Immigration Reflection Research Paper

Assignment: Immigration Reflection Research Paper

By KDK

ETH 125

Axia College of University of Phoenix

Throughout history, it is documented that African-Americans have dealt with some harsh treatment. Segregation, racism, and discrimination have been evident in their history for over 500 years. To this day, some feel that some of those treatments haven’t changed much; they are just hidden a bit more secretively. But the fact also stands that African-Americans have come a long way from the days when these treatments were the common practice in our nation. In this paper, I will search into the origins of some of these treatments towards African-Americans, but first I will go into more detail about the history of the culture.

Today in the United States, 12.3 percent of the nation is of African-American decent [ (U.S Census Bureau, 2006-2008) ]; but what are the origins of African-Americans? As many of us know for fact, the first African-Americans in the country were brought here as laborers, or slaves if you will, in the early 1600s. They were transported from different regions of African on ships; locked together in shackles; they were mistreated and beaten, almost to the point of no survival. Upon reaching the country, those who survived the terrible trip, were sold off to the highest bidder, to work for them. At the time, they had no rights whatsoever; they were meant to just follow the orders of their “master”.

In the 1800s, majority of the African-Americans in the US were enslaved. Working in fields and inside the homes of the “masters” as indentured servants were some of the many tasks that were required of them. At this time, the mistreating and the harsh treatments really became evident. African-Americans weren’t allowed to learn how to read or go to school; they weren’t allowed to vote nor have any say in the practices of law or government; they simple had to do what they were told, and that was that.

The late 1800s brought some major changes as...