For this blog post I am supposed to talk about a few examples of emotions and attitudes expressed in current times toward different ethnic or religious groups. And to see whether people and their acceptance of different cultures and freedom of religion changed from the 1870s to the present day.

I definitely think that in regard to the recent election this topic is very relevant. Compared to the 1870s there is an immense difference in the way people are treated because of their cultures and religion. However I would say that religion has lost a lot of respect since then. People don't really discriminate based on religion but they tend not to take it very seriously either. In that aspect I think we have gone backwards since the 1870s. As far as cultures are concerned I also think we have come a long way, while the laws haven't really changed the people have. In the 1870s there was a lot of very open racism in our country. And though that problem hasn't been solved even today we have come a long way since then. There is a lot less anger and inherent dislike towards people who are different now and more of a prejudice and disrespectful culture now. Of course not everyone is like that, those are just the extremes of each time period.