White residents of the United States clashed with the Indigenous people on land, food, and rights, without a permanent compromise. In 1829, President Andrew Jackson proposes to move all Indigenous people within America’s current territory to reservations. After being pursued for nearly thirty years, the Choctaw and the Chickasaw tribes agreed for their removal. This would allow whites to live their civilized lives as the Indigenous people cast off their savage habits in remote reservations. President Jackson’s Case for the Removal Act shows that those of power and majority decide the terms of segregation. The benefit of segregation for the white people comes from the constant push for white supremacy and white nationalism. A multicultural land shows no distinction of a race in power, which conflicts with the way ancestors of the American people lived. The powerful beliefs that run through politicians alike lead to a blind understanding of the minority damage. The one-sided argument allows whites …show more content…
President Jackson says that segregation “will free them from the power of the states; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the progress of decay, […]” Moreover, the government will influence the communities to be more like American society. However, President Jackson states that “as a Government we have as little right to control them as we have to prescribe laws for other nations.” The Government control versus the promised freedom shows the carelessness towards the minority. This becomes apparent when President Jackson talks of humanity and philanthropy. He acknowledges the graves and the culture the Indigenous people will leave behind, but feels that what they offer justifies the losses. The Government offerings look as a great sacrifice for a race without a voice or