Race And Ethnicity In The United States

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Race and ethnicity is a common and popular issue in the society, especially in the United State. The reason is the US is a national of immigrants. There have many people from different countries and have different cultures. For my experience, I would like study in the US because I believe different race, ethnicity and culture will give me lots of new perspectives rather than my thought before. And also, American diverse society makes American society strong since that diversity in races and ethnicity. In the 19th century, most of the black people were treated as less important citizens in the American society is well known. The white people were important than the people of color in the society. In the meantime, women were also disadvantaged

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