Racism In The XXI Century
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Racism in the XXI century
Unleashing the worst of America
Patricio Contreras
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Context
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slavery
African americans|slavery
• End of XVIII century: 20% of inhabitants were slaves
• 1863: Emancipation Proclamation Act
• Segregation: in the north (de facto); in the south (de jure)
• 2007: 40 millions of african americans Slaves in chains
Mauk & Oakland; American Civilization, p. 94-100
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slavery
African americans|slavery
«Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal».
Gettysburg Address, 1863
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hate
African americans|hate
• 1866: south veterans of the Civil War create the Ku Klux Klan
• 1871: Klansmen are prosecuted
• 1915: rise of the new Klan. It was anti-jewis-catholic-communist and immigrant
Ku Klux Klan, since 1865
Ward; The Rough Guide History of the USA, p. 189-191, 237
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poverty
African americans|poverty
• 2005: Hurricane Katrina shows the invisible
• Unemployment and poverty: twice the rate of white people
• 2006: end of affirmative action in state’s universities in Michigan
• Three black senators elected since 1945Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Mauk & Oakland; American Civilization, p. 94-100
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Three examples
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Greenville, Miss
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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Elkhart, Indiana
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• Indiana: its poverty rate has increased
• 2007: – 25.5% of blacks lived
below the poverty line– 10,4% of whites
• 2009:– 28.1% of blacks living
below the poverty line– 11% of whites
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Opposition or something else?
Obama says that the health care reform he proposed would not cover illegal immigrants as some
had alleged in their criticism of the health care plan.
Senator Joseph Wilson:«You lie!»
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• Where does honest opposition ends
and racism begins?