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Aspects of American life	137	74,644
Citizenship and immigration	4,794	4,794
Voting	5,397	5,397
Criminal justice system	15,382	15,382
Education	2,910	6,263
Curriculum	3,353	3,353
Health	7,894	7,894
Housing and land	6,147	6,147
Labor market	6,617	6,617
Media	4,377	4,377
Politics	10,453	10,453
Religion	625	625
Wealth	6,558	6,558
African Americans	157	43,358
Antebellum period	5,560	5,560
From the Reconstruction Era to World War II	9,082	9,082
From World War II to the Civil Rights Movement	10,380	10,380
From the 1970s to the 2000s	6,477	6,477
From 2008 to the present	11,702	11,702
Native Americans	12,768	22,702
Reservation marginalization	3,927	3,927
American Indian boarding schools	1,748	1,748
Current issues	4,259	4,259
Asian Americans	2,253	27,933
19th century	6,754	6,754
Anti-Japanese sentiment and legislation	251	251
Anti-Filipino sentiment and legislation	923	923
World War II and postwar	8,523	8,523
The Second Half of the 20th Century	3,104	3,104
21st century	6,125	6,125
European Americans	11,007	11,007
Hispanic and Latino Americans	6,511	6,511
Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans	1,764	12,995
Arab Americans	6,259	6,259
Iranian Americans	1,456	1,456
Indian Americans	3,516	3,516
Jewish Americans	11,326	11,326
Consequences	72	28,531
Developmental	7,107	7,107
Societal	18	15,225
Schemas and stereotypes	6,684	6,684
Minority-minority racism	3,060	3,060
Interpersonal discrimination	1,831	1,831
Ethnic-racial socialization	3,632	3,632
Institutional racism	3,055	6,127
Nazi Germany's inspiration from American racism	3,072	3,072
Contemporary issues	26	10,061
Hate crimes and terrorism	2,941	2,941
Hateful views	4,204	4,204
Social media	1,843	1,843
Artificial intelligence	1,047	1,047
Responses	3,956	3,956
See also	104	104
Notes	24	24
References	33	33
Further sources	20	3,642
Articles	1,696	1,696
Books	853	853
Videos	1,073	1,073
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Min, Pyong Gap, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-3133-2688-2.

Lincoln was not at all a racist

I am appalled that a racist was allowed to spread ignorance in Wikipedia which is much too refined for this. Just using a reference, one can make up anything they would like. Abraham Lincoln said what he said in order to win votes in order to be elected president so he could put an end to slavery. He had to speak to the same audiences as Stephen Douglas. Lincoln knew what he had to say to win.Daviddaniel37(talk) 21:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We need reliable sources. The hagiographic curriculum in middle school isn't sufficient EvergreenFir (talk) 04:53, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it is erroneous to ascribe Abraham Lincoln's words during the Fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate to his "ingrained racist attitudes". I'm sure it was something that he would rather not have had to say, but he was backed into a corner by Douglas and to say anything else at that time would have been political suicide. Jersey Jan (talk) 02:55, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pete Buttigieg is right: Racism shaped some urban highways

I found this quite interesting article on PolitiFact. Maybe it has some use in this or some related articles. Fwiw, it includes a list of sources. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:42, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]