In present-day America, the saying Make America Great Again is seen everywhere among Donald Trumps supporters, who are the current president of the United States. This is the ideology that the Former President ran his campaign on. Many have argued about when America was great. In fact, in a study conducted by the New York Times, it was found that most of his supporters did not even agree on when America was truly great in the previous years. You certainly see that in the 206 presidential campaign. An elite person, like Donald Trump, attempts to forge a link with working-class whites (Antoinette). Many people question when America was truly great for those not in similar shoes as people like Donald Trump. When they were asked, many supporters could not even support their opinion with evidence. For African Americans, there was not such a time. This greatly affects the government and its people, due to the early onset of systematic oppression forced racism through laws and actions, the creation of the government, slavery, and the inadequate treatment of African Americans throughout time. A long-term effect can be seen in the treatment and sta
tistics of African Americans over the years. To understand where oppression and racism are based, I will be examining further the origin and history of the United States of America.
When scrutinizing the antebellum period it must be taken into consideration that many historians and literacy analysts believe that the idea of racism is modern. They profess racism is determined by skin color or by another unmanageable trait. On the contrary, the idea of Africans being less than another race was exhibited before the colonization of the Americas. Sub-Saharan Africans were grimly depicted as killers of John the Baptist and torturers of Christ in medieval art. It may not be the hate of the race, but the thought that the race itself brought tyranny and was nothing but trouble(Geraldine). The point of view is from a female professor of English and Comparative Literature, which would give her an advantage when analyzing documents and trying to find an effective way to either inform or persuade her readers. She is a seemingly trustworthy source, because she has a history of research in certain topics, and has written quite a few books on other topics.