Historical Adversity Faced by African Americans
Chapter 7
Historical Adversity faced by African Americans
Throughout history African Americans have faced a great deal of adversity due simply to the racial group they belong. This group has been subjected to being owned and treated like farm livestock, pushed by law in to separate spaces and were even subjected to racial motivated hate crimes. African Americans have faced some of the most radical hatred, subjugation and prejudicial treatment of any minority group. Laws have been passed to project an idea that they are not equal to the majority group of this country. Members of this group have spent time in jail for sometimes simple actions which violated this law. This minority group has been the target of racial violence as well. These attacks of resulted in everything from minor injury to death. In this chapter we will discuss the historical hardships faced by this minority group.
The experiences of African Americans throughout the history of the United States of America have be intense, tragic and challenging to this racial group. The earliest experiences of African Americans in this country would be as they were bought and brought in as slave labor. These were African natives captured during battle and sold to slave traders from around the world. They were forced in to unsafe shipping holds where many died on the trip over. They were then sold and treated like cattle. African Americans we renamed by their new owners, told what they would do, when they would do it and how they would complete the task. Families were separated, marriages were dissolved and children were taken from their parents. They were forced to breed to make better workers and forced to remain uneducated. When slaves were freed, African Americans found a new set of problems. The only skills they had were what they were forced to do while owned. This meant they were limited to the same work and were paid almost nothing in comparison to members of the majority group performing the
Historical Adversity faced by African Americans
Throughout history African Americans have faced a great deal of adversity due simply to the racial group they belong. This group has been subjected to being owned and treated like farm livestock, pushed by law in to separate spaces and were even subjected to racial motivated hate crimes. African Americans have faced some of the most radical hatred, subjugation and prejudicial treatment of any minority group. Laws have been passed to project an idea that they are not equal to the majority group of this country. Members of this group have spent time in jail for sometimes simple actions which violated this law. This minority group has been the target of racial violence as well. These attacks of resulted in everything from minor injury to death. In this chapter we will discuss the historical hardships faced by this minority group.
The experiences of African Americans throughout the history of the United States of America have be intense, tragic and challenging to this racial group. The earliest experiences of African Americans in this country would be as they were bought and brought in as slave labor. These were African natives captured during battle and sold to slave traders from around the world. They were forced in to unsafe shipping holds where many died on the trip over. They were then sold and treated like cattle. African Americans we renamed by their new owners, told what they would do, when they would do it and how they would complete the task. Families were separated, marriages were dissolved and children were taken from their parents. They were forced to breed to make better workers and forced to remain uneducated. When slaves were freed, African Americans found a new set of problems. The only skills they had were what they were forced to do while owned. This meant they were limited to the same work and were paid almost nothing in comparison to members of the majority group performing the