America

Many see America as a beacon of hope.  The land of freedom, equality, and prosperity.  The Americas, however, has history of discrimination. It is against immigrants dating back thousands of years still going on today.

It all started with the Native Americans.  They were the first Americans who ruled the land as they saw fit.  That is until the Europeans came.  The Europeans and Native Americans never got along.  The Native Americans wanted these first immigrants to get out of their country.  They were taking the Native American’s land and pride.  Some tried to fight but it ended in them giving up their land. It also meant they had to be assimilated into European society.  Next were the African Americans, who weren’t willing but immigrants none the less.  Europeans brought them over and saw them as nothing but property.  Then after Europeans freed them from slavery they were still discriminated against by whites.  African Americans were also assimilated into society and faced years of more discrimination.  After the African came the Mexicans and other people of Latin American descent.  They are still somewhat discriminated against today.  Like the Native Americans we took some of their land.  We even went into places and completely took over the government.  We again forced people to assimilate into our society. Today we are debating whether we should let them into the county.  European immigrants were also forced to assimilate into our society.  They came to Ellis Island with hopes and dreams of a new life.  Native born Americans didn’t like this though.  They would especially discriminate against the Chinese.  I mean we came up with the Chinese Exclusion Act that denied them citizenship.  It also prohibited Chinese immigration of laborers.  Since the bombings of the twin towers Americans have banded together again to discriminate against immigrants.  That group is people who have an Islamic background.  Matter of fact it’s more like any one from the Middle East.  They are often racial profiled and seen as terrorists.  Some people discriminate against them because of their background and the way they dress.

America is still a beacon of hope though.  Sure we have a terrible history of discrimination against immigrants.  Does that stop people from coming over? No, because we are the greatest country in the world.  We offer more freedoms and job opportunities any place in the world.