White American

Essay During Reconstruction, there were arguments between both Southern groups. It has been argued that the white men were victims rather than the African-Americans, however, that is not the case. Upon the abolition of slavery, African-Americans were deemed “free men,” but were not treated in that manner. They were deprived of representation in government, they were paid less than white men, they were given “inferior supplies and weapons” while going to war, and they were expected to all have…

First, white civil servants conducted semi-diplomatic relations with Native American delegates, offering American material goods to exact payments of vast territory that would ameliorate the inconvenient differences between white and native social structures. Secondly, indigenous translators humored white functionaries to gain prestige and influence through translation by preserving indigenous linguistic traditions. Thirdly, Southern slaves reworked their presence within spiritual spaces…

the land of opportunity and freedom! It is this concept that often defines our culture when discussing American history. However, the availability of opportunity and freedom was not equal. How one interprets the building of the nation and the American Empire can be debated based on one’s own circumstances. Race, wealth, and social standing contributed to how much access one had to the “American dream”. The 13 colonies and the “New World” were based on inalienable rights and self-government.…

White Tail Deer Wildlife plays a very important role in the history of our country, dating back hundreds of centuries to the first civilizations of Native Americans. White-Tail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) played a significant part in how the Indians survived; deer supplied the Native Americans with meat (venison), clothing, tools, a source of trade between Europeans, and ceremonial items (Howe, 2011). This being said, if anything were to happen to the population of deer to decline the Indians…

civil war. Eventually, all of Americans, Native Americans, and also, the United States Government began coexisting throughout the Western territory. However, unfortunately the journey to achieve this status consumed many lives, brought forth war, and of course, took a tremendous amount of time and effort coming from all three parties to come to a civil agreeance with one another. What was the seemingly untouched West like before white settlers came? Many Native American tribes had been…

Native tribes have always treated the white people with respect, yet the white people have always remained greedy. They are never satisfied. The greed and the disrespect of the white people and the United States is what caused them to suffered so much. To this day many natives live in reservations. The thousands of acres the tribes owned are now decreased to hundreds. One of the blackest chapters in American History is what happened to the Natives. The white people lied to the Native, took all…

1770’s white and African Americans had polarized views of the British government’s intentions with the American colonies. In the years before the 1770’s, Americans of all races had accepted British colonial rule and it laws that governed the colonies. In the years leading up to 1770, the British began to increasingly exert the authority over the colonies through new taxes. These taxes eventually lead to civil unrest in the colonies and the call for colonial independence. In the 1770’s white…

In American society today we are taught to see social constructs such as gender, sexuality, race, and class as something that puts people at a disadvantage; in doing this, we often fail to recognize the areas in which we are privileged. It is important to understand that we are all privileged in certain ways. Simply being able-bodied in an ableist society or thin in a fat-shaming society grants members of those groups privilege. In this regard, white privilege is the privilege a person gets by…

White Americans Come First Given that, during World War II, many Jewish people were either currently living in Europe or were themselves European immigrants to the U.S., I assumed they were automatically included in the white majority and received the same privileges. However, Jewish people have an interesting position in America’s demographic makeup, being a minority group that exists within the racial majority. I was surprised and confused by America’s treatment of Jewish people during World…

In the early 20th century Europeans were not considered, to American’s standard, as white—even if some Europeans were clearly Caucasians (Omi and Winant, pg. 21). Then in the early 1900s, Americans adopted the phrase “separate but equal”. Now in the 21st century, people, regardless or color, now have the same opportunities for a better life. While people of different backgrounds aren’t looked down upon much anymore, nothing is perfect. There are still those few individuals who simply cannot…