Arguments Against Monetrary Politics

1. According to Zinn, the root of racism is slavery because it created a separation between whites and blacks for about 350 years. The whites were superior and the blacks were inferior.

To begin, the reason why slavery began in the United States. When the Europeans first came to the Americas, they realized that the climate is different which allowed them to grow crops they couldn't back in Europe. These crops were called cash crops and were being sold in Europe but are grown in the Americas. Since Europe was in high demand for

Slavery was first introduced in the United States in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 and became an integral part of American society for many years. Ira Berlin says that “[A]ny attempt to address the question of race in the present must also address slavery in the past.” This in fact is true as we must be able to understand years and years of different viewpoints and ideas to come to an educated conclusion as to why it began and continued to exist. Racism is still a hot discussion topic in the modern world with constant reminders that there is still tension. The biggest reason racism is the way it is today is due to slavery and its conflict in the United States. The popular show Friday Night Lights has an episode in which race is addressed. One

“Racism was used aggressively to divide poor white southerners from slaves. The relationship between the wealthy and the poor was aggressively exploited by the rich white slave holder to ensure the poor whites non-slave holder that they had a similar cause” (Shaping America: Lesson 16). This caused non-slave holding whites to have a similar view as latter. Non-slave holding whites were in direct competition with slaves and more often than not were forced out of work due to the free labor slavery had offered.

The initial view of the white population that African Americans were inferior to them quickly led to slavery, but there was a definite second motivator. Slavery provided cheap labor to the white elite; this provided the means to improve their own socioeconomic standing while effectively eliminating any possible economic competition from blacks.

Later on in history we abolished slavery only to discriminate against race. In early 1900s, race became a problem due to its increasing population of ethnically diverse people. America was seen as the

Race and racism in United States of America have been the pre-dominant social issues since the American colonies were being originated. When racism began, it was initially due to religious reasons but later it became an issue concerning economic and political issues. The American society completely denied to accept that everyone were equal under law and it became difficult to accept the lower social class (especially the slaves) for what they were and started discriminating their freedom by showing racism.

Racial issues started when African Americans were slaves in other countries and America thought it would be good to buy them so they didn’t have to do all the work. So years into slavery, some states in the north banned slavery because they thought it was cruel. So slaves in the south wanted to go to the north, but they didn’t know how to get there because if they just started walking people would see them and take them back to their owners for a reward. This happened until someone found the silk road. This road was used for transporting goods to cities. That is how

This leads to the first cause of the Jim Crow laws. Racism: it has been going on since the start of man. White people thought and some still think that they were and are superior to the African American people. It got really bad when the white people enslaved the people of color in 1619-1865. Most of the former slave owners were so furious over the ending of the Jim Crow laws, that they continued to treat the black people terribly. They were ecstatic when the Jim Crow laws were created about fifteen years later so they could appear superior to the black people once again. There were some people who fought for the rights of the

The hands of other races formed America. The foundation of this country was based upon racial tension and conflict. This strain continued even after slavery had been abolished. People would lash out at other races in order to make them-selves feel better. Phrases like "hate crimes" were suddenly popping up.

Slavery began in the late 16th century to early 18th century. Africans were brought to American colonies by white masters to come and work on their plantations in the South. They were treated harshly with no payments for all their hard work. In addition, they lived under harsh living conditions, and this led to their resistance against these harsh conditions. The racism towards the African Americans who were slaves was at its extreme as they did not have any rights; no civil nor political rights.

Racism is a socially constructed concept used by multiple groups of people and creates a hierarchy of sorts based purely on the color of a person’s skin or their cultural origins. It has been an idea that has existed since the beginnings of civilization. A more modern iteration of this concept was made prominent in the 16th century as European settlers began to explore different areas of the world, specifically areas in or around Africa. But slavery can be seen back in the 1500s all the way to 1880 and was most likely a leading example of what helped define racism up to the 20th century. In Ali Rattansi’s book, “Racism: A Very Short Introduction” , the author connects how slavery and race are closely tied together. European explorers would ignore the cultures the invaded in order to see these people as nothing more than native groups that were meant to be seen in a subservient role. Slavery would continue to grow across the Atlantic and seen as an institution that created large amounts of wealth for those who could reap the benefits from it. As long as money was being made, slavery persisted and was justified. Race and racism was conceived the way it was because the slave owning system was controlled by European colonizers.

The main issues of race in America were created when they were legally forced to be turned upside down. Within ten years blacks went from being an owned livestock to equals with their former masters and paid laborers with the freedom to do anything they could ever imagine. Not only was this impactful on the lives of these former slaves, it was also very unsettling for their former masters whose wealth was literally walking away freely leaving them with large tracts of land and no way to force their workers to stay.

Although slavery and segregation laws are obsolete, racial inequality remains visible within our society. Throughout the course readings, one thing is for sure: the slave trade is the primary cause of racial inequality from 1500 to the present. Those sold into slavery become the property and a product of violence. Moreover, throughout the 15th to mid-18th centuries, slavery caused people to despise those who looked different from them, based on skin color. Slavery has caused numerous gaps among the privileged white community and minorities who have a history of slavery. This created a divided society based on skin color, with effects that continue to be a small part of our contemporary world.

The start of slavery began in Ancient Greece and Rome, and then changed to serfdom in medieval times. Around the 1500s, as people began to reach the Americas, Native Americans were taken for coerced labor, but were really slaves, in which they did not get any pay. African kingdoms had slaves in their societies, but Europeans, such as the Portuguese, began to take African peoples and bring them to the new world to be used as slaves. This continued on until the Civil War, as mentioned before, in which African Americans were slaves or indentured servants. This affects today’s society because it perpetuates the idea that blacks are inferior, which is why there is still a very prevalent idea of racism against African Americans in society. An example of this is the public reaction to the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown killings. “A large portion of the public believed, and desperately wanted to believe, that Black teenagers were automatically "thugs" and deserved to die for posting snapshots of themselves trying to look