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There is a gigantic problem happening now days in thy town on year 1892. There are terrible chafes concerning racial equality, Child labor laws, Ku Klux Clan wanting white men to rule over colored men, among other things, etc. However out of all these terrible things I must choose but only one problem since this problem to be specific sticks out of the rest problems in America. It only has three words Jim Crow laws. The Crow Jim Laws has also kept power in the hands of white men and women, they separated colored from whites; colored men belonged to a black society which was to gain jobs from colored people, was unable to go to the same bathroom as whites, children were to go to school but only for colored children, etc. This is a serious problem because whites consider themselves superior to colored people. This causes whites to mistreat those who are colored. I used to think so as well. That was though until I met Lesley Jones a black woman who became a dear friend of mine. After showing me with the bible the tale of Ruth who was a Moabite and married an Israelite; which back then was the most outrageous and impure act an Israelite could do. I changed my mind about the superiority of the white race. …show more content…

I will emphasize this problem the most. However my main 7 complaints are: my first complaint is that they abolish the law that black and white women is unable to marry, Secondly I wish my love had the same rights as I have as a woman or any other white man*, Thirdly for the Jim Crow Laws to be abolished, Fifthly for Immigrants work under a safe and un-harshful environment especially for the poor Asians from China, my 6 complaint let the child labor laws be either abolished or configured into an acceptable …, and lastly let the Ku Klux Clan be stopped! Since they cause an enormous ruckus in the Jewish and afro-American

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