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Racism and ethnic discrimination in the United States

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Inside the mind of white America - BBC News

Racism in the United States has been widespread since the colonial era. Legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights were given to white Americans but denied to all other races. European Americans were granted exclusive privileges in matters of education, immigration, voting rights, citizenship, land acquisition, and criminal procedure over a period of time extending from the 17th century to the 1960s. However, non-Protestant immigrants from Europe, particularly Irish people, Poles, and Italians, often suffered xenophobic exclusion and other forms of ethnicity-based discrimination in American society until the late 1800s and early 1900s. In addition, Middle Eastern American groups like Jews and Arabs have faced continuous discrimination in the United States, and as a result, some people belonging to these groups do not identify as white. East and South Asians have similarly faced racism in America.
    • Racism 

    • African Americans 

    • Native Americans 

    • World War II to the Civil Rights Era 

    • 1980s to the present 

    • Asian Americans 

    • European Americans 

    • Latino Americans 

    • Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans 

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    • Sectors of society 

    • Contemporary issues 

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