race relations in american labor

Ever since the beginning of American history, there have been tensions between the different races and ethnicities living in this land. When the first settlers came to America from Europe, all the different nationalities involved dealt with issues with each other and the Native Americans. Skipping ahead a couple hundred years, with the emergence of slavery, the problem with race relations, especially with blacks, reached a horrible peak. Luckily, the people of this country realized that slavery was a horrendous endeavor and it was abolished after a civil war was fought. From that point on, it seems that race relations would take a turn for the better. It has, but the truth is that many blacks in today’s America make a good argument in stating that equality has not reached the level it should be. These problems with race relations have touched on every possible topic in American life. One very prevalent area where the problem with race relations has been obvious is labor. Whil...