Complete 2 page APA formatted essay: Students explore a variety of resources on racial equality and write a from a historical perspective relating to the experiences of a particular racial group in th

Complete 2 page APA formatted essay: Students explore a variety of resources on racial equality and write a from a historical perspective relating to the experiences of a particular racial group in the United States. By understanding the history of experiences of various groups.

Slaves were the property of the white Americans and, they could be subjected to harsh conditions. They could be caned, be branded or be harmed physically in other brutal ways without any fear of legal redress from anyone or any authority. The killing and raping of slaves and rape was not an unusual but the offenders were not punished just for the mere fact that they were White. The masters were free to separate families and even to sell the children as slaves and this was booming business in these times. The slaves were forced to work under threat of dire consequences if they did not toil, and this was one of the triggering causes of the American civil war. Though slavery ended with the civil war, the impact of the racist mentality it had created did not end then and its effects are being experienced in other forms of manifestation in the United States even today.

After the abolition of slavery, oppression against the African Americans continued, where intimidation, threats and corruption were used to prevent them from voting. In 1867, the Ku Klux Klan, an all white group to terrorize the Blacks was formed and they brutally murdered many Blacks to prevent their ascendancy (Fredrickson, 2003). The period between 1890 and 1940 saw the passage of the Jim Crow laws of segregation of facilities like transport and schools where the Blacks and Whites were not supposed to associate in any avenue (Fredrickson, 2003). The 14th amendment of the United States constitution brought forward laws to incorporate equal protection of the law and equal rights to all citizens. The 15 amendment two years after this specifically said that the rights were applied to all, regardless of race or their color (Fredrickson, 2003). This amendments were not taken seriously and there have appeared to be what is commonly referred to second class citizenship,