Ethnic Studies

Racism exists merely because of the persistent adherence to the social construction of categorizing people. The United States was and currently may still be a racist country and can well be proven by historical events in the American society. Racist laws, Supreme Court decisions, government policies, and techniques of enforcement well demonstrate the types of oppression, exploitation, exclusion, persecution, and collective degradation on the racial communities of Indians, Blacks, Asians and Mexicans. Although it may …

…States passed anti-discrimination statues, schools and employers lessened their quotas and tried to change established patterns, and the federal government began to act to end discriminatory practices” (Dinnerstein 247). For the most part, white people of Anglo heritage tended to be dominant in history, but not one racial ethnicity was persecuted. To name even a few of the minorities afflicted were, Mexicans, Blacks, Asians, and Indians, who suffered major distresses from the American government and economy.