Anglo-Saxon Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean seeking refuge from total authoritarianism. They sought the freedom to live life, as they wanted, free from slavery, freedom of religion, and taxation on all their hard-earned property. Somewhere in their being, the knowledge burned with some sense of their equality with all other men and they longed for this equality. They knew of the "New World" across the ocean where they could gain this freedom. This New World was a symbol of freedom and Europeans had many hopes and dreams to realize; however, there was a small problem with the New World. This New World was not new, but rather an old world with well-established people who possessed their own political, religious and cultural ideology. This voyage across the sea was unfortunate from the start as there would soon be a clash of cultures with one declared victorious and the other nearly extinct. One of the tools used by Europeans to pursue their freedom was religious discrimination against Native Americans. The god of their Bible had no room for people whose melanin has shades of red or black. This short essay will focus on one particular Native American, William Apess, who fought against the discrimination faced by his people by denouncing the hypocrisy of white Europeans who called themselves Christians. Apess fought for civil rights before his time. This essay will examine how he exposed the hypocrisy of these so-called Christians by providing not only biblical evidence, but also by exposing them to examples of their hatred by giving them a look in the mirror, a chance to reflect on their actions, and how in the pursuit of their own freedom they trampled the native A...... middle of paper ......until they lived in impoverishment simply because they thought highly of themselves, deserving every good thing. If that wasn't enough to demonstrate the hypocrisies, the Monkey asks another very powerful question, echoing the already glaring example of Christian hypocrisy provided. He asks whether the Indians are guilty of robbing a nation of its entire continent, killing its women and children, and then disinheriting the remaining few of their "lawful rights, which nature and God require them to have?" (Calloway, 2012, p. 319). Works Cited Calloway, C. G. (2012). The First Peoples A documentary survey of the history of the American Indians (4th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Bedford/St. Martin's.Houdmann, S.M. (n.d.). What the Bible Says About Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination [The Whole Issue]. I have Guestions.org. Retrieved from http://www.gotquestions.org/racism-Bible.html