The uprising of racism began dating back to the eighteenth century throughout the times of the slave trade. The slave trade began when Europeans came into Africa and captured African Americans forcing them into captivity. However, the reason behind racism was because of whites desire to exploit black people economically. During that era African Americans were being sold and bought by white owners as if they were pieces of property. Blacks were treated like animals, and, looked upon as illiterate where they were stereotyped to only being useful when it came to manual labor. The cruel treatments of racism upon the African American race have become ideals that have been passed down from generation to generation. African Americans were looked at