In an Essay define apartheid and economic/political disempowerment as they apply to U.S minority politics and then assess how each shaped the political opportunities and barriers for three of the following racial /ethnic groups African Americans, Asian Americans, latinos and native Americans. Based on your review of these political histories , please assess which of the these two models offers the richest explanation for the political barriers and opportunities of these racial/ethnic groups in the period before and leading up to the civil rights era .