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ial isolation of Black Americans was the rule. The races actually became more separated from one another in the South after the end of slavery. In the United States, segregation was rationalized on the ground of “separate but equal” opportunities, as outlined by the Supreme Court in Plessey education as whites, for example, but this did not mean blacks and whites had to attend the same schools. In practice, however, separation doesn’t mean equality. Under apartheid, every individual was assigned to a racial category at birth; rights and opportunities were based on racial classification. Elections were for whites only, blacks were not considered citizens, nonwhites were not permitted to purchase land in “white” areas or even enter these unless they worked there; work permits were granted on a temporary basis, and workers could not bring their families with them. At various times, groups of “redundant “workers were forcibly relocated to their assigned homelands and whole black townships were razed to make room for white development. Social contact between blacks and whites was strictly forbidden. The blacks had no education and their intelligence is also lower than white people, the whites thought the black people’s black skin was not clean, which caused the blacks to be a lower-grade class. America thought their nation was dignity and they turned up their noses at African American people. B. Racial Discrimination Racial discrimination is the most serious human rights problem in the United States, which the United States has never resolved since its founding. The United States, as a matter of fact, was notorious for genocide against aboriginal Indians, trade of African blacks and black slavery. In recent years, scandals of racial discrimination have occurred, one after another. The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, and other aspects of employment on the basis of race. Its undesirable effects often offset these so-called merits. Originally conceived to protect the rights of black men, the bill was amended prior to passage to protect the civil rights of everyone, and explicitly included women for the first time. Nowadays so many people in America would say “I do not have racial discrimination!” But think it more carefully. Is that true? The racism has many forms, such as the white’s discrimination to the blacks, the ethnic segregation in South-Africa, and America’s genocide in Vietnam and so on. Today, there still exists this racial discrimination. Such as: “Negro”, they may hard to find a good job and also need to work harder than others. Maybe the whites think they are in the lower class; they do not have good education. And their color is darker than white people’s so that most white people feel they are not clean. The origin of racism is a complex question. From beginning to end, the slave-trade lasted for four centuries, which is a rough story. The earliest Europeans arrived the American continent some hundreds years ago, for a dream of creating a better life for themselves. Before European involvement on the continent, African countries were self-sufficient and abundant trade made many nations rich. That’s a reason why the finger could easily be pointed at European involvement. Nobody knew that European involvement would cause so great instability through the slave-trade and colonization to black people. When the Africans began to contact with Euro