Question

how were american racial attitudes during the age of empire?

Answer 1

During the "Age of Empire," American racial attitudes had a global impact

Since the Americans got their independence (Declaration of Independence), the United States’ success inspired the world by their highest ideals and concepts such as freedom, democracy, and self-government. Also, after the Americans’ victory of the Spanish- American war, Americans had imposed themselves between the imperial government powers of the world. During the age of empire, most of the white people were dominant and they believe that dominance must be in whites' hands for sake the progress of the nation. The domination of whites created the sense of the ethnic affiliation among the white nation- Anglo-Saxon supremacy.

Although the Civil Rights Act in 1875 guaranteed equal rights for everyone regardless of his race or color, in the 1890s, separation of the races became legalized. Segregation started when the supreme court of Louisiana regarding to Plessy v. Ferguson case- agreed that segregation didn’t violate the constitutional law. Also, segregation is not discrimination since they are equal but separated. The supporters of the imperial established segregation to serve the white supremacy and put down the other races and to prevent blacks from the vote right.

American segregation affected many people around the world. In the footsteps of the Americans, racial attitudes of segregation, Australia, and South Africa adopted similar laws to discriminate non-white people. In 1911, South Africa adopted the apartheid. South Africa exceeded that by separating lands between whites and non-whites and prevented non-white from certain professions. In addition, the practice of Anti-Chinese law and preventing blacks from voting inspired countries like Canada