How are people of contemporary society affected by past discrimination?

Question

How are they affected and how important is the present legacy of past discriminatory attitudes, actions and practices?

Answer 1

I don't believe they are, I do believe they are affected by contemporary discrimination though. What I see are whiners who are looking for any excuse to get something that they haven't worked for. Name a race, population, gender, religion or any group that hasn't been conquered, enslaved, attacked, treated poorly or called a bad name...you have all of history to choose from.

No one ever said life was going to be fair and all men are not created equal-it's just a nice sentiment.

Answer 2

... The people of present must deal with those whose ancestors were discriminated against in the past.  There is a constant reminder as if you or I had something to do with what may have happened 200 or 2000 years ago. Its all a bunch of c**p.

Answer 3

history is hard to forget....

and just as well too........

our natural instinct is to discriminate to keep us safe

so we have to have history to remind us of its consequences...

trust can take centuries

maybe even longer....

Answer 4

Geographically, for one. People who were racially discriminated against have been relocated in several instances and those relatives face life in "ghetto's" or other poor neighborhoods. This is only one example.  Look up environmental discrimination.