Geoffrey Ofori-Dwomfuo
History of Race Presentation

 My fellow classmates and I were assigned a task to create a timeline of past events ,which was to our interest and associated with race. We were to perform this task in groups, therefore exposing us to great ideas from great minds with different perspectives. My group's timeline was focused on white supremacy and inferiority against minority groups. Many minority groups have and are still be treated as lesser humans as compound to whites. Minority groups are not seen equal to the whites, even though the Declaration of Independence tells us otherwise. Obstacles have been put in place to prevent the equality of whites and the minority groups. Hidden meanings are being placed in media, which are degrading the minority groups.

After witnessing the timeline of the other groups, one can infer ,that all groups had one main enemy in common. All groups spoke about how the whites were the main reason for the occurrence of these events. Unlike my group and the others, the timeline of Ramses Minus paid less attention to the events of the African-American history. I believe they were more focused on the minority groups excluding African American history because the history of blacks has overshadowed that of the other minority groups, even though they were also as affected as the blacks.

Each group was to create a theme to their timeline. It seemed to me that all the various themes were aiming for one goal. It had to do with minority groups being taken advantage of by the dominant group and this needed an end to it. It was quite surprising to realize that Hispanic/Latinos and Asian Americans were also once maltreated by the White Americans. I always thought African-Americans and Native Americans were the only minority group who suffered in the hands of the whites. I always used to ask myself, why Latinos were always involved in terms of groups, who were maltreated by the whites. Asian Americans never came to mind. I always saw them to be foreigners unlike the Africans Americans who were brought here and the Native Americans who already stayed here before the whites. This project has thought me a lot about the minority groups and why they were seen as minority. This project is really an eye opening experience. It also answered questions to which I had false answers to.