Bias, Bigotry, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes Against Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the 21st Century

Download or read book Bias, Bigotry, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes Against Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the 21st Century written by Steven Howard Medof and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS Bias, Bigotry, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes Against Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the 21st Century by Steven Howard Medof Master of Arts in American Indian Studies University of California, Los Angeles, 2022 Professor Shannon Speed, Chair This thesis explores discrimination, bias, and bigotry perpetrated by the White majority as means of hate crimes against American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AIAN) in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Moreover, this paper explores the historical policies of termination and assimilation, such as government-sponsored genocide policies as referenced by the termination policy, boarding school era, broken treaties, and social stratification of "us versus them." I have included a chapter dedicated to missing and murdered American Indian women and girls, which continues unabated as of 2023. Herein, I explore patterns of US infringement upon American Indians' rights of self-determination and self-governance and question the responsibility for perpetuating bias within the entertainment, sports, and advertising industries. The thesis also focuses on discriminations in schools and healthcare and the psychological effects it caused on the intended minority. In addition, it reflects on the importance of American Indians' traditional values and culture. Although my intended goal is to highlight continuous struggles of Native Americans at the hands of others, it should be noted that Indigenous people have, for the most part, overcome stumbling blocks that are mentioned in the body of this paper. As examples they are active participants in fields of law, education, medicine, the arts, as well as in areas of economic development and self-governance of their tribal nations and associations. They are proud people who continue to engage in their diaspora and maintain language revitalization programs, self-governance, and cultural and traditional values.