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1、AreviewofracialissuesintheUnitedStates16B3132116F邱_哲Despitethefactthattheterm"race"hasnoscientificmeanin已itisanindisputablefactthatthereisaracialissueinAmericansociety.Raceonlyreferstothecolorofpeople,butitisthelifeofpeopleintheUnitedStates(inotherplaces
2、isalsotheway)todistinguishfromeachother.Theraceitselfisnotasocialissue,butracismisasocialproblem,becauseitisonlybyskincolorandthediffereneebetweenthedifferentgroupsofpeople.ChinesereadersarerighttobecriticaloftheAmericanrace,butjustasdenyingthatracismdoe
3、snotsolveracialproblems,itisequallyuselesstocriticizetheUnitedStatesgovernmentortheAmericansociety・AllAmericansarevictimsofracialinequality,regardlessoftheirraceintheupperorlowerlevels・Thereisahierarchyofracialdivisionsintheracistsociety.IntheUnitedState
4、s,thewhitepeopleintheupper;black(andotherpeopleofcolor)inalowlevel,sothewhitechildrenwillbelievethattheyarebetterthanthecolorofthepeople,toenjoytheprivilegeof.Thisattitudemakesitdifficulttomaintaintheequalitybetweenthewhiteandtheblack.Itisevenworse,thepo
5、tentialforracismtoharmpeople'sself-esteem,limitingtheirchancesofreceivingeducationandcareeropportunities.ThispaperfirstreviewsthehistoryofracerelationsintheUnitedStates,thentalkaboutthewhitechildrentoberacisteducationanddeveloptheirownstateofracism,final
6、lysettlingonAmericansshoulddo.Askseveralsuggestionsinordertochangethissituation.Atthebeginningofthe17thcentury,intheUnitedStates,withthewhitecolonialiststoseizelandandkillthenativeIndiansandAfricanAmericansasslaves,forcingtheirworkontheland,racismbegan.A
7、tthattime,themajorityofwhitepeople(mostlyEuropeanimmigrants),theyhavetherighttothesaleofslavesintheUnitedStatesin1787,theUnitedStatesConstitutionofthissetofrightsaslegal.Whitepeoplehavetherighttolive,work,andschoolwiththeblackpeople,thatis,segregation.Th
8、ecivilwarintheUnitedStatesabolishedslavery,butsegregationhasalwaysbeenapartofAmericanlife,andithasbeenalongtimesincethecivilwar.Until1964,theUnitedStatesSupremeCourtannouncedthatthewhitechildrenandblackchildrencannotbesepa