Racism in the United States made it very tough on multiple races. It was hard for people that weren’t white to live out there dreams or to make a living. Racism had an affect politically and in society. There were three races that dealt with racism. These races were African Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. When people hear the world racism they immediately think African Americans and slavery. Although blacks probably had it a lot worse then most races there were still some other races that were not treated equally. Racism has always been around and it is still around today. It is something that will never go away. After the Civil War, racism in the south rose higher than it ever had before. The south had lost the civil war. The southerners were very desperate and knew that things were going to change. The north had won and had granted the slaves to be free. There was no more slavery, so they thought. This hurt the south because the south really depended on slaves. The slaves were a major reason why the south was doing so well. They got the work done for the whites. Not all slaves were treated terribly, most of the time though it wasn’t very good. The southerners had built up this hatred towards everyone especially the North and African Americans. In order for the Southerners to be superior again they had to do something about the “Free Slaves”. What eventually came along was know as the Black Codes. The Black Codes were laws passed by the confederacy, which replaced social controls of slavery. They were passed right after the civil war. The south passed these laws so that they could be supreme again. It looked like the laws were designed to affect all races but it overpowered the African Americans. The Black Cod... ... middle of paper ... ...upreme Court ruling upheld Louisiana’s right to segregate railway cars. The court said that the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution mandated politically equality not social equality. The Jim Crow laws would eventually lead to segregation in schools, libraries, and parks. Racism was at an all time high and not looking good for African American’s. Especially since the Klu Klux Klan was on the rise. The KKK was a terrorist group who targeted former slaves, carpetbaggers, and scalawags. The KKK feared a lot of people and so they should have. Jim crow would eventually come to an end in the mid twenty century. Civil Rights movements and Brown v. Board of Education played a heavy role in putting a stop to the Jim Crow laws. During this time before racism had so called “ended”, African Americans were always reminded that they were second-class citizens.
The Black Codes were legal statutes and constitutional amendments enacted by the ex Confederate states following the Civil War that sought to restrict the liberties of newly free slaves, to ensure a supply of inexpensive agricultural labor, and maintain a white dominated hierachy. (paragraph 1) In southern states, prior to the Civil War they enacted Slave Codes to regulate the institution of slavery. And northern non-slave holding states enacted laws to limit the black political power and social mobility. (paragraph 2) Black Codes were adopted after the Civil War and borrowed points from the antebellum slave laws as well as laws in the northern states used to regulate free blacks. (paragraph 3) Eventually, the Black Codes were extinguished when Radical Republican Reconstruction efforts began in 1866-67 along with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment and civil rights legislation. The lives of the Black Codes did not have longevity but were significant. (paragraph 3)
The white southern government passed restrictive black codes, which was mostly just revised sections of the slave codes and replaced the word slaves with freedmen. The codes made former slaves carry passes, observe curfews, and live in housing provided by landowners. There were certain jobs that blacks still could not get into. Labor contracts even bounded the freed people to plantations and laws would punish anyone who tried to lure workers away from the plantations to other employment opportunities.
Black codes were state, or county laws used in what was known as the solid south as a way to keep the newly freed slaves from having real freedom. Most of these laws were completely ridiculous, and violations of these laws would lead to jail. An example of a black code was that black people were not permitted to be out at night past a certain time however white people were not bound to these rules, and regulations. Many people would unintentionally break these rules since many African Americans at the time were traveling from county to county to find work they were often not aware of the laws of the county they were in. Since farmers had lost free workers after the civil war most people who violated black codes, instead of going to jail would have to work on farms, or get involved with chain
Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. These laws imposed severe restrictions on freed slaves such as prohibiting their right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, limiting their right to testify against white men, carrying weapons in public places and working in certain occupations.
Black Codes were created and didn’t seem to be very useful as the freedmen were right back to where they had left off. As soon as a person attained certain age, they were required to service for the whites. Although the freedmen would benefit from the Black Codes, they were still enforced to do work. Nothing had changed just their label and the fact that they weren’t allowed to be physically abused, but what’s it say they weren’t mentally abused. The codes were so strictly enforced that even if a persons age was not known, evidence would’ve been used in order to attain an age. The war was fought, Lincoln died, all to be back to where everything originally stood. The whites continued to overthrow the freedmen and the freedmen were under contracts for certain
...a stable and subservient force but in actuality it mocked the idea of emancipation. These codes forced blacks to continue to work in plantations, they would have to pay for rent to work the land and even work for the lender until debt was paid. If they were unable to pay their contracts they would incur harsh penalties. These codes also did not permit any blacks to participate in a Jury or even have a vote. Eventually, these codes were repealed but these blacks were still chained to their contracts and surrounded by poverty. At some point, people wondered if the spilled blood of blacks and union soldiers was done in vain; pretty soon they would get their answer. In 1869, after a great struggle black men had the right to vote and by 1871 eligible blacks were able to organize politically and began holding major offices in government.
The black codes were originally just a group of laws made simply restricting all blacks right. Passes by the southern states they continued from 1865-1866. They suppressed the freedom of the African Americans and blacks in general. They consisted of mainly working for much lower wages and living their whole life in debt
The laws known as “Jim Crow” were laws presented to basically establish racial apartheid in the United States. These laws were more than in effect for “for three centuries of a century beginning in the 1800s” according to a Jim Crow Law article on PBS. Many try to say these laws didn’t have that big of an effect on African American lives but in affected almost everything in their daily life from segregation of things: such as schools, parks, restrooms, libraries, bus seatings, and also restaurants. The government got away with this because of the legal theory “separate but equal” but none of the blacks establishments were to the same standards of the whites. Signs that read “Whites Only” and “Colored” were seen at places all arounds cities.
The Black Codes were very controversial in the North and in the South they were accepted and prominent. One reason why they were so controversial in the North was because they would try to persuade many African Americans to quit their jobs before their contracts would expire. In certain states where there were more African Americans than whites such as, Mississippi or South Carolina the Black Codes were harsher than in any other states. For example, in Mississippi a rule that if anyone without any type of job before January 1 of 1866 would be arrested if they could not pay a fee of 50 dollars. Many Congress members during Johnson’s time if office disliked his plan for Reconstruction in the South because it seemed like it was to “restore defeated and discredited Confederates to power in the South” (209).
After the civil war, newly freed slaves faced many challenges. Whites, especially in the south, regarded blacks as inferior more than ever before. The black codes were just one obstacle the freed slaves had to overcome. They were laws that were passed in the southern states that had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedom. These laws made it possible for the south to regain control over the black population in much of the same ways they had before. The black codes effected reconstruction, and even today’s society in many ways.
Racism comes from different cultural values, ethnic backgrounds and also the physical appearances. The conflict of racism happens when the majority group of society feels that the different cultures and values of the minority group bring the deviance to the society. Race was created socially and primarily by how people perceive ideas and faces we are not quite used to. Racism have been one of the most significant issues that people have been facing and fighting for, and it is still occurring around us without we even notice. First, this paper will discuss about the definition, causes, types, and effects of racism. Second, it will discuss about the solutions to racism. Lastly, it will discuss the importance to reduce racism. Racism is a serious social crisis and it can be solved through several ways such as through individual action, family action, active interaction with the society, government policies, and education.
During everywhere I go from shopping or in campus, Thai people are afraid of them or don’t want to sit with them or be friends with them because, Thai people think that Indian people is from another world and not part from the Thai sociality, some Thai people are being prejudiced and racist to them by moving far away from Indians due to the different skin colors and closing their nose because of their body smell. During one day I was on the way home wanna get a cab and saw and long line but the first two people that was in the front was an Thai and a Indian person, the cab arrive and the Thai women saw the cab was just sat by an Indian and quickly call for another cab, the one at the back of that Thai women an Indian guy sat into the cab instead. This could easily tell you that the Thai people were trying to move away from the Indian people.
Discursive Essay on Racism Racism has existed for centuries, but during the last two hundred years hatred toward ethnic minorities or even majorities has fluctuated. Racism occurs all over the world, can happen to anyone and will always exist. There are three different forms of racism, open racism, violent racism and secret racism all express forms of hatred towards ethnic groups. These forms of racism, although different, all have the same main purpose, to promote hate towards ethnic groups. Open racism expresses freedom of racial thought and speech.
When the last federal troops left the south in 1877, Southern governments rapidly fell back under the control of racist whites. These racist whites wanted to keep blacks and whites separated so they created Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were responsible for separate restaurants, water fountains, bathrooms, schools, hotels and many more. By the 1890s, most of the effect that blacks had made during Reconstruction had left. Many blacks were poor because of job discrimination; whites would not hire them for good jobs. The name Jim Crow was ironically a white man’s imitation of a dancing and singing black stablemen.
Racism is a huge social problem in the world today. Many races today are being discriminated for being a certain race. Racism has been a social problem for a quite long time now, and it is still a social problem. The vast majority are being discriminated because of a certain group of a race, or person, done something that was awful, but this does not mean the whole race is to blame for the actions of others. Other races are looked down upon because of the color of their skin or maybe because they look very different. Racism has led up to genocide because one group fears another, or because of the way a race looks. A person who is racist is not born racist, they are taught to be racist or they see other people being racist, and they want to