Why are americans racist?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Your question assumes all Americans are racist, and severe racists. As such the question is flawed and unanswerable.

Answer 2

Not all Americans are racist. Just like not all Germans are racist, and not all Japanese people are racist, and not all Canadians are racist, etc etc etc.

Your question, in and of itself, reveals you as having some prejudice/race issues yourself.

But to answer your question on a broader scale, why are PEOPLE racist, its because we fear what is different from what we are used to.

Humans seek comfort and there is comfort in routine. Anything that could possibly upset that routine can threaten our level of comfort. It goes all the way back to caveman days. When someone not of "The Tribe" was seen, they were either driven away or killed. The more "different" the more violent the reaction. "This guy could take my stuff, the ladies may like him more, he may be strong enough to take my cave/food/furs."

Being a stranger was bad enough but add to that a physical difference, color of hair/skin/height, and that person could be better in every way and change things so drastically that there is no longer a need for "me".

Racism = fear.

Answer 3

Not all Americans are racist and many Americans fight the racism that has become a part of American society, but it remains that racism is certainly a part of American society. Racism has become a part of US Society for several reasons:

Native American Repression: When the colonies were first formed all the way up to late 1800s, the American people saw themselves as frontiersmen holding back the "Savages" who were considered barbaric and without a good culture. It was viewed that what made Native Americans different such as their physical races, their religions, their languages, their social organizations, etc. made them inferior to the Whites who were gifted America by God. While this view does not currently exist in the mainstream, this set of ideals and values has become part of the American identity and manifests when Americans see the "Other" in American society. Americans will often compare between "properly integrated individuals" who wear their culture only in terms of food and conversation starter and those who actually believe in distinct religions, use distinct languages, and have different social mannerisms.

Slavery: The Institution of Slavery in the United States was based on the premise that certain individuals, the Africans, were, by dint of their race, dumber and more brutish. Even those who campaigned against slavery, such as Abraham Lincoln, truly believed that Blacks were dumber and incapable of reasoning as well as a White Man. The mentality of Blacks being inferior to Whites was not shed with slavery and it took a number of generations before the issues of civil rights were discussed. Now, while Blacks are no longer seen as inferior because of their intellect, some see Blacks as inferior because of their economic and living situations, allowing the racism against African-Americans to continue.

Immigration: A lot of racism comes as resistance to Immigration. Immigrants are perceived as being foreigners who have come to America to take places and jobs away from those who were born here. Similar to the issue with Native Americans, the foreigners have a different set of languages and behaviors that bother Americans. To top it all off, foreigners now are typically of different races/ethnicities such as Oriental, Middle Eastern, South Asian, African, and most commonly Latino. Therefore the differences and economic problems get mixed with the physical reminder of what these "Non-Americans" look like.

Answer 2

This question has a false premise. By and large, Americans are not racist against Hispanics, although some are. After all, Hispanics are Americans, too.

Answer 3

Racism exists everywhere my friend . Everywhere even in south Africa especially .