In the beginning of the American history, violence against Native Americans was accepted. Native American were legally murders, assault, raped and displaced from their lands because their race. Governments support all the cases of violent acts against Native Americans because their were not considered human being because there were different from their White …show more content…
are Asian immigrants. During the latter 19th century Asian were victims of hate crime in the United States by the government and military. Asian were forced to live segregated of the rest of society. During the Pearl Harbor, killed Asian became so “normal” that the media didn’t report those crimes. Even though some Asian born the the United States, there were also segregation, incarceration and arrest by American government. There were stereotyped by Whites as morally inferior and dangerous to the Americans. One of example, Roosevelt believed that American should be preserved as a heritage for Whites, because Asian had different culture than White Americans. Most of the American saw Asian immigrants as a threat. They believe that their were here to take their jobs and opportunities. In conclusion, law were use to justify violence against minority/powerless groups because their were not considered as human being. Native American, African American and Asian immigrants were stereotyped as dangerous and threat to America because their race or ethnicity. In most of the cases hate crime were support by the government, courts and the U. S. Constitution. Those laws only help powerful groups to stay in power and created more power in the