The Role Of Interracial Marriages In Longtown, Ohio

“You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.” --Bobby Seale. This is how America works, we are a very ethnically diverse community that must live in harmony in what can be described as the melting pot, in which we adopt each other's values and evolve as one nation. We must tolerate, cooperate and respect each other’s beliefs and ideals. As Albert Schweitzer said; “The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.” --Albert

In days long when many non-whites were racially segregated , and/or discriminated, making a colored community was unthinkable.That was until one man named James Clemens, a freed slave, broke that barrier, and established Longtown Ohio.The uniqueness of the community, though, was that it was a sanctuary for many different races that were unfit for other communities. This was a place where many different races could interact with each other peacefully. If Riverside, or even our country as a whole had this type of ideology, then there is a likelihood that we would all live in harmony, and safety. It's time we take some ideas from Longtown, and apply them to our country/Riverside. An article published by The Washington Post, “ Ohio Town holds rare history: Races

Longtown Ohio has been a multiracial community for about 200 years. This historical destination was a safe haven for all races.Towns, like Riverside, can learn what Longtown has done to keep their town a safe environment for all races. In the article Ohio town holds rare history: Races mix freely for nearly 200 years, developed by Newsela, states,¨While Longtown it was a refuge from prejudice, sometimes racism from the outside world would creep in.¨ This is stating that Longtown was still a target by clans and racist people even though it seemed to be a safe for people. Like any other city it has its problems, but Longtown did not back down because of racial threats. Longtown continued to be a safe environment. Riverside can learn from this

The United States, Virginia, and local Cities, need to establish a law or ruling that all men and women should be treated equally no matter what your skin color is. We all bleed the same blood and we all have different outer appearances. Why can't we get together and become one? And happy. It is not just the blacks who get mistreated it is also the Chinese, Mexicans, and even Philippines. These people are sick in the

While watching the LA Riots Documentary video and reading the Rodney King’s article I was able to find some actions the community can do to keep concord between races. First of all,

Can you imagine a town in the world where people are not prejudiced against other races? Longtown, Ohio is one of the only communities in America to be considered tri-racial. The people here are using their their mixed heritages in order to avoid having biased opinions against each other. The article,“Ohio town holds rare history: Races mix freely for nearly 200 years,” discusses the ways Longtown prevents the people from discriminating against the different races of people they walk around every day.

Some lessons that we could learn from Longtown are that every race is equal to the country and that we should have interracial marriages. A man named James Clemens was a freed slave from Virginia who became a rich and wealthy farmer. Now the way we are living is becoming endangered and being lost in Longtown because Longtown people are dying, and whites are moving in and buying their property. James Clemens great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson is working to save his family’s way of life. Connor Keiser (age 22) said that his childhood is filled with memories with cousins of all races. Connor had said that “We were the usual Longtown family. We all looked different, and we were taught that color didn’t matter.” In the 1880’s

According to the classic assimilation theory, intermarriage between an immigrant group and the dominant population reduces social boundaries and eventually leads to a reduction in the salience of an ethnic identity. Because the offspring of intermarried couples may opt out of defining themselves as members of an ethnic group, intermarriage may affect the future size and shape of an ethnic population. Among Hispanics, intermarriage with non-Hispanic whites or non-Hispanic blacks may ultimately lead to a blurring of racial/ethnic boundaries. At the same time, intermarriage between members of different Hispanic subgroups may strengthen pan-ethnicity, or the adoption of a “Hispanic” identity instead of an identity as a member of a specific national-origin

In Ohio, A Town Called Longtown was a town full of mix races in families and no racism is even coming across. It was founded by James Clemens, who was a free slave in Virginia who became a rich farmer. Now His great-8x grandson Connor Keiser Talks about living in that town with a family that was different colors and races and that they were brought up by being told that color doesn’t matter. This has been like this since the town's been made with no racial problems. Now and then, since 2003 the Ku Klux Klan has written racist notes on the doors on the churches and doors of houses, and some people have started doing the same. Longtown has kept a great tradition of no racism for many years and many more to come.

Throughout our glorious run as the premiere leader in the world there has been many issues that have affected the people that walk this earth. From disease to war to religious strife we have always had our problems. But one problem that I believe has been a recurring theme time and time again is our inability to accept others, whether it is their ethnicity, religious beliefs, or even their cultural practices we as a people have always struggled to find common ground with one another. This has been demonstrated a sickening number of times from the very radical wiping out of Jews by the Nazis and more recently with the race war that is continuing in the United States of America. This problem does not only always arise in such harsh and radical situations. For example, it can be as simple as in the 1960’s a young African-American child being told he can not go to the same school as his next-door neighbor because of his skin color. This is our world’s greatest problem and if we can fix it, we can start on the road to recovery to healing our beautiful world.

Early in American history, citizens were discriminated against. This was based on the color of their skin. Of course you do not see it nowadays, or do you? Well recently in Longtown Ohio, there has been white people who leave racist notes on the front door of the town church making fun of the history of this town, according to the article, ¨Ohio town holds rare history. Races mix freely for nearly 200 years.¨ In this town, everyone was taught that color of skin never mattered and that what only mattered was your characteristics. Everyone should be treated with respect that you would give yourself no matter what color of skin you are. This town had one of the earliest of the United States higher educational institutions that was either torn down or remodeled tearing down the memories of Connor Keiser.

States should try to copy what this within has been doing for the past 200 years. Having mixed races is good for the country because Ohio can teach other states to stop being prejudice to mixed people. This town can change history because in America, racism levels have not gone down since the 1990’s they have actually gone a quite a bit. Even when Abraham Lincoln removed enslaving people did not like to make mixed races in their family, but the Keiser’s and that is what makes their family amazing. If this town can have an effect on the country, there will be no need for there to be any kind of act of racism because all the races can mix and then no one can say anything hurtful or racist to the other. It is amazing that this town was able to

The deep divide between those of different ethnicities root back to America's slavery days. Racism is contagious like it's a flea in the Bubonic plague, an ideology that is nothing more than hate and ignorance. A problem with battling such animosity today is that racism isn’t so blatantly obvious as it once was. It seems as if the only ones that can recognize this evil are the ones that allow themselves to see it. Hence the reason why our society still has a long way to go. We as a people need to recognize our own bigoted views that we have been conditioned to assume that those beliefs are reality. As of consequence, the lack of knowingness of Black life and history by those that are non-color has created a society that lacks understandment

With the hopes that people look at each other as who they are as a person, and not by the color of their skin.

I believe what we should have learned from the pass it to respect other peoples decision. For example the video the interracial marriage from 1950, the couple had to take their discrimination to the Supreme Court. The couple was able to stand up for what they believe in and got interracial marriages outlawed. Interracial marriages were outlawed however discrimination is her to stay against interracial marriages and many other ethnicity and sexual choices. I believe there was nothing learned from the pass. Interracial marriage couples are dealing with prejudice and many groups such as Muslims have been badly discriminated against because of 9-11.