Evolution Of Racism Essay

As the U.S. became more developed and less reliant on slavery, people began to feel that the way they were treating their fellow man was wrong. Those who felt strongly otherwise would later be known as a racist. Recent events are shaping how we are learning to deal with racism. Events such as K-state’s march on 11/14/17, kneeling in sports events during the national anthem, the Charlottesville march, and even public announcements about our own Air force prep schools. It is because of these events that I feel that it is necessary to teach people the evolution of racism in the U.S. starting from its first creation to modern times and then how to change it. Racism has been a part of the U.S. since the first colonists left Europe with slaves, according to a historical documentary by the BBC. It is a conservative estimate of eleven …show more content…
Richard Pratt’s goal was the assimilation of the Native Americans by use of the term of race, he attempted to prevent the Native Americans from outright genocide. After further watching the BBC documentary, it was said that the civil rights movement was the next large-scale event involving anti-white supremacy/anti-confederate movement. Originally the idea of race was first thought to be geographically related; however, as Columbus found people of differing skin color on many islands, people began to believe that race comes from a genetic origin. As time continued and the social construct of race changed, race evolved into an ideological way of classifying people. This idea is still prevalent in society today, according to the US Census Bureau, race is used to reflect a social definition as recognized by the government and tries not to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. People can report more than one race to indicate a racial mixture from five categories: White, Black or African American, American Indian