are still ongoing. Racism and non-white people have always been one of the main characteristics of American society, and black people have been the most victims in the history of the country; to the extent that the history of the United States has a dirty file of the period of slavery and the great violence of black people. Even the movement to defend the civil rights of black people established in the 1950s, which raised a wave of defending their rights and opposing racism, was not successful in the issue of equality in the country. American blacks complain about the politics of segregation in the country Although the American authorities have tried in recent decades to treat black people as citizens equal to whites and to talk about the issue of eliminating discrimination and violence against people of African descent, but the historical examples and the current performance of the American authorities show that black people minorities suffer the most from discrimination and abuse. In fact, many blacks of African descent in American society are discriminated against and face acts of open violence in different social, economic, health and even educational sectors. Most of them live in poor and poor areas, with no social services and discrimination in employment and salary levels compared to whites, an issue that has contributed to greatly increase the death rate among them. In that context, one of the studies recently published in the journal of the American Medical Association has shown that the death rate of black people in the United States has been higher compared to white people in the last two decades. George Floyd, a black American citizen who was killed by the police American police brutality against black people is also another open brutality in front of public opinion inside and outside the United States. The killing by a white police officer against George Floyd, a black American citizen, is one of hundreds of examples of such racist politics in institutions such as the police or the American judicial system. According to the results of polls, about 45% of black Americans believe that there is no equality between them and whites in the country. Despite this, almost 9 out of 10 blacks want some aspects of the courts and other documents in the country's criminal justice system to be amended. Khaliyah Johnson, one of the officials of the Atlanta Health Department, says: We, the black people, are the inheritors of injustice, and this injustice affects not only our life on earth, but also the relationship of our life with other human beings. Although American officials, especially in recent years, have tried in different ways to reduce discrimination and violence against black people, but the available evidence shows that in practice, black people are still suffering from the politics of hidden and open discrimination in the United States.