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1、BriefdiscussionaboutRacialDiscriminationinAmericaCatherineIntroductionAmericaisamulti-racialandmulti-nationalitycountry.PeoplefromallovertheworldandfromdifferentraceshadcometoAmericasinceitsfoundation.Foralongtime,peopleofallnationalitieshavemadeagreatcontributiontothedevelopmentAm
2、ericansociety.However,thepresentsituationisdisaccordwithwhattheAmericanconstitutionhadadvocated,”Allmenarecreatedequal”,andtheracialdiscriminationstillexisttoday.Inthecontemporarysociety,itisnecessaryforustomakeathoroughunderstandingoftheproblemofracialdiscriminationinAmerica.Iwoul
3、dliketoanalyzethereasonsoftheracialdiscriminationinAmericafromthreeaspects.MainbodyThereasonsoftheracialdiscriminationinAmerica1.TheinfluenceofAmericanhistoryAmericahasalwaysbeenknownasanationofimmigrants.EffectofimmigrationonUSAmaybemoreimportantthananyothercountriesintheworld.Jus
4、tasPresidentCarterputitin1980:"Ourstrengthliesinhertheheartsofpeopleandrichculturaldiversity.”ThreetimesofAmericanimmigrationinthehistorybroughtdifferentracialandethnicgroupstoAmerica,whichdirectlyledtodiversificationofthepopulation.Alongwiththepopulationdiversity,ethnicconflictbet
5、weenthenewlyarrivedimmigrantsandAboriginesappeared:inthesouth,inordertomeettheneedsofplantationdevelopment,alargenumberofblackpeoplefromSouthAfricawereshippedformanuallabor,andthediscriminationagainstblackswasfromthenon.Alargenumberofimmigrantsnotonlyprovidedlaborforce,butalsobroug
6、htnewskillsandnewtechnologytoacceleratetheindustrialization.Thethreebigwavesofimmigrants,Americapopulationwasincreasingatanalarmingrate,thecompositionofthepopulationwasmorediverse,andthatalsoinevitablyexacerbatedracialtensions.2.TherootsofAmericanculturalAsmentionedabove,USAiscompo
7、sedofpeopleofdifferentnationalities.Everynationalityhasitreligion,belief,lifestyleandvalues,andthesebelongtothecategoryofculture.Differentculturesgettogetherandcollidehere,tocoexistandgraduallytoreachacompromise.Finallymergeintoanewculture--Americanuniqueculture.Butinfact,thiscompr
8、omiseishardtoachieve,becau