Causes Of Stratification Of African Americans

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Noel's differential in power hypothesis, I believe, could be the most significant cause of stratification between African's and Native American's. When European colonist started taking over North America, they had to share land with the Native American's. As the colonist fought for control over the land it became apparent that taking ownership of the land would be a difficult task because the colonist were still the minority group. It was probably much easier for European's to invade Africa for short periods of time quickly capturing people and then setting sail before the African's had a chance to rise up against them. Had the European colonist settled in Africa instead of America, would they have drove the African's out like they

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