The Slavery Of The Native Americans - 1593 Words

Racism has been around as long as we have, you could argue that it is a part of human nature- but is it? It all started with slavery; it was custom to use African Americans for a wealthy, white man’s dirty work. Later, the government called for the relocation and removal of the Native Americans to small reservations, so the european settlers could steal their land, and hunt the native animal species’ that the indian’s relied so heavily on to near extinction. Many of the indians on the reservations died of starvation, disease, or violence, while the government sat and watched. Jumping forward, we see a man by the name of Adolf Hitler come to power and take over the entirety of Germany. He believed in an Aryan master race, or the ideal†¦show more content†¦One night, a now famous woman, Rosa Parks, had enough and and claimed her seat in the front of the bus, where only whites were allowed to sit, and refused to move. Parks became under physical and verbal attack by white citizens, and policemen, before she was arrested and fined. In the middle of the chaos, a small collection of white men formed a â€Å"society† of terrorists who dressed in white robes and a hood to hide their identity. We all know them as the Ku Klux Klan, or the KKK. This group did horrible acts towards African Americans out of spite hatred. These acts include: torment, hangings, murder, and burning of the dark-skin people. â€Å"Societies† like the KKK still exist today, such as the Skinheads, promoting â€Å"Love and not Hate†. However, hate is all they seem to spread. â€Å"The Skinheads are among the most dangerous radical-right threats facing law enforcement today. The products of a frequently violent and criminal subculture, these men and women, typically inspired with neo-Nazi beliefs about Jews, blacks, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people and others, are also notoriously difficult to track.† ( 2015, Southe rn Poverty Law Center).They are split up into many small groups to minimize attention and will strike when least expected. Although, You don’t need to be in a notorious radical group to be a part of racist activity. Such activity goes on every day all around us. Races such as African American, Latin American, or Asian, are stereotyped