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Evolution Of Racism In America
Racism in America
Date : 22/08/2020
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Uploaded by : Megan
Uploaded on : 22/08/2020
Subject : Ancient History
Racism in America began in Northern American shores during the 17 th century. Racism was
initiated by the European who wanted to subdue and conquer land within Northern America. The
Europeans believed that the Americans were savages and heathens and only European culture
and Christianity could make them civilized. As a result, attempts to wipe out the tradition
practiced by Native Americans began. Mass murder, genocide and land grabbing were on the rise
as the bloodthirsty European abused the Native Americans.
During the same century, another racism occurred, but this round was against African-
Americans. Majority of the black Americans during the 17 th century were slaves who had been
kidnapped from various parts of Africa. Their white master treated them in an inhuman way.
They were tortured, beaten, forced to follow Christianity and in other cases lynched or hanged.
For the few African Americans who did not serve as slaves were not spared either. They could
not vote or own property because the discriminatory laws barred them from doing so.
Another racism that was witnessed in America was against the Japanese Americans. Racism
against the Japanese Americans started at the beginning of the World War II when the Pearl
Harbor in Hawaii was bombed. The racism intensified after an executive order was signed by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942. The order deemed the Japanese Americans has enemies
of the state. Over 120,000 Japanese Americans born and raised in America were harassed,
discriminated and sent to the camps under government surveillance.
The last racism in America targeted the Muslims in what was referred to as Islamophobia. This is
the latest form of discrimination in America and is characterized by discrimination, harassment,
and prejudice toward Islam. Islamophobia became worse in America in 1998 after the terror
attack as well as the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over the last decade, Muslims
living in the United States have been subject to racial profiling, phone surveillance, interview by
the FBI.
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