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This 5-page paper discusses the concept against racism against the American Indians during the American expansion westward in the 1800s, and discusses if that racism continues to this day. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Blacks, followed closely behind by Hispanics. Ironically enough, American Indians (whom many consider to be the "original" Americans) dont tend to be included in this group. Yet history demonstrates that
during the 19th century, while Americans were pushing into the frontier, and even to this day, racism tends to be directed toward this particular minority group (which, ironically enough, was
once a majority group). Part of the reason why racist policies were directed toward American Indians as a group was because of
Americans fascination with expansion beyond the frontier. Frederick Jackson Turners treatise on the frontier was a look back on the American attitude toward the frontier -- basically, the frontier to
the typical American of the 19th century was a place where generations returned to "primitive conditions" in order to make them better. According to Turners description of the frontier, it
would begin "with the Indian and the hunter; it goes on with the disintegration of savagery by the entrance of the trader . . ." and all the way to,
ultimately, ". . . the manufacturing organization with the city and the factory system" (Turner, 1921). Basically, according to Turner, the frontier was more a place to tame and control
(through industrialization), rather than a place to keep pristine or clear. The problem was, in his treatise, Turner ignored the fact that
much of this "frontier" was already populated by indigenous people -- American Indians who suffered a great deal as white Americans of European descent continued carving out paths through Turners
great frontier. To make inroads West, therefore, the U.S. government and its representatives, as well as the American people in general, fought wars, developed racist laws and generally subdued the
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