The same reason why any race is racist against the other, racism is not just between blacks and whites. There are white people that are racist, there are black people that are racist, there are Asians that are racist, Pacific Islanders that are racist, there are Islamic people that are racists, Native Americans that are racist, Indians that are racist, and the list goes on… In specific to your question asked it is quite a broad question that depends on the individual and there circumstances. It could be because of upbringing for example in Germany during the period of the Holocaust children were taught by society that Jews were not equal to what was considered regular citizens or even human. So a white person may be raised in an environment were black people are not considered worthy. It is also because humans segregate as part of survival technique and every race needs a scapegoat. If your really interested in educating yourself further on the issue I would suggest taking sociology and psychology classes to fully understand the complexity of the issues as white people are also racists against other white people. Black people are racist against other black people, Asians are racist against other Asians and so forth.
Most African-Americans can trace their roots to slavery. In the old times, slavery was abundant in the Southern US and Europe. This is because Africans were mainly sold by their old people to the Europeans for money, weapons, or other trading items. The Europeans then used these people as slaves for labor, and the tradition carried to the US. However, when slavery was abolished in Europe, it was still popular in the US, and remained until the end of the Civil War. Even still, African-Americans did not receive equal status as European-Americans until about the 1960s. This was because of a period of segregation, where whites and blacks were separated socially and politically. This idea can trace its origins to Social Darwinism, which the Europeans used during their times of exploration and Imperialism. Social Darwinism is the belief that one race is superior, which the Europeans believed they were.
Many whites did not believe that the blacks were people. They saw them as nothing more than animals, so they didn't feel anything for abusing them, like they would if they had been abusing their own since they literally thought that blacks were not people.
In history, blacks were treated badly because of the color of their skin. White people defined them as a lower class and made to be slaves.
Well they just looked at their color of skin not the person they are on the inside the cauckasians mistreated the African Americans and were very crule
Racism. Simply Racism.
And at that time, the 'white' people had better technology (guns) than the Africans.
Not so much 'racism' which is a more recent concept.
Why? Ignorance, lack of knowledge, false sense of superiority, & fear of the unknown.
Because they perceived themselves as being socially and politically better than Native Africans.
Because whites are better and blacks suck
It is a shame ignorant people keep perpetuating this obvious falsehood. Is it not strange that educated people don' believe this.
Because blacks were treated pooply so you didnt want to be a slave
Because they didn't think of the Blacks as human, because of their skin color. They treated them more as like an animal.
people who were black were treated very badly there were separate lands for blacks and whites blacks weren't allowed to come 1 km near the whites the best land was reserved for the whites and the blacks had t live in the worst land available there were different buses and bus stops also there were different hospitals and different ambulances the ambulance meant for the whites was very organized but the meant for the blacks was not there could be many more to find out more information go on www.wikipedia.org thanks
Hispanics were too but not as much blacks
It was very hard for them to find jobs. It was dangerous in the south because they never wanted slavery to end. People were racist. There was a lot of segregation among companies and discrimination which made it hard for African Americans to have a voice in society.People were treated differently and blcks stepped up and now we should thank them for having the rights we have today because of their sacrifices.
the blacks were treated poorly while the whites were treated with respect. the blacks were like the whites slaves.
No.
Blacks were treated terribly in the gold rush. There was still slavery going on so, that was one reason.
this means that blacks wanted to be treated more fairly.
They were treated very well if they had gold
They weren't treated very well but were treated better than earlyer years
Blacks were not treated well.They were often beaten and hurt.Firefighters used to spray them with the hoses to make them leave areas and then arrest them.Police felt that they had the right to beat blacks for no reason what so ever
VERY badly
they were treated worse than the slaves in the u.s..
Because blacks were treated pooply so you didnt want to be a slave
Blacks were not treated well even after the emancipation proclimation whites still treated blacks bad. Seperating them from everything they do and sometimes not aloowing blacks certain places or allowing them to do certain things. Blacks were basically cut off from the American lifestyle for a long time.
The Greek philosophers Were treated Worse then they should have been.