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In the late 18th century and early 19th century, Native Americans were disregarded as colonizers and eventually the United States continued to expand westward.  When Andrew Jackson took the presidency in the late 1920's, he decided to send multiple Native American Tribes (100,000 people in all) on a 5,000 mile trek west across the United States to cater to the needs of the United States agriculture industry.  As a result, thousands of Native Americans died along the way, and many cultural customs were severely damaged.
#oppression

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In 1955, an African American boy named Emmett Till went to a convenience store with his cousins. There, he minorly sexually harassed a white woman which would not have been punishable if Till was white. However, due to the fact that he was black, the woman's husband and brother kidnapped, lynched, and tossed him but were never convicted. This created a mournful attitude among African Americans across America and a sense of hopelessness as they were unsure if justice would ever be served.

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After the Emancipation of African Americans in America, the South was enraged that they, who they thought were racially subordinate to them, were now considered equals. As a result, the whites in the South lynched 3,446 blacks. Only about 1,297 whites where lynched, and these were mostly when whites supported African Americans or were anti-lynch. The problem with the government supporting white actions is that it sets precedent for whites to publicly and systemically oppress their racial minority.

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Early on in Invisible Man, the narrator was given the task of showing one of the white trustees (major donor) of the African American University around the area.  This does not go as planned however, and the narrator got into trouble with Dr. Bledsoe who is one of the school's top administrators (also an African American man).  Bledsoe was worried that this incident could harm University and that he could be fired from his job.  After an argument with the narrator, Bledsoe shortly summarizes his philosophy to him:

"But I've made my place in it and I'll have every Negro in the country hanging on tree limbs by morning if it means staying where I am" (Ellison 143).

Dr. Bledsoe is only concerned for his own well being and does not care about the social status of African Americans like the narrator does.  This discrepancy in beliefs among these two is partially why the road to equality was difficult for African Americans.  The narrator originally believed that Dr. Bledsoe had good intentions but came to realize that he was just as selfish as many white men of the time.
#Infighting

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The Ku Klux Klan was established to maintain white superiority. The KKK was a violent organization that subjected black individuals to cruel treatment. It is known that

"At least 10 percent of the Black legislators elected during the 1867-1868 constitutional conventions became victims of violence during Reconstruction."

When the Ku Klux Klan members were not reprimanded for killing black individuals, in their minds, it validated the idea that they are allowed to kill blacks. This led to even more racism in America.

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In 1906, Alabama, Bunk Richardson was arrested because he was connected to a murder of a white woman, Sarah Jane Smith. After his arrest, a mob of angry whites hung him. After further investigation, it was proven that Richardson had nothing to do with the murder of Sarah Jane Smith. Despite this fact, the individuals that murdered an innocent man were not punished. This shows the unjust treatment of racial minorities due to white privilege, in the sense that whites create their own rules and change them whenever it benefits themselves.

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Back in pre-antebellum America, there was a set of policies known as the slave codes.  Some of these policies stated that slaves could not marry, own firearms, assemble without the supervision of an owner, or defend themselves if they were attacked by a white person.  All of these regulations were designed to prevent any sort of unionizing or rebellious thoughts among slaves.  As a result of the dependence that whites had developed toward slavery at the time, they believed that it was reasonable to further restrict the liberty of their African American counterparts despite the dire nature of their situation.

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Industrialization was the process of mechanization and applying technology to economics and everyday life. This led countries to Imperialize other states because they had more natural resources. Look below to see how Imperialism spread White Power.

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In the 1800s, Europe was involved in the Scramble for Africa. This was the idea of powerful nations adding to their power by annexing less developed African nations for economic gain. Walter Rodney states in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,

“The title of this section is deliberately chosen to call attention to the fact that... this was in the interest of European capitalism and nothing else” (143).

This shows that the whites spread their influence over blacks early in history which caused White Privilege. The Europeans forced their rules and culture on Africans which caused a mindset of white superiority.

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Just after the Civil War, there was still conflict over slavery. Upon research into this area, Harvard Staff Writer, Liz Mineo states,

"It was astonishing to see positive assessments of slavery in American history textbooks."

This shows that despite freeing black Americans, a large percentage of the population still wanted to hold power over them. This led to a racist mindset of children because they had been taught that Americans were in the right for owning slaves.

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In a study conducted by Texas Tech University, it was found that if children admire their parents, they adopt their political ideology. This means that a majority of children’s opinions on White Power were also influenced by the attitudes of their racist parents. This led to an increase in the spread of White Supremacy which had negative impacts on society.

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African Americans continued to be mistreated across the United States even after emancipation.  Some examples of this mistreatment include Jim Crow segregation laws and the government's failure to enforce the Brown vs. Board of Education precedent.  As a result, people across the US decided to form the Civil Rights Movement.  Martin Luther King Junior was one of the most prominent activists of this movement and preached a nonviolent approach to protests.  Eventually, some may say the movement was successful after congress passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.  These pieces of legislation ended mainstream segregation and racial mistreatment in the US.

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Early on in Invisible Man, the narrator is tasked with being the chauffeur for a major donor of the university he attends, Mr. Norton.  Unfortunately, the narrator accidentally veers away from his original path to a village of run-down cabins inhabited primarily by former slaves.  Mr. Norton is intrigued by this place and convinces the narrator to stay even though he his highly opposed to doing so.  During their visit, Mr. Norton and the narrator come across a man named Trueblood who has recently impregnated both his wife and his daughter.  As Trueblood explains his experiences to Mr. Norton, the narrator mutters,

"How can he tell this to white men, I thought, when he knows they'll say that all negroes do such things?" (Ellison 58).

This concern of the narrator held true to much of the southern white population of the time; people heard of something terrible that an African American person did and then proceeded to make generalizations about the whole African American population.  These instances only further scarred this minority as whites decided to inform their youth its so-called impurity and evil, which served to exacerbate the systemic racism of the United States.

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When the narrator traveled to New York City, he became part of a brotherhood that preached a peaceful approach to protesting civil rights.  One day, he came across a man named Ras the Extorter who advocated a violent method of protest toward civil rights.  The two then began to argue which method had more merit: violence or peaceful gatherings.  During this scuffle, Ras explained his general motivation for his work by saying,

"It's three hundred years of black blood to build this white man's civilization and wasn't be wiped out in a minute. Blood calls for blood!" (Ellison 376).

Ras definitely expressed interest toward civil rights but had a polar opposite method from the narrator and the Brotherhood of achieving them.  This exemplifies another division among the African American population of the US that hindered consensus.

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When the narrator was finally moved back to Harlem by the Brotherhood, he realized that the city had become very solemn and gloomy since he left.  The narrator came to learn that most of his colleagues had either been moved out of Harlem by the Brotherhood or released.  The narrator was saddened by this, but eventually came across former Brother, Clifton.  Unfortunately, Clifton was breaking the law by performing a street show for his customers to encourage them to buy his 🤬 Dolls; when the police discovered Clifton and tried to arrest him, he resisted and was shot.  This never would've happened to a white man which is why this event was essential in sparking the Harlem Race Riots.  As the narrator describes in once instance:

"...I saw a group of men running up pulling a Borden's milk wagon, on top of which... a huge woman in a gingham pinafore sat drinking beer from a barrel which sat before her." (Ellison 544).

This scene depicts the madness of the situation in Harlem and how its African American population was tired of its mistreatment.

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After being let go from the Brotherhood, Brother Clifton decided to make a living for himself by selling Sambo Dolls.  These toys were very degrading despite their simplicity as the doll symbolized African Americans, and its puppeteer symbolized whites.  Essentially, whites had control over African Americans.  At the sight of this, the narrator

"...felt betrayed.  [He] looked at the doll and felt [his] throat constrict.  The rage welled behind the phlegm as [he] rocked back on [his] heels and crouched forward," (Ellison 433).

Brother Clifton became somewhat of an enemy to the narrator because he chose a questionable method of making a living.  This instance of betrayal is another example of divisions between African Americans.

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Manifest Destiny is defined as popular American belief that Americans settlers were destined to expand across North America. Because this belief was pursued, whites spread their power over other individuals which led to the spread of White Power.
#culturaldiffusion

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Psychological research shows that individuals tend to conform to popular opinion even if they initially have opposing views. When this is applied to racism of whites, it exacerbates the already pressing issue of White Power because individuals who disagree with unjust treatment of other ethnicities tend fall in line with the majority.
#conformity

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Following the French and Indian War, the English spread their cultural belief on the Native Americans which the French had not done prior. This caused the Native Americans to rise up in an effort to drive English influence out of their region which they inhabited.

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At the Capital Protest, white individuals stormed the Capital which is an act of terrorism, the unlawful use of violence or force against persons or property. A former federal judge states that it is likely these individuals will likely be sentenced probation for what is normally a felony.

However on May 25th, video record of Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, blatantly kills a black individual, George Floyd. Chauvin still has yet to receive punishment for murder almost a year after the incident.

In both cases, white individuals receive lenient punishments contrary to if a black committed the crimes, they would most likely be convicted quickly.
#Unjust

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/13bs_wM5x3_nH-at8lBWLWCyPxQhGVk2yX3L0U5StLMU/edit

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https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crf3bEVeQ7B