Racial Discrimination Still Exists in Society

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“I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form,” as stated by Andrew Cuomo the current governor of New York. All throughout history, discrimination has been an underlying issue and is one that must be stopped and fixed. Throughout time African-Americans have been the most notable victims of discrimination. Dating back to the early seventeenth century, blacks have been discriminated and enslaved for absolutely no reason. There have been many attempts to end the discrimination, but as hard as people try this is an issue that seems unconquerable. Despite the fact that the Jim Crow era has passed, it is evident from history and peoples experiences that racial discrimination still does exist today. When many people ask, when exactly did this start? How did this even happen? Aren’t they peopling just like us? The response has to be, it all started with the European slave market in the 17th century. Slavery in America started in the year 1619 when the first African slaves were brought to America by a Dutch sailor, to aid in the production of tobacco. Europeans who had settled in American colonies, namely Jamestown turned to African men to do their work as they were cheaper and very good workers as well. The Americans attempted to cover up the things they were doing by allowing the “free blacks” to work, but even those blacks had very few rights if any. Starting in the late 17th century laws were passed that did not allow any marriages between black and white people. Slavery was so bad that a black woman, Harriet Ann Jacobs who was a slave went far enough to say that “death is better than slavery.” Slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries was so bad that 210 million Africans died in route to America a... ... middle of paper ... ...gton Post, 2 May 2014. Web. 5 May 2014. . Krieger, Larry. AP U.S. government and politics crash course. Piscataway, N.J.: Research & Education Association, 2010. Print. "Martin Luther King Jr.." - Biographical. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2014. . "Slavery in America." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 2 May 2014. . "The death of Emmett Till." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 5 May 2014. . "What Was Jim Crow?." What was Jim Crow. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2014. .

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