History Of Racial Discrimination In The United States

America as a whole is known to have a long history of discrimination against certain minority and ethnic groups. In the past, the country has been relatively slow in granting rights to women, so much so that “[u]ntil the mid-nineteenth century, in no state could a married American woman own property, make a will, inherit, sue or be sued, enter into a contract, or exercise any other of her most basic civil rights.” (1). Society has tended to ignore issues such as personal freedom and civil rights of the minority. Many of the advancements made towards equality have only occurred following many years of continued protests from said groups. Racial discrimination has also been one of the largest issues throughout American history. Another example