Struggle To Survive

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Struggle to Survive
The early settlers of America spent arduous hours creating a national document which would hopefully spell out the basic ingredients necessary to sustain a unified democracy within this land. From the beginning, these pioneers wanted to establish a worthy place free of restrictions which would not subvert or obstruct the basic foundations of a viable democratic society. Educational, political, social, and religious freedoms were some of the known necessities for the real American way of life in this new country.
But in the midst of building this democratic society, something strange happened. Out of a desperate need for laborers, the American economic system resolved to the use of indentured servants and slaves. Labor intensive jobs were soaring as the colonies grew into the Thirteen Original Colonies. Soon the freed indentured servants left only the slaves as permanent laborers. Slaves from the African continent made up the bulk of the labor intensive crew.
Growing up in Eastern Europe at that time, you can find yourself very confused. On television I saw a different America, one full of action movies, and fast food also powerful and rich. Something I never noticed was the struggle for equal treatment of people of color. I learned about that when I came here and seen it with my own eyes. I believe the media causes a lot of that confusion that I experienced in Poland.
Parts of me can conquer with the struggle that the Black union workers experienced. It was something to take notice of. At that time the Country struggled. I wasn’t aware of the funkadelic experience brought upon by the citizens of the state. Simple explanation; I wasn’t born yet. Just like many of my friends. On top of everything I seen the world from a different spectrum; compared to typical American.
I was part of an organization that heavily depended on union steel workers. Our product was industrial blowers; they were...