During the Great Depression all Americans suffered economically‚ but the African Americans suffered disproportionately. If someone were to be fired from a company the African Americans were the first to be let go which caused an unemployment rate up to three times that of whites. Because of segregation they received less aid from charitable organizations. Overall they suffered economically and socially more than their white counterparts. The 1930’s were a turbulent time for race relations in America
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African Americans before the World War II were fighting for a double victory both at war and at home; they have yet won a fight against the injustice in America. Discrimination was at its highest while lynching rapes‚ segregation in the workplace and in society were still being reported in the South and North. Many African Americans started their own revolutions they wanted to experience change in their lifetime if not for the next generation . Their fight was not over yet; there was still the fight
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south is most American people see a group of Mexicans together speaking Spanish‚ the automatically think they are illegal immigrants. They refer to them as wet-back‚ border hoppers‚ beavers and other mean names. Other assumptions about Hispanics include them having a lot of unprotected sex and having multiple children‚ they are perverts‚ dirty‚ cram into vans and a large number of them live in small houses‚ they fight and use weapons‚ they take all the job opportunities for Americans‚ they are short
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discrimination against the African American people was as strong as ever in the 1930’s. The 1930’s was a hard time for white people‚ but considerably harder for the African American people. There were an abundance of problems for African Americans. Each day they would be judged by the way they looked. The harsh judgment‚ they received was astonishing and knowing that they lived this way is unbelievable. Between the uncivilized living situations and the cruel way of life‚ African Americans seemed to have more
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Colonialism affected every part of African society‚ and its effects continue decades after decolonization. Changes in religion‚ education‚ and urbanization began when Europeans first settled in the continent and started to inject their own culture into existing African communities. The institutions set up by colonizers have remained standing since decolonization‚ both in place of and in addition to the traditional institutions. The consequences of European imperialism are felt in nearly every aspect
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The Long Road Still Traveled: The African American Struggle Toward Equality Cecil Cousins HIS204: American History Since 1865 Professor Gregory Lawson September 24‚ 2012 United States history was made on January 20‚ 2009 when Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th resident of the United States of America. It was a very chilly day in Washington D.C.‚ but a day that many would travel from around the world to witness. Some estimates say that there were over a million people in attendance
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After the Civil War and the Reconstruction period‚ there were many social‚ political‚ and economic change that affected the American society until the 20th century. Many changes revolve around the freedom of slaves after the 13th Amendment. Allowing newly African Americans emitted into the American society‚ lead many changes alongside with it‚ mainly negatives. Few changes in the society are the separation and discrimination of Africans‚ unfavorable labor‚ and the lack of political rights. Each contribute
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fought to end the effects of European imperialism in order to achieve political independence and reclaim African culture. However‚ tensions caused by artificial political boundaries established by European powers exacerbated preexisting tribal and religious divisions. The newly ‘freed’ African states were unstable and struggled to deal with these conflicts‚ often resulting in civil wars and genocide. During this struggle‚ Africa received very little support to help develop African economies or governments
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privilege that not all people could access. African-Americans have not always had an opportunity to receive a formal education‚ and African-American males have not had the same advantages as others. Although African-American males can access higher education today‚ their college completion rates have
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The reason why we see the Native Americans and African Americans down the stratification ladder is because for the fact that hundreds of years these two groups of people were used as slaves‚ and seen as something lower than a human being. After the slave trade ended‚ this world event in history‚ still excits today within these two ethnic groups. For example‚ The Civil Rights movement‚ this event was clearly a big step in American history to invert two different races together because of the color
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