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Discrimination and Slavery - Going Skin Deep

            Discrimination and prejudice integrates into our ever-evolving society like a recognizable language. We consistently are bombarded with racial slurs whether it is intended to hurt or not. Tracing these behaviors back to the early stepping stones of our country, we discover it was not just a language, but more so a way of life. Racial inequality sits firmly in the foundation of Early America and the New World. A race was born through the establishment of servitude and it remained throughout the decades because of the acceptance in its familiarity. .
             Virginians of the New World were in need of labor to accelerate the process of self-sufficiency. The initial option would be to coerce Indian hands to submit to work, however with their sheer number and the viciousness of these "savages", settlers looked to blacks instead (Zinn 25). African servants, who were stripped of their heritage and forced to embody a new set of beliefs, were seen as the best candidates for the demand in workers, thus the stigma was born. In comparison with Indian procedures, Virginians now were able to utilize the superior assets they possessed and this encouraged them to strive to be masters of slaves. Servitude became more accessible and soon stood as the main support system for multiple early English Colonies (Slavery and the Making of America). Out of that cruel ingenuity, the use of slaves now sparks the image of a race that is acceptable for the decades to come. .
             In the 17th century, with no formal regulation on slavery practices, the institution soon developed into a culture (Slavery and the Making of America). As their position in society became more apparent, blacks became victim to an outline that represented a status of inferiority, along with derogatory remarks that make up what we now know today as "racism" (Zinn 24). The constant retaliation of slaves is always seen as the highest form of defiance.


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