When Studs Terkel writes " race is our 'American obsession'." He is saying that the citizens of America have a preoccupation with race and race relations. For example, the Civil War was fought due to the relationships between blacks and whites. The Civil War caused the deaths o

Therefore all of our history is engraved with the issue of race relations. Race relations have been an important part of the history of the United States. Throughout history, race has been a major factor in many of the important events in our nations past. The level of racism has been going down since Reconstruction though there are still problems concerning race in the United States. Truly our nations past proves that America is obsessed with race.

Even today, the people of the United States use a person's race and the color of their skin to form prejudices. People cannot see a person without seeing their skin color or race. The people of this country are obsessed with race. The one drop rule "reflects the long experience with slavery and later with Jim Crow segregation"(Davis, 37) This means that if a person has one drop of colored blood, or one black ancestor they are considered black. The one-dro

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