Since the beginning of time, people have always been looked at differently based on the color of their skin or your religion, race or beliefs. It is in our human nature to dislike people for certain things that they are. Many will say that in this day and age we are no longer in a race war, but how can you be so sure of that when you actually open your eyes and see the reality. Rapper Kanye West once said that "racism is still alive, they just hide it" and those words are anything but false. You have to ask yourself the real question about racism: how could you ever cure such a thing in people's minds? People are free to think and believe whatever they want and old habits such as racism will never change in people. 1619, a date most African Americans remember (Afroamhistory). This date symbolizes the year people were kidnapped from their home country of Africa by the Dutch and brought as slaves to America. At that time, Africans never imagined that they would be kidnapped and become slaves. Doing things like farming, picking cotton, and cleaning up Africans freed the white man from his choir and it made them masters. When you have become the master of someone or something, in our minds that person or thing is automatically considered inferior to you. The idea that African Americans were inferior to whites persisted for years and was first challenged with the abolition of the law. slavery in 1865 with the 13th Amendment (Our documents). Abraham Lincoln is credited with freeing slaves because he was the president who fought to secure these amendments. Even though slavery was no longer on the agenda, it did not change what people thought about African Americans. Races with darker skis...... middle of paper ......d Immigration to the United States » Migrationinformation.com. December 10.Brain Quotes. “I have a dream quote” Brunner, Haney, Borgna and Elissa. "Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement (14th Amendment Act of 1964, Human Rights Act) | Infoplease.com." Info please. Cobb, Jelani. George Zimmerman, not guilty: blood on the leaves. The New Yorker. Living in a country that is 77% white, you will surely experience this (qtd. In Quick Facts) Starr, Penny. "The KKK Has Lynched 3,446 Black People in 86 Years – Abortion Claims Many Black Babies in Less Than Four Days". CNNnews.com May 15. 2013. House Joint Resolution Proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, January 31, 1865; Recorded Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1999; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives. Vox, Lisa. The beginning of slavery in North America. Afroamhistory.about.com