Lumbee Peoples – Culture, Power & the Law

Lumbee Peoples - Culture, Power & the Law Abstract Racial discrimination has been a significant scourge in the American society since independence. Native Indians and Africans emerging from racism were severely disadvantaged compared to their white counterparts. Despite changes in the constitution, social settings continue to foster racism, especially towards the Native Americans. These communities are disproportionately prone to murder, assault, drug trafficking and violence, especially from the white society. In addition, the community has among the highest rates of incarceration globally. This is primarily due to laws that are designed to target minority groups for incarceration. This paper uses extensive literature review to investigate the nature of systematic structural prejudices leveled against Native Americans with a special focus on the Lumbee community. It is, clear that the white community has continually used its power over the minority to enforce policies that instigate racial discrimination. These trends are ongoing in some programs such as the skewed incarceration systems that are designed in a way that significantly disadvantages the minorities. America is known for being a multicultural state formed by peoples from all over the globe and especially White Europeans who left their homeland more than four years ago in search of freedom and explore new frontiers. Lesser figures arrived from Africa through slavery and these communities found Native Americans, the aboriginal people of America. Though originally the authentic residents of the Americas, these individuals were significantly outclassed technologically by incoming comminutes and