Racism

In Europe and the United States the struggle against racism has progressed slowly and it is becoming less evident. With organizations such as Youth Against Racism in Europe, and simply having a black and white able to be friends, racism is beginning to decrease. It has only been fifty years or so since America’s public schools were ordered to become integrated, and we sure have come a long way since then.
The evolution of racism began with the slave trade among Europe, North America and Africa. The “new world” colonists provided a market for slavery. Europeans went to Africa and kidnapped or bought blacks, and then went to the developing Americas where they sold them as slaves. On their voyages from Africa to America the blacks were treated like animals. They were chained up in small quarters and when there was too much cargo the blacks would be thrown overboard so the ship would lose weight. They justified this by believing it furthered their national wealth because it was for...