AFAM 40B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homestead Acts, Jim Crow Laws, National Labor Relations Act
21 Apr 2016
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Racial oppression paradigm is a better paradigm than the race relations paradigm. As early as the 17th century, possibly even earlier, racial preference was prevalent in the. Using africans as slaves stemmed from replacing european indentured servants. During the westward expansion, indians were also removed in order to make room for the white settlers. Both the 1830 indian removal act and the 1862 homestead act prioritized whites and forced other societies to relocate. Whites held privileges that asian immigrants and other ineligible citizens were restricted from. Though most individuals in this current day society like to think of themselves as living in a world where race does not matter anymore, racial discrimination and oppression are still very much existent. It"s the little underlying things that are so obscure that make everyone turn a blind eye to how blacks and other minorities are treated in comparison to whites.
