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A 5 page discussion of the racism and prejudice that characterized the Pacific Northwest. The author emphasizes that the mindset of racial subjugation and inferiority was vary much a part of the Pacific Northwest from its earliest white occupation. Although things have changed somewhat since World War II there are still many racial injustices in this region of the continent. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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African Americans have had to withstand prejudice and injustice throughout their history in North America. African Americans in the post World War II Pacific Northwest were
no exception. In many ways parts of the Pacific Northwest were similar to the deep south in the United States. Although neither Washington, Oregon, nor British Columbia were
considered true advocates of slavery, each had been deeply scarred by the same undercurrent of racism that existed throughout most of North America. Indeed, black slaves accompanied their white
masters into practically every corner of this continent (Taylor, 1998). One of the first black slaves to enter the Pacific Northwest with his master was York, William Clarks servant
that accompanied him on the Lewis and Clark expedition (African Americans in the Columbia River Basin - Historical Overview, 2004). Although many free blacks also entered the region and
made their way as trappers, pioneers and homesteaders, the mindset of racial subjugation and inferiority was vary much a part of the Pacific Northwest from its earliest white occupation (African
Americans in the Columbia River Basin - Historical Overview, 2004). That ideological component remained in place well after World War II and, in fact, to some degree is still
in place even today. Although the Civil War freed slaves in the U.S., it did not abolish the problems that had led up
to slavery in the first place. Too often blacks in the Pacific Northwest were forcibly denied basic human rights despite such provisions as the Emancipation Proclamation issued after the
Civil War, despite the 13th Amendment, and despite the Enforcement Act passed to severely punish those who attempted to deprive the blacks of their civil rights (Taylor, 1998). Blacks
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