Why is discrimination used in day to day life? Why do people want to bring people down by deliberately hurting or disadvantaging someone based on a characteristic they can’t help? Discrimination comes in all shapes and forms; it obvious anything that is an attribute of a group can be used as an excuse to treat them badly. Racism is the discrimination of someone based on their race, language or skin colour. This can be closely linked to xenophobia. This could be the cause of many serious problems in America including slavery, KKK, lack of governing and police brutality. This is one of the many reasons that racism has existed, does exist and will probably exist in the future; although it should never stop us from trying to improve ourselves as a society and getting rid of the stain of racism.
America has a racist past towards the treatment of Africans. It first started in Virginia 1619, when the first American fleet arrived with the stolen Africans. The ships were practically human sized barns. Many people died on the trips to America and you were a lucky one if you died. In 200 years 600,000 Africans were taken from their homes to become slaves for people they’ve never met …show more content…
At its peak, the group had 3,000,000-6,000,000 members and though currently it only has 5,000-8,000 members. However numbers have never really told of the impact the KKK has had on the American psyche. Why do these people think they’re any better? The members they all covered their faces and any type of identification! They all knew they were fighting an irrational battle, if not they would not of been ashamed and hidden themselves and their beliefs. They were contradictory and uneducated people. They claim nobody wanted African-Americans in America but if nobody wanted them but why were they taken in the first place? They didn’t deserve the treatment they received from the
America has a racist past towards the treatment of Africans. It first started in Virginia 1619, when the first American fleet arrived with the stolen Africans. The ships were practically human sized barns. Many people died on the trips to America and you were a lucky one if you died. In 200 years 600,000 Africans were taken from their homes to become slaves for people they’ve never met …show more content…
At its peak, the group had 3,000,000-6,000,000 members and though currently it only has 5,000-8,000 members. However numbers have never really told of the impact the KKK has had on the American psyche. Why do these people think they’re any better? The members they all covered their faces and any type of identification! They all knew they were fighting an irrational battle, if not they would not of been ashamed and hidden themselves and their beliefs. They were contradictory and uneducated people. They claim nobody wanted African-Americans in America but if nobody wanted them but why were they taken in the first place? They didn’t deserve the treatment they received from the