Should the U.S.Get Involved in the Treatment of African Americans
The treatment of minorities in all countries is normally not the best, but America is probably one of the worst offenders of the world. Many times throughout history xenophobia and racism has taken over the minds of many americans. From the treatment of African Americans in the past or the treatment of middle eastern people in present day, America has been known for its historical mistreatment of its many racial minorities. America should have changed its ways back when slavery and the mistreatment of blacks was frowned upon but many people still to this day allow xenophobia to fill their minds with negativity, and it is now the time that the US citizens should change this way of thinking to not what race a person is considered to be but their combined nationality as Americans.
During the times of slavery African Americans were treated very poorly and were considered animalistic compared to the whites that made up most of the American population. They were whipped, starved, murdered, and abused if they did not work to the expectations of their “masters” and the few …show more content…
government was giving up on assisting African Americans and straightening out the South, blacks began to stand up for themselves. African Americans stood up for themselves in many ways, but it seemed like nothing was going to change the minds of the whites who saw them as inferior. During the first World War NAACP called upon many blacks to join the army to show their worth, but once the war was ended blacks were not rewarded and whites tried to make them underlings again. The Harlem Hellfighters and many other black soldier groups were under appreciated and underloved for their acts and sacrifices in WW1. The Civil Rights Movement was a big way for African Americans to gain their rights and equality, which is still praised today for how they stood up against all odds for what they believed was right and
The treatment of minorities in all countries is normally not the best, but America is probably one of the worst offenders of the world. Many times throughout history xenophobia and racism has taken over the minds of many americans. From the treatment of African Americans in the past or the treatment of middle eastern people in present day, America has been known for its historical mistreatment of its many racial minorities. America should have changed its ways back when slavery and the mistreatment of blacks was frowned upon but many people still to this day allow xenophobia to fill their minds with negativity, and it is now the time that the US citizens should change this way of thinking to not what race a person is considered to be but their combined nationality as Americans.
During the times of slavery African Americans were treated very poorly and were considered animalistic compared to the whites that made up most of the American population. They were whipped, starved, murdered, and abused if they did not work to the expectations of their “masters” and the few …show more content…
government was giving up on assisting African Americans and straightening out the South, blacks began to stand up for themselves. African Americans stood up for themselves in many ways, but it seemed like nothing was going to change the minds of the whites who saw them as inferior. During the first World War NAACP called upon many blacks to join the army to show their worth, but once the war was ended blacks were not rewarded and whites tried to make them underlings again. The Harlem Hellfighters and many other black soldier groups were under appreciated and underloved for their acts and sacrifices in WW1. The Civil Rights Movement was a big way for African Americans to gain their rights and equality, which is still praised today for how they stood up against all odds for what they believed was right and