Impact of Slave Trade

The slave trade of the 14th through 19th centuries had many impacts on the U.S. and Latin America. In my opinion, though there may have been less slaves shipped there, the overall impact on the U.S. was greater than on Latin America. In many ways these impacts are still being felt today. Some people would say that the greatest impact of the slave trade was the United Stated Civil War. I suppose that this would be an obvious and correct statement, but I believe that the consequences extend far beyond that. In my opinion, the most important consequence of the slave trade is seen in today’s American society. Our culture is very concerned with “political correctness”, and a lot of it is a result of the poor treatment of minorities by

During the civil rights movement of the 1960"tms, there was a struggle between the oppressors and the oppressed, ending with the oppressed finally receiving full rights as human beings. Not everything is "black and white"; there is always a gray area. It is obvious that the slave trade brought on hundreds of years of racism toward the black race. I think that this sort of practice is taking political correctness a little too far. Though it was later ruled unconstitutional by the U. Supreme Court, affirmative action established a quota of minorities for businesses and schools. I notice people taking extra care in not offending anyone. Essentially, if two people, one black and one white, had the same qualifications for a job, or the same GPA and SAT score on a college application, the slot would go to the black applicant simply because he"tms a minority. There are many other examples of the hyper-awareness of American society. Affirmative action illustrated what I believe is the height of the "P. There are lots of results of the slave trade that could have been considered "greatest", but I believe that where we are as a society today is the best illustration.