Racism has been alive throughout our history from the Ku- Klux clan in the 1900's who persecuted and murdered blacks and Catholics, to slavery, right up to present day with conflicts between different beliefs. After the tragedy on September 11th that occurred in America but effected the soul of the entire world, and left us with a profound sadness that will change our lives forever, we discovered that among the six thousand people who died there were Chinese, Blacks, Muslims, Jews, and Catholics. ...

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In American history, in the last three wars (WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam War) the enemies of America were all Asians. ... Today's economic powers consist of Asian countries such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Japan. ... Sadly, although there are many visible racial discriminations for Asians, American history courses do not address Asian racism as profoundly as Black racism. ...

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(Lipsitz 3) " "Although reproduced in new form in every era, the possessive investment in whiteness has always been influenced by its origins in the racialized history of the United States "by the legacy of slavery and segregation, of Indian extermination and immigrant restriction, of conquest and colonialism (Lipsitz 3). ... (Lipsitz 71) In 1890, Chinese Americans were mandated to leave neighborhoods close to downtown and in areas that were ready for redevelopment and were relocated to "isolated industrial areas of the city filled with waste dumps and other environmental hazards."(Lips...

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