A quick overview of racism, slavery and terrorism and how they all go together. Slavery and terrorism are the start of racism, it began the world’s outlook on black people. Slavery started centuries ago but soon over time people saw the awfulness of slavery. The banning of slavery required a century and a half, the British abolished slavery throughout the empire in 1833, and by 1843, and the legal status of slavery in British India had been abolished. The French abolished slavery in 1848. The Dutch abolished slavery in 1860.The last compulsory labor was abolished in 1865. In 1870, a new law was enacted and the system of forced cultivation abolished in Java. (Rodriguez) In the past centuries racism has changed a lot. Some ways it has changed
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The Islamic people have been the target for many racist remarks because of terrorist attacks made by Islamic people and the terrorism group called ISIS. Terrorism by definition is the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal. 9/11 in September 11 2001 was when two planes flew by terrorist group al-Qaeda crashed into the Twin Towers causing it to fall. This attack caused many people to lose family members. This attack was the triggering cause to make people be racist towards Islamic people. The Boston Bombing was on April 15 2013. The attackers were two brothers that bombed the Boston Marathon because of their strong Islamic beliefs. Although this didn’t have as much deaths as the other two attacks it did have 280 severe injuries. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria also known as ISIS recently attacked Paris, which is said to be an “act of war” by François Hollande, the President of France. The attack on Paris had over 120 deaths and more than a dozen people were severely injured. ISIS has been rumored to have plans to attack US, they state that “American blood is the best”. The attack of Paris and the threat to the US has gotten many people be to be racist toward Islamic people thinking that all Islamic people are like ISIS. Although …show more content…
In the words of Rosa Parks, she said “Racism is still with us. Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way. Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.” Rosa was an African-American women and a civil rights activist in Martin Luther King Jr’s time period. She has made her name in history by standing up for her rights. In 1955 she did not give up her seat to a white man, which was a law to do at that time period. This was called the Alabama bus boycott. Segregation was very big then, this all started with the Jim Crow laws restricted blacks using the same side of the bar, bathroom, school, and park then white men, women and children. The segregation was so big that white people thought that they were more supreme then black people. Some white men formed a group called the Ku Klux Klan or the KKK and they terrorize black people and tortured them. The Ku Klux Klan is still here today but they do not hurt any black people. In 1940-1960s was Martin Luther King Jr’s effect on America, he led marches and gave speeches. His most famous speech is “I have a dream”. He spoke to thousands of people at the Lincoln Memorial. He spoke about his goals for America to be an equal place for black people and white people. ("American civil rights movement.) In
The Islamic people have been the target for many racist remarks because of terrorist attacks made by Islamic people and the terrorism group called ISIS. Terrorism by definition is the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal. 9/11 in September 11 2001 was when two planes flew by terrorist group al-Qaeda crashed into the Twin Towers causing it to fall. This attack caused many people to lose family members. This attack was the triggering cause to make people be racist towards Islamic people. The Boston Bombing was on April 15 2013. The attackers were two brothers that bombed the Boston Marathon because of their strong Islamic beliefs. Although this didn’t have as much deaths as the other two attacks it did have 280 severe injuries. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria also known as ISIS recently attacked Paris, which is said to be an “act of war” by François Hollande, the President of France. The attack on Paris had over 120 deaths and more than a dozen people were severely injured. ISIS has been rumored to have plans to attack US, they state that “American blood is the best”. The attack of Paris and the threat to the US has gotten many people be to be racist toward Islamic people thinking that all Islamic people are like ISIS. Although …show more content…
In the words of Rosa Parks, she said “Racism is still with us. Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way. Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.” Rosa was an African-American women and a civil rights activist in Martin Luther King Jr’s time period. She has made her name in history by standing up for her rights. In 1955 she did not give up her seat to a white man, which was a law to do at that time period. This was called the Alabama bus boycott. Segregation was very big then, this all started with the Jim Crow laws restricted blacks using the same side of the bar, bathroom, school, and park then white men, women and children. The segregation was so big that white people thought that they were more supreme then black people. Some white men formed a group called the Ku Klux Klan or the KKK and they terrorize black people and tortured them. The Ku Klux Klan is still here today but they do not hurt any black people. In 1940-1960s was Martin Luther King Jr’s effect on America, he led marches and gave speeches. His most famous speech is “I have a dream”. He spoke to thousands of people at the Lincoln Memorial. He spoke about his goals for America to be an equal place for black people and white people. ("American civil rights movement.) In