Difference Between Asian And African Americans

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Throughout the history of the United States, both African and Asian Americans have shared negative experiences at one time or another. African Americans have a long history of institutionalized discrimination starting with the slave trade in the 1600’s and ending with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Bell, 2012). Although the struggles of African American are often discussed, the same cannot be said for Asian and Asian Americans. They were used as cheap labor in physically intensive jobs and some even suggest that Chinese laborers were replacements for African American slave trade (Bell, 2012). Even today, Asian Americans are being paid less than whites but many do not notice (Bell, 2012).
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