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some sort of racial discrimination at some point in time. But have you ever thought about, have
we gotten better. I can relate to this subject because i have seen and listened to many peoples
opinion on what they think racism means. Has the problem of racism gotten better or has it
Many would say that the problem with racism has gotten better. One point that they
would make is that in the early beginning of the United States. When the Europeans showed up
to the then home of the native americans. The Europeans called the natives bloodthirsty savages
and used that to justify their killings and stealing their land. Also in the 17th century america
started to go over to the continent of Africa to take native african people back to america to use
them as slaves. They were striped of their names and seperated from their families, wiped, and
even lynched.
Another reason is the hate groups that were formed based on hate of others race. Groups
like the KKK that was formed in 1866 to oppose the civil rights movement. They tried to strike
fear into the hearts of the African Americans by Lynching, blaming, rape, and arson. Genocide
was also done. Places like Rwanda had the Hutus killing Tutsis. In this case they tried to wipe
The last reason is that we had a huge civil war that had somewhat to do with slavery. This
war tock the most american lives than any other war. In today's day we have never gotten to the
point of having to kill each other over racism. In Australia the native tribes tried to keep the
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Europeans from taking there land and culture by fighting them off, but without guns to match the
In the modern day racism seems to be a big problem in America. Groups like black lives
matter have formed to fight racism towards blacks. These groups hold protest that are usually
peaceful to try to send their message that they are sick of being treated like they are a lower than
everyone else. Gangs have also become very popular people to go to. Gangs usually try to harm
A point that can be made is that back in the day people did not think that what they were
doing to the native americans, african americans, japanese americans was even bad. They
thought that it was ok and god made them to be better than other races. Back in the civil war
Americans thought the African Americans were dumb and slavery was all they were good for.
They didnt think that they could actually be just like them, and so they did not have the
knowledge that we have today. Things like that make people like us who have the knowledge to
Technology has become a sort of safe place for people to put their hateful messages. A
Lot of them do this because they know that nothing will happen to them. Some will single out
people and make treaties on people's lives, some will even take action.Social media can turn do a
dark place we people decide to start something up. This can led to many racially charged
In conclusion we have had our problems in the past that have fueled our problems now
and made racism such a big thing not just in america but in the whole world. So with this long
lasting problem it has left us with the question of who has done a worse job.