Reaction Paper - American Indians: Review of Article

For the first time the Justice Department has released an extensive study focusing on American Indians. According to the article, about 60% of violent crimes that have occurred against American Indians have been committed by Whites. American Indians after all this time still fall victim to prejudice and discrimination. I was aware that Asian Americans and African Americans are victims of hate crimes, but I was not aware that this was the case for American Indians …

…country can hardly lecture other nations about their human rights deficiencies while American Indians are treated as second-class citizens”. I agree with this statement. Why hasn’t more been done to help the American Indians? I think that this population has often been forgotten about. When I think of racism, I think of it as effecting African Americans or Asian Americans. Society needs to expand their knowledge about what is occurring amongst all minority groups.