Racism Hate Movements and Social Cohesion in the United States
Racism has shaped the political, economic, and social development of the United States from colonization, Indigenous dispossession, and slavery through segregation, exclusionary immigration policy, unequal housing, and continuing disparities. The country is also home to diverse communities and constitutional commitments to equality, religious liberty, speech, and democratic participation. These realities exist together. Diversity does not automatically eliminate racism, and the persistence of prejudice does not erase the progress achieved through

