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United States Racial Unrest (2020–present)
In the broader context of racism in the United States, mass racial violence in the United States consists of ethnic conflicts and race riots, along with such events as: * Racially based targeted attacks against African Americans by White Americans which took place before the American Civil War, often in relation to attempted slave revolts, and racially based attacks against African Americans by White Americans which took place after the war, in relation to tensions which existed during the Reconstruction and later efforts to suppress Black suffrage and institute Jim Crow laws * Conflicts between Protestants and Catholic immigrants from Ireland and Germany in the 19th century * White American mobs frequently targeted Chinese and other Asian American immigrants during the 19th and 20th century * Attacks on American Indians and American settlers which took place during conflicts over land ownership (see also: Native American genocide in the United States, American Indian Wars, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racism In The United States
Racism has been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against Race (human categorization), racial or ethnic groups throughout the history of the United States. Since the early Colonial history of the United States, colonial era, White Americans have generally enjoyed legally or socially-sanctioned privileges and rights that have been denied to members of various ethnic or minority groups. European Americans have enjoyed advantages in matters of citizenship, criminal procedure, education, immigration, land acquisition, and voting rights. Before 1865, most African Americans were Slavery in the United States, enslaved; since the abolition of slavery, they have faced severe restrictions on their political, social, and economic freedoms. Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans have suffered Genocide of Indigenous peoples, genocide, Indian removal, forced removals, and List of Indian massacres in North America, massacres, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
