Racial discrimination has been a problem ever since the colonial era. Religious and ethnically diverse whites are the type of people that our country has accepted socially in our history. The most racism or discrimination is mainly targeted on Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, American Jews, Irish and other immigrant groups.
The definition of "white people" has changed over time. At one time, many European groups such as the Irish and Italians were not accepted. Although white Americans also experience racial discrimination. Because other groups feel like they have less social and economic power.
In the late 1800's African Americans were not supposed to go to the same school as the whites. They were to have the "secondary education." Less than 1 percent of African American teenagers attended high school. More than two-thirds of African American children went to private schools, which did not get any government finical support.By 1910 still only about 3 percent of African American teenagers from ages 15-19 attended high school. Most of them still attended private schools.
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