racial diversity historical worksheet

Associate Program Material

Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet

Answer the following questions in 100 to 250 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.

Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group?

The majority race has been prodominitly white. Most of the ancestral backround was found to be European. Most people that come from an European backround are clumped together into the category of race under White. Just like everyone that is from Africa is together as “Black”. There is also a racial trend that id there is even a small percentage of African heritage you are considered to be black. A great example of this is Tiger Woods who is considered to be black when in fact he is only 1/8 Afican history.

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What are some of the larger racial minorities in U.S. history? What have been the common ancestral backgrounds of each of these groups? When did each become a significant or notable minority group?

Blacks and Hispanics make up a larger percentage of the racial minorities in U.S. history then any other. Blacks have a history in the United States that started in the 16th century when they were brought over as slaves. The majority of todays African American population are decendants of these slaves. Hispanics have been a great part of the United States since 1565 when Saint Augustine was founded by the spanish. It grew after that into New Mexico, and Arizona, and California. The popultion of Hispnics is much greater in the south.

In what ways have laws been used to enforce discrimination? Provide examples. These laws were intended against which racial minorities?

A big example of laws that have been used to enfocre discrimination are the Jim Crow laws. These laws were intended against racial minorities. Some examples of segregation under the Jim Crow laws where segregaion of public schools, public transportation, restraunts, restrooms, and drinking fountains. These laws where put into place whit the sole intention of enforcing descrimintaion and where intended for the black racial minorites.

In what ways have laws been used to eliminate discrimination? Provide examples. Did the laws work to eliminate discrimination?

There have been a long list of laws put into place for the intent of eliminating discriminaiton. Some examples of these laws are the Civil Rights Acts that have been eliminating discrimination. The laws only work if everyone follows them. Just like the rest of the laws there is always people that choose not to abide by them. Not everyone will get caught not abiding by the law. I think they did a great job of helping to eliminate discrimination but they will never totally get rid of it.