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One of the challenges of a diverse society is discrimination. Throughout American history various groups have faced discrimination. The federal government has taken actions that have either protected or limited the rights of these groups. Select two different groups that have faced discrimination in American history. For each group describe examples of the discrimination that face as well as actions taken by the government and whether those actions protected or limited the rights of the group. Your essay should be no fewer than four paragraphs and include an introduction and conclusion.
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Discrimination in the United States has been a major issue since the colonial era and the slave era. Legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights were given to white Americans but denied to Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic and Latino Americans. Formal racial discrimination was largely banned in the mid-20th century, and came to be perceived as socially unacceptable and/or morally repugnant.
African-Americans faced subsequent conceptualizations and the root of that was Slavery. The origins of African enslavement had a large economic foundation and that why the Atlantic slave trade prospered.In the early part of the 19th century, a variety of organizations were established advocating the movement of black people from the United States to locations where they would enjoy greater freedom; some endorsed colonization, while others advocated emigration. During the 1820s and 1830s the American Colonization Society was the primary vehicle for proposals to return black Americans to greater freedom and equality in Africa. The practice of chattel slavery existed for the next half century and all slaves in the Confederate States of America that were not under direct control of the United States government were declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued on January 1, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln. After the Civil War, the 13th amendment in 1865, formally abolishing slavery, the new century saw a hardening of institutionalized racism and legal discrimination against citizens of African descent in the United States.While substantial gains were made in the succeeding decades through middle class advancement and public employment, black poverty and lack of education[continued in the context of de-industrialization. Many saw the winning of the Presidential election of Barack Obama as a step forward but we still have a long way to go.
I gave you your introduction and one group that faced discrimination now all you need is another group and the conclusion... GOOD LUCK!!