Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of chattel slavery that existed in the United States of America in the 17th to 19th centuries. Slavery had been practiced in British North America from early colonial days, and was recognized in the Thirteen Colonies at the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. When the United States was founded, even though some free persons of color were present, the status of slave was largely limited to those of African descent, creating a system and legacy in which race played an influential role. After the Revolutionary War, abolitionist sentiment gradually spread in the Northern states, while the rapid expansion of the cotton industry from 1800 led to the Southern states strongly identifying with slavery, and attempting to extend it into the new Western territories. The United States was polarized by slavery into slave and free states along the Mason-Dixon Line, which separated Maryland (slave) and Pennsylvania (free).

Racism in 2012: Still an Axis of Evil In 2012 one would have thought that racism and other such inherently evil ideologies would have ceased to exist in our societies. We live in the supposed free world and pride ourselves on our inalienable human rights afforded to us by international human rights declarations, and ‘progressive’ constitutions. However, events within the past month alone serve to dispel this myth quite drastically and have proven that racism is still very much engrained within the mindset of our society. The Euro 2012 tournament has captured the attention of not only Europe, but the entire world. The second obvious display which left me shocked is that seen in Israel against its African immigrants. As South Africans, we are acutely aware of the depraved practise and ideology of racism and how it has the potential to obliterate all tolerance within a population. Racism is a cancer which destroys the very fabric of our society.

Racism Some definitions consider that any assumption that a person's behavior would be influenced by their racial categorization is inherently racist, regardless of whether the action is intentionally harmful or pejorative, because stereotyping necessarily subordinates individual identity to group identity. Racism and racial discrimination are often used to describe discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis, independent of whether these differences are described as racial. According to the United Nations convention, there is no distinction between the terms racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination, and superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous, and that there is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere.[10] Usage of the term and related terms Definitions Legal Sociological Some sociologists have defined racism as a system of group privilege. Xenophobia Supremacism Types

Racism in America in 2012 | Ella Baker Center Has racism in America declined? Spirited debates between family, my friends and I often center on this question. The answer is complex because racism in America is constantly changing. One of my earliest memories of bigotry goes back to the first grade and the ripe old age of 6. As I walked home from school with my new friend, we laughed and talked as most 6 year olds do. She lived close to the school and as we approached her house she said, “Hey Lenore, what did God say when he made Negros?” She burst into hysterical laughter pointing at me, as I stood there puzzled- one because I did not think it was funny, and two, we were friends. That incident took place right here in the progressive state of California in 1960. We lived in an integrated neighborhood, attended integrated schools and on occasion attended the integrated church close to our home. Fast forward 52 years later, 2012, and we continue to grapple with race in this country.

Racism In High School: 'I'm Not Oreo Or Ghetto -- I'm Just Being Me' This is a teen-written article from our friends at YC Teen Mag, a magazine showcasing true stories written for and by young people in New York City. By Nesshell Rainford For most of my life, I’ve lived in a black community—a small and close-knit neighborhood mostly filled with West Indian folk. In the 7th grade I started attending a new school across the street from where my family had just moved. I would often talk about celebrity crushes with the kids I hung out with. I don’t remember what happened exactly to change that, but it felt like all of a sudden fellow classmates were teasing me about my voice, which I guess was a little bit too squeaky. Acting Like an Oreo? They said I “acted too white.” The popular kids began calling me “Oreo” in the hallway. Around that time I took up African drumming after school, and the instructor used to make fun of me because I had no rhythm. When my popularity started going down the drain, the kids I’d been calling my friends gave me the boot.

When whe think of slavery, we think of african americans only but indian slavery used to happen a lot in early America. Native poeple used to be traded From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, tens of thousands of America's native peoples were enslaved, many of them transported to lands distant from their homes. Just like the african americans, they were enslaved and mistreated by african.american Oct 29

In sweetgrass basket, the teachers were taking advantage of the aboriginal children and would abuse them to make them work harder. In The United States, when slavery was still not abolished, the slave owners would do exactly the same to the african americans. They would abuse them if they were not working hard enough in the plantations. In sweetgrss basket, The kids would've got abused if they disobeyed the rules or would'nt respect the teachers. by shaynuswardus Oct 7