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The Pain of Racism Racism is a very painful problem in the U.S. People are raciest in one form or another, the most common is people who look different. One of the first acts of racism was against the American Indian. At first the Indians were the Europeans friends, showing them how to survive in this new land. As time went by, they were no longer useful and in the way. The Native Americans had land that the Europeans wanted and needed for the growing population. So the new Americans pushed the Indians out of the way with treaties that were to protect them and what they had. The Indians treated the new Americans as friends, but was but into slaver and killed. All this started when American was first discovered, even at that time the Indians were discriminate against. If it wasn’t for the Indians, we might not have a government based on democracy. Our government was based on the Hau de no sau nee (ho dee noe sho nee) or the Iroquois. The Iroquois had a democracy with other tribes so they could live in harmony. Not many people know that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson got the ideal from the Indians. How many Americans today would give the Indians credit for this and all that they have done for this nation? Not many, because they believe that we the Americans did this all by ourselves, though blood, sweat and tears. The Americans don’t take into consideration that the Indians also did this though blood, sweat and tears. The American Indians gave up more for this American that we live in than us.
Approximate Word count = 1046
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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