Forward movement? Human rights: U.S. & South Africa persistence of institutional racism

In this essay I argue that looking at the issues of black Americans and black South Africans through the human rights paradigm is more appropriate than civil rights. Civil rights fall under the human rights category, but it is more powerful to say that a violation of rights on the basis of humanity is stronger. Even with the progress made in the United States since the Civil Rights Movement and Apartheid struggle in South Africa, blacks in both countries continue to experience violations of their rights. South Africa's usage of the United States as a model for human rights culture must be reconsidered because the U.S.'s human rights record is tarnished. I demonstrate examples of abuses of rights that fall under the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights category for both black populations.