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A short history of race and racism in the US throughout history. this short number of notes is still being worked on, please do not comment until it is complete Racism in the united states has had a relatively short but brutal history, until recently, racism had played a major part in American society, it was not till the mid 20th century that equal right were supposedly established and the fight still rages on for equality. Race has been recognized not only by African Americans but by native Indians, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, and even immigrants from some countries in Europe (Italy and Ireland) much more to come, what led to the civil rights movement was more than one man with a dream but hundreds of years of tension that culminated in a fight for rights. In modern America, formal racism has been for the most part, banned, it is also unacceptable by moral standards to use it informally on the personal level. However, racial opinions are still held by most Americans. Racism has been a part of US history for a long time, from the very founding of the US and even when it was a simple array of colonies, racism and slavery existed. Native American racism: Native Americans had lived in the new world for about 15000 years were tremendously attacked with not only racism and slavery but also with the destruction of their society and the confiscation of their lands. George Washington and even the king of England, used native Indians as pawns during the revolution to gain the upper hand. After the revolution, Washington was known as the town destroyer for invading Indian lands and burning their towns. After the war, in the northwest ordinance, George Washington promised goodwill towards native Americans However, through the history of the colonies and early US the native American Indians have suffered such hardships as massacres wars, forced displacement and other abuse just because of settlement and being know as Indian savages. The English in the early days of colonization enslaved over 800 native Choctaws. After the creation of the US, Indian removal became popular because they could colonize greater areas of the continent. Things like the trail of tears came to be to free up land for white settlers. As land became free for white settlers, Indians were forced onto reservations, 4% of the US territories, and in these reservations they were not treated equal as Washington tried to do but as wards of the state and not equal before the law. They were even reeducated in American life to make them suitable for American society, not keeping any of their previous culture. Native Americans also held slaves, African Americans, and adopted American culture such as Christianity and yeoman farming. In early America, as American settlers moved outwards, some tribes were granted citizen ship if the US could keep their lands. However most Indian land was taken by force with massacres and wars. Today, native Americans have been assimilated into American culture with the history of their people long forgotten by many, but remembered by those whom are members of the tribe. African American racism history In early America African American slaves were treated as almost indentured servants and similar to white servants, slavery was still common but was much less of the violent act we see in the south later on in American history. Slavery almost mint to every slave freedom and a land grant after he was freed but this rarely happened to African Americans. As the colonies continued on and the US was formed, this continued in this way, when many northern states abolished slavery slaves became agricultural workers and laborers, when cotton production became the key economic practice in the south. Slavery became a more important and brutal affair, it became economical to grow mass amounts of cotton due to the invention of the cotton gin. In the early 19th century, many northern states banned slavery. This created a rift in the political environment that eventually led to war but that’s another story. In the south slavery became a problem with slave owners treating their slaves terribly. Abolitionists took action. even a book was written, that may exaggerate some points but was still a decent reference to the things that went on is "Uncle tom's cabin" an antislavery novel published 1852. During the civil war, the emancipation proclamation was issued in 1864 it freed all slaves, south of union lines, this did not affect those still in union territory. After the civil war, the reconstruction era was brutal for African Americans. African Americans suffered under "Jim Crow laws" which reduced black rights and segregated them heavily. Turing them effectively into second class citizens. It would take the end of the reconstruction era, two supreme court cases and a rights movement to establish a sense of equality among African Americans and white Americans. During the Jim crow "era" race had reached its nadir in America, poll taxes (explain) terror (kkk) and segregation had effectively put African Americans as second class citizens. Since racism was viewed mostly in the south, it seemed the north was good. Not so, when many African Americans moved to Boston Chicago and other northern cities, riots ensued and so did hate crimes. The north was just as bad. The civil rights movement. Started with as simple protests and acts to gain civil rights, these included in the beginning as the Easter concert supported by Eleanor Roosevelt when segregated halls would not let her perform. Other items were the banning of segregation in the US armed forces for wartime. Signed by president Roosevelt executive order 8802 made segregation illegal for national defense. Truman banned segregation in the US army in 1948. desegregation gained a lot of power when many supreme court cases came forward to get rid of segregation in school such as in Brown v board which rid schools of the separate but equal policy that had been in place for years there. This paved the way for leaders such as martin Luther king jr. to lead protests and be active for civil rights. Martin luther king jr. was famous for his non violent protests that eventually forced the us government to ban organized segregation and racism in the US. Racism against Asian Americans. In the 19th century Chinese immigrants were often prevented from entering the US they were often denied rights in court against white opponents and were used for more dangerous tasks when boiling major projects such as the trans continental railroad. Many Asians were excluded from the US during the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 which banned many Chinese from entering the us until 1943. during WWII many Japanese in the western US were put in internment camps for fear they were spies. (not like the holocaust)

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