Racism in the United States

Racism in the United States has existed since the colonial era, when European Americans were given legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights denied to other races or minorities. Major racially and ethnically structured institutions include slavery, segregation, Native American reservations, Native American boarding schools, immigration and naturalization law, and internment camps. In his 2009 visit to the US, the [UN] Special Rapporteur on Racism noted that "Socio-economic indicators show that poverty and race and ethnicity continue to overlap in the United States. During the 2010s, American society continues to experience high levels of racism and discrimination. One new phenomenon has been the rise of the "alt-right" movement: a white nationalist coalition that seeks the expulsion of sexual and racial minorities from the United States.

Quotes

• In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
  • Toni Morrison, in The Guardian (January 29, 1992)

See also

• Black Lives Matter
• Defund the police
• Jim Crow laws
• Lynching
• Reparations for slavery
• Slavery in the United States
• White privilege