Race in America

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Introduction

America 's history of prejudice , racial conflict and segregation shaped the status of race relation in America today . The discrimination netted towards the blacks in the slave era contributed greatly to the relations between the black and white American and could have served to determine the current problems that mark their economic and social life Segregation was so much a part of the African American that it almost became a part of his culture too . The feeling of inferiority to the

white race is not something that can be wiped out easily . While most whites are for the opinion that most of the problems resulting from social intolerance have been solved with time , most colored people on the other hand support the claim that racism has never actually stopped but has only changed faces . The gap in perception is a result of the different forms of life that the two groups are exposed to . Blacks experience more violence in their daily encounters than do whites and the fear of violence is therefore not easy to erase from their minds

The American society is still characterised by stereotypes such as blacks being less intelligent than whites , or blacks being inferior and since most people are exposed to such stereotypes in their childhood they grow up with the attitude . As a result whites will continue to live with denial that racism exists and that it is exaggerated while the colored continue to advocate for the abolition of racism

Race In America

The American Civil War fought between 1861-1865 marked a four year period of brutal and bloody warfare in American History . This war sparked by the election of Abraham Lincoln as president , a man who was greatly opposed to slavery . As a result , 11 sates from the South that wished to extend slavery broke away from the Union of American States and elected Jefferson Davis as their president . This posed a threat to the future of America as a union and it was inevitable that a war be fought to preserve this union . This factor and the issue of slavery culminated in the outbreak of the civil war in 1861 . During this war the South lost considerably and as a result slavery was abolished in America but with a very high cost to human life (Hall Simon Hall

After the war ended , need arose then to amend the constitution so as to accommodate the new freed slaves and this led to a change in the federal and state laws of the time . Three major amendments were made namely , the thirteenth , fourteenth and fifteenth amendments through which slavery was officially abolished , racially biased restrictions to voting were done away with and all Americans were now entitled to federal legal protection irrespective of their racial background . The freed slaves now were privileged to enjoy a kind of life that their brothers had earlier only dreamed of . The blacks could now vote , had the privilege of holding office and...