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nAmericans

AfricanAmericanshadalwaysbeenthelargestgroupintheUS.

Therewereabout39.9millionAfricanAmericanslivinginthe

US,it’sabout12.9percentofthetotalpopulation.

1.1OutofAfricaandThrownintoSlavery

Intheearly1800s,thegrowingofcottonbecametheworkof

1860,theslave

otuntilthe

conclusionoftheCivilWarthatthewholeslaveissuewas

finallybroughttoanend.

1.2UpfromSlavery

Blackslefthomeinlargenumbersandmigratedtourbanares

inthesouth,theNorth,anproblemsas

poverty,unemployment,overcrowdedhousing,violenceand

crimebecameunceasinglyassociatedwithBlackcommunities.

Then,blackAmericansstartedtheCivilRightsMovement.

1.3StrugglesforCivilRights

AsblackAmericanswouldn'tttleforanythinglessthana

fullcitizenship,tensionbetweenwhitesandBlacksstartedto

rowndifferentways,botheffortscontributedtothe

fortshave

broughtaboutsustainedsuccessforAfricanAmericansandalso

changethewhitepeople'sperceptionofblacks.

1.4ADreamtobeRealized

fathersandsonswhowoulddemonstratepositiverolemodels

forAfricanAmericans,andwhowouldinspirepeopletotake

leadershiprolesandmakeadifferenceintheirhome

ore,racialandculturalparatismisa

strongerforcewiththemthanwithotherracialandethicgroups

suchasHispanics,NativeAmerican,orAsians.

s/Hispanics

TheerathatbeganwithWorldWarⅡwitnesdLatino

prenceintheUS,whoimportanceisrevealedinthe

eenacceptedbyAmericanstou

suchatermtorefertoAmericanresidentsfrommanycountries.

2.1Mexicans

MexicansAmericansarethelargestandmostprominentone.

In1848thatthepeoplelivingtheresuddenlychangedtheir

t

majorityofMexicanAmericanscametotheUSaslaborforce

mostpart.,MexicanAmericanshavebeen

engagedinagricultureindustry.

2.2PuertoRicans

ThecondlargestgroupintheHispanicpopulationintheUS

mewereescapingfromalandwithtoo

vebeenhavingahard

timeincolorproblem,togetherwithpoverty,languageandother

concomitantdifficulties.

2.3Cubans

CubanAmericancomprisabout3.5percentoftheLatino

populationintheUS,it'adea

majorimpactontheCoast,changingthecomplexionofMiami

cameintwowaves-thefirstwave

lastedfrom1959throughthe1960s,thecondwavestartedin

mericanshavemadeenormoussuccess

thereandMiami.

mericans

AsianAmericanisaconvenienttermanditspopulationhad

,amongthemostrecent

immigrants,nearlyoneoutofeverytwonowcomesfromAsia.

Atprent,Chine,Filipino,AsianIndian,Koreanand

JapanearethelargestfiveAsianAmericangroups.

3.1Chine

ManyoftheChinewenttotheUSascontractlaborersoron

moneyborrowedfromChine-Americanorganizationsthat

receptionoftheChineimmigrantswasbothharshandviolent.

Withthepassageoftime,manyChinemanagedtoimprove

theSecondWorldWar,

ChinaandtheUSbecamealliesintheirfightagainstthefascists.

WhiletherearestillsomepocketsofpovertyinChinatown,

manyChineAmericansarewell-educatedandquite

prosperous.

3.2Filipinos

TheycamefromthePhilippines,aterritoryacquiredbythe

USfromSpainattheconclusionoftheSpanish-AmericanWar.

Wheneconomicsituationdeteriorate,Filipinosfound

ites

believedFilipinosdidn’tbelongandshouldnotbepermittedto

'stimatedthat40percentofallFilipino

ipinomen

nowearnabouttwothirdsoftheaverageincomeofwhitemen.

3.3Japane

EmigrationfromJapantotheUSbeganinthelate19th

anewerewillingtoundertaketherisksof

entrepreneurship,andtheirdiligenceandmakeasuccessofa

wentby,theveryvirtuesoftheJapane

theSecondWorldwar,

astheUSandJapanbecameenemies,thefinancialimpactalone

wasmassive,addedtothefinanciallosswerethemany

t

recentimmigrationfromAsiahasnotaffectedJapanasstrongly

asithasonotherAsiancountries.

Americans

OfalltheminoritygroupsintheUS,AmericanIndians,or

NativeAmericans,werethefirsttohavettleddownthere.

Whennomadicandmi-nomadictribesofhunterscameto

theareas,theyquicklyadaptedthemlvestothiskindof

ttlement.

4.1EncounteringEuropeans

EuropeanwhitestriumphedovertheIndians,theyalsoleftan

ingloriousrecordofbrutalityandcrueltyintheconquestofthe

"NewWorld"WhenBritishcolonistsfollowedatSpaniards

'heelstocometoNorthAmerica,theyhadtoplanttheChristian

religion,totrafficingoods,rpowered

Indiansweredriventosomeremoteinteriorareas,known

nowadaysasIndianRervation.

4.2AliensintheNativeLand

Rervationsusuallyconsistofthoareasleastdesirableto

ervationpolicyhascutofftheoutsidecontact

withtheIndiancommunity,leavingtheminperpetual

ent,morethan20percentlivebelowthe

povertyline,andtheirunemploymentishigherthanthatof

sonrervationhavebeendoingall

theycantokeepthehumancivilization.