American Indians and African Americans hold a similarly important but distinct e

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American Indians and African Americans hold a similarly important but distinct experiences in American History. While American Indians were thought to exist "outside" of American society, African Americans were considered to belong as subjugated people, "below" society. Thus historically regarded as somehow not-really American. Meanwhile, most European immigrants coming to the United States (Irish, Italian, German, Polish, Greeks, Russians and others) arrived as unwanted peoples, but over time were simply considered "white" and most simply identify as "Americans" today. Meanwhile, others such as Chinese Americans and Mexican Americans, despite being in the US for a longer period than many Europeans, are still considered foreigners after generations of living here in the US. What is YOUR theory on how race relations functions in the US and how the concept of being "American" is defined.

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The theory which defines race relations here is CRT (Critical race theory). We can see that the basic difference here is not about the geographic lcation but the skin color. Indians, Chinese, Mexican etc. are "not white" so it was difficult for Americans to consider them americans even after long time. The concept of white supremacy and racism actually defined this difference and initially it was very much reflected in Law of this nation also which later on was abolished.

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