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This 12 paper explores some of the aspects of societal racism, and uses the works of authors Toni Morrison and Ernest Gaines in demonstrating how blacks are defined by white Americans so that whites can remain comfortable in their prejudices. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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paper explores some of the aspects of societal racism, and uses the works of authors Toni Morrison and Ernest Gaines in demonstrating how blacks are defined by white Americans so
that whites can remain comfortable in their prejudices. Historical Origins of Racism in the United States We should probably define racism before we go any further. In the context of
this paper, racism means prejudice against and hatred of African Americans based solely on the color of their skin. It has been part of the fabric of this country since
its founding, and even before: there were black slaves in North America as early as 1619 (Faragher, et al 83). If we look at the history of the United States,
we find that slavery has always been part of the nation. In the earliest days, when people came to the New World as part of the British colonial system, indentured
servants were far more common than slaves (Faragher, et al 57). An indentured servant was most usually a young unskilled male, who sold his services to his employer for a
specified period of time, usually from two to seven years, in return for food, shelter and clothing (Faragher, et al 57). Sometimes skilled craftsmen, as well as women and children,
became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world slavery was nearly two centuries old before it became an
important system of labor in North America" (Faragher, et al 83). Although there were slaves in all of the colonies in the 17th century, "in 1700 they constituted only 11
percent of the colonial population. During he eighteenth century slavery greatly expanded, and by 1770 Africans and African Americans in British North America numbered 460,000, or more than 20 percent
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