minoritys

• 7 key minority indigenous groupings

  1. Hispanic & Latinos
  2. Black & African Americans
  3. Asian Americans
  4. Native Americans
  5. Alaska Americans
  6. Arab & other middle eastern Americans
  7. Native Hawai´ians & other pacific islanders
• 1850s/60s: most Asian Americans arrived -> worked in gold mines & railroads
• 1880-1930: over 23 million people immigrated -> perceived as land of economic opportunity
• Nativ American population suffered of:

  1. violence
  2. land dispossession
  3. spread of diseases
• 1964: Civil Rights Act

  1965: Voting Rights Act

  1994: National Voter Registration Act
• racial injustice in:

  • healthcare
  • housing
  • employment
  • education
  • wealth accumulation
  • criminal justice system
• • black-white wealth gap as big as in 1968
  • hate crimes
  • police brutality
  • have to fight for land & reservations
  • many social challenges