Asian-American Race Relations

Race relations are relations between members or communities of different races. Race relations have been problematic since the 15th century. Over the past 40 years, the positive change in racism is what has made our general public hope for a future involving a racist free country. Today's America, has shown that tensions between different ethnicities, have decreased from the discrimination that has ultimately affected our country. It is possible that race relations are continuous today, and may conceivably never end due on the grounds that we share a typical dialect, a typical society, a typical past, present, and future. While race relations have caused many disputes, racial conflicts have progressed since the mid-1900s.
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Asian-Americans felt discrimination after the Vietnam war, when immigrants from Vietnam came to America. Groups such as the "Organization of Chinese Americans" fought to secure rights for Asian-Americans and prevent discrimination. Challenging stereotypes about Asian "passivity", and rejecting the exoticism and racism of "oriental" labels, Asian American activists mobilized this new consciousness to demand an end to racist hiring practices, biased school curricula, demeaning media stereotypes, residential discrimination, and the gentrification of historically Asian American neighborhoods. (Chinese …show more content…
Riots broke out involving bombings, murders, and attacks on innocent blacks. During this time period, Native Americans were not bothered and gained back their respect, and privileges. Racism was directly targeted towards blacks as time progressed. At the turn of the century in 2000, many Americans were uncertain of how race relations would play out in the following years because of the controversy over race that plagued the 1990s. Many started to see and were in shock of the big jump we had made in race relations. Americans did not believe that race relations could change so dramatically in such a small time period. Hispanic discrimination is one of the most persistent multicultural issues facing America today. Many believe that Hispanic discrimination has risen since the start of the congressional debate over illegal immigration. Racism towards the Muslim American community has also made an appearance since the 21st. The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 gave birth to a new kind of racism in America; a racism based off of fear and ignorance. For many Muslim Americans living in the United States prior to the terrorist attacks, has not been very