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1、AreviewofracialissuesintheUnitedStates16B3132116F邱一哲Despitethefactthattheterm"race"hasnoscientificmeaning,itisanindisputablefactthatthereisaracialissueinAmericansociety.Raceonlyreferstothecolorofpeople,butitisthelifeofpeopleintheUnitedStates(inotherplacesisalsotheway)todistinguishfromeac
2、hother.Theraceitselfisnotasocialissue,butracismisasocialproblem,becauseitisonlybyskincolorandthedifferencebetweenthedifferentgroupsofpeople.ChinesereadersarerighttobecriticaloftheAmericanrace,butjustasdenyingthatracismdoesnotsolveracialproblems,itisequallyuselesstocriticizetheUnitedState
3、sgovernmentortheAmericansociety.AllAmericansarevictimsofracialinequality,regardlessoftheirraceintheupperorlowerlevels.Thereisahierarchyofracialdivisionsintheracistsociety.IntheUnitedStates,thewhitepeopleintheupper,black(andotherpeopleofcolor)inalowlevel,sothewhitechildrenwillbelievethatt
4、heyarebetterthanthecolorofthepeople,toenjoytheprivilegeof.Thisattitudemakesitdifficulttomaintaintheequalitybetweenthewhiteandtheblack.Itisevenworse,thepotentialforracismtoharmpeople'sself-esteem,limitingtheirchancesofreceivingeducationandcareeropportunities.Thispaperfirstreviewsthehistor
5、yofracerelationsintheUnitedStates,thentalkaboutthewhitechildrentoberacisteducationanddeveloptheirownstateofracism,finallysettlingonAmericansshoulddo.Askseveralsuggestionsinordertochangethissituation.Atthebeginningofthe17thcentury,intheUnitedStates,withthewhitecolonialiststoseizelandandki
6、llthenativeIndiansandAfricanAmericansasslaves,forcingtheirworkontheland,racismbegan.Atthattime,themajorityofwhitepeople(mostlyEuropeanimmigrants),theyhavetherighttothesaleofslavesintheUnitedStatesin1787,theUnitedStatesConstitutionofthissetofrightsaslegal.Whitepeoplehavetherighttolive,wor
7、k,andschoolwiththeblackpeople,thatis,segregation.ThecivilwarintheUnitedStatesabolishedslavery,butsegregationhasalwaysbeenapartofAmericanlife,andithasbeenalongtimesincethecivilwar.Until1964,theUnitedStatesSupremeCourtannouncedthatthewhitechildrenandblackchildrencannotbesep