Introduction
Racial oppression refers to integrating political power and irrational hostile judgment that discriminates against a predominant group, such as blacks in America. For example, there was a reckoning monument in America to remember what happened to black Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, back during the seventy years of war. Among other innocent blacks, Jesse Washington was convicted of murder by the whites with allegations not proven in court (Sumerau & Grollman, 2018). The blacks’ lives were instilled with fear, and lack of confidence and deaths were not enough since other bodies got dragged to African hoods that scared others to death.
History of Civil War
In another circumstance, during the civil war, Wes Johnson, an 18-year-old farmer, was murdered in cold blood accused of assaulting a white woman without standing trial. The murder of Wes Johnson and other black Americans negatively impacted the psychological and mental state of other black people (Sumerau & Grollman, 2018). Black Americans were disenfranchised by brutal laws that only favored the whites, thus affecting their performance in activities due to psychological distress.
Smithsonian Museum’s Slavery History
In another example, the Smithsonian museum of slavery and freedom portrays how Africans were affected psychologically, especially during the 15th to 17th centuries. Africans were subjected to slavery, thus resulting in others freeing from plantations of the South fighting for freedom in unison with the union army (Sumerau & Grollman, 2018). There is a need to curb racial oppression in America where the citizens should be taught about the rising above hate and respecting the color and creed of different diversities. Additionally, the creation of museums is paramount to teaching Americans about the history of lynching, thus preventing racial oppression.
Reference
Sumerau, J. E., & Grollman, E. A. (2018). Obscuring oppression: Racism, cissexism, and the persistence of social inequality. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 4(3), 322-337. Web.