America’s history is rich and it leads an example for other small nations to follow. But, one of its most fatal flaws is one that follows behind it even to this day, and that is segregation. An example of this that is prominent in the real world is the case of public housing. A analysis I found particularly interesting was how black Americans earning $75,000 a year live in poorer neighborhoods than white Americans earning $40,000 a year. Even though they may be more than able to move to a more safe and opportunity-filled neighborhood, they are locked out for being deemed incompatible by predominately white-neighborhoods. Recalling the clip shown in last week’s class regarding the renovated housing, the level of hostility a white mother had against black Americans amazed me. While the previous generations laid a terrible foundation for us to follow, we are at fault if we simply follow in their example. In fighting against segregation of blacks, many have misinterpreted it as fighting for all rights, and that’s one of the key flaws that is drawing us back from any kind of success. Pleasing everyone is impossible, and more you try to do, the less impact it truly has. While it is great that more attention has been called to other minority groups, we must approach the problems we face step by step, group by group. Too many officials are taught how to approach civil rights law as a whole, rather than make progress in several different sectors. I fear this issue would be similar in the case of gun control, where only smaller measures will be taken to extend the time officials need to come to a decision.