Examples Of Racism In John Howard Griffin's Autobiography, Black Like Me

“Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less then fully human. It’s a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.”-Alveda King. Race is a population within a species that is distinct in some way and have common characteristics. Those distinct characteristics can and have been antagonized by other races based on the belief that ones race is superior. In 1838 Native- American lives were forcefully transformed during the Trail Of Tears. Also, in the autobiography Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin experiences racism firsthand in the 1950s. Lastly, In 2015 Indiana passed a law that allowed businesses to refuse to serve people of the gay race. The Trail of Tears, Black Like Me, and Indiana’s Religious Freedom Bill are three examples of human racial prejudice.
In the winter of 1838, one hundred thousand Native-Americans in the Georgia region traipsed the 2,000 mile journey that is detaily described by the Library of Congress, “During the fall and winter of 1838 in 1839, Native-Americans were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as The trail of tears”(“Indian Removal Act”). This instance indicates just how much the United States government tyrannized Native Americans. Native-Americans knew that their homeland will forever be lost even though they settled in the area thousands of years before any caucasian. During the 2,200 voyage thousands died from starvation, disease, cold, and even suicide. In the same way as the Native Americans of the Trail of Tears, African-Americans in the late 1950s were racially discriminated by