There were many struggles back in the day, and the most brutal struggle was racism between people. There were many races that were targeted, but it was African Americans who suffered racism above all the other races. To this day racism exists, but it is not as harsh as it was before. Jews aside from the African Americans were also a race that was targeted in the past. The two races that I would like to enlighten people on are the African Americans and the Jews. These two races had different race laws that separated them. For the African Americans, they had the Jim Crow Laws that were used to treat them unequally, and for the Jews they had the Nuremberg Laws. I believe that these laws were unfair, and were no way to treat human beings. These laws will be unraveled thoroughly and will reveal how harsh these laws were to certain races of people. First off, I would like to begin with the Jim Crow Laws. The Jim Crow Laws were racist laws that were created for African Americans in 1876. This law separated African Americans from white Americans. There are many examples how the Jim Crow Laws affected African Americans; For instance, African Americans had separate schools, transportation, restrooms, and restaurants apart from white Americans. In 1865, the government provided protection for African Americans who were once slaves. The Jim Crow laws seemed unfair to African Americans, but even if they thought this, the Supreme Court couldn’t help them. As long as the laws were “separate but equal”, they were considered to be constitutional. Time passed and it seemed like African Americans learned to live with these laws, but that soon changed after the World War II occurrence. After World War II, Africans felt that they deserved to be treate... ... middle of paper ... ...as eating my lunch, I heard one of the girls ask me “Why are you sitting here?” At first I didn’t realize she was talking to me, but as soon as I did I replied with “I feel like sitting here”. She then said, “I don’t want any dog eaters to sit next to me”. I was astonished when she said that, I couldn’t believe my ears. I was angry, because what she said was so absurd. I then replied “If you don’t want to sit next to me, then you could go sit somewhere else, and by the way I don’t eat dogs”. The two girls then were talking to each other, and after about five minutes they left. I never thought that I would ever be discriminated in that way. It’s not a good feeling at all, and it makes me consider that people were discriminated all the time back then. I then told myself I won’t ever discriminate anyone in my life, and then I realized you have to be the better person.
Blacks were treated unjustly due to the Jim Crow laws and the racial stigmas embedded into American society. Under these laws, whites and colored people were “separate but equal,” however this could not be further from the truth. Due to the extreme racism in the United States during this time period, especially in the South, many blacks were dehumanized by whites to ensure that they remained inferior to them. As a result of their suffering from the prejudice society of America, there was a national outcry to better the lives of colored people.
Throughout the 1800’s and 1900’s in the southern region of the United States, all African Americans were treated like they didn’t belong here in this country. Almost all white males that were wealthy owned a plethora of African Americans as their personal slaves. They would work days upon days for their respective owners. Whether it was picking cotton or doing whatever their owner asked of them, they were pretty much treated like they were anything but a human being. They were treated poorly and their living conditions can probably be considered as inhumane. The quality of life for the two races in our beloved country had a huge difference. This era was more commonly known as the Jim Crow era. “Jim Crow describes the segregationist social system
The Jim Crow laws were laws used to separate the blacks and whites. “Jim Crow is discrimination against a racial group other than white, and especially against the Negro in the southland by either legal enforcement or traditional sanctions” (Worsmer, Richard). Most White people believed that they were superior over all of the other races, and they thought this because they were raised to learn that. But that still gives them no excuse
African Americans suffered from racism during Jim Crow system for many years. “Racism is the belief that the physical characteristics of a person or group determines their capabilities and that one group is naturally superior to other groups”(United Nations Human Rights). On other words, racism means anyone has different physical characteristics such as color skin or gender is lower than the majority or another group. Slavery in the United States began after English colonists settled and continue for many years (Kenion, 1912). During slavery years, The Americans transferred African men and women to the US to work in farms, housekeeping and serve white people. After many years, the African Americans demanded for their freedom and equality with white people. As a result, the white Americans created Jim Crow system. The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws and used from 1876 to 1965 in the United States. The laws used to organize life between African Americans and white people. The system was dealing with African Americans as second level citizenries and withe people as first citizenries. African American could not get the simple rights such as qualified education and health care. For example, North Carolina schools were racially segregated because Jim Crow system say’s that, African American and white students should study in separate and equal schools. In fact, schools in North Carolina were separate, but not equal. By 1875, “public education in North Carolina was a legally ordained system” (Kenion, 1912). Every thing was separate such as facilities, teachers, resources, and students. In North Carolina, African American and white students had been attended segregated public schools. However, the schools were unequal. The whi...
As a result, racism still exists today , african americans vs. whites as well as vice versa. People are constantly discriminated or passed over for jobs because of race, gender or ethnicity. The society we live in today face challenges that we have never faced before. Many people have the opportunity of attending schools, when back in the face the possibilities were very slim. Ironically, people are so well educated yet, lack integrity, character, accountability and virtues.
It has been nearly fifty years since the men and women; mostly young and black, challenged Jim Crow and the laws and administrators who enforced it. “The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level (Wikipedia).” These laws were enacted to create segregation in public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks, in Southern states of the former Confederacy. In 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans was one of the first attempts at civil rights and equality for all (Litwack).
were more reasons, like pure racism. Cities had ghettos where all of the blacks lived in a
Racism was a serious issue from the 1870’s to the 1900’s and seemed to be never ending. During this time, white people thought they were superior to all other races. They believed that all other races were inferior to them and treated them as if they were. They were brutal and nasty to them just because they were not the same race as them. During this time, the two major groups that were targeted were the Native Americans, African Americans, and Filipinos.
...Court decided that this was not unlawful, Chief Justin Earl Warren made the final decision saying “"We conclude that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This was the first time that the African Americans began to see themselves making strides towards being equal.
Jim Crow laws affected the United States by creating a society where white individuals and than those of color were kept separate. As America hit a turning point in history and the Civil War was fought, slavery was abolished and white supremacists created Jim Crow laws in an attempt to keep African Americans as close as possible to their previous status as slaves. These laws aimed to control every aspect of life and to create a separated society dominated by whites. America was “Jim Crowed” for almost a full century and the laws weren’t successfully opposed until 1954 during the Brown v. Board of Education case, and even then, it took several years for society to accept integration.
“Jim Crow Laws were statutes and ordinances established between 1874 and 1975 to separate the white and black races in the American South. In theory, it was to create "separate but equal" treatment, but in practice Jim Crow Laws condemned black citizens to inferior treatment and facilities.” The Jim Crows Laws created tensions and disrespect towards blacks from whites. These laws separated blacks and whites from each other and shows how race determines how an individual is treated. The Jim Crow laws are laws that are targeted towards black people. These laws determine how an individual is treated by limiting their education, having specific places where blacks and whites could or could not go, and the punishments for the “crime” committed.
In 1896 the Plessy v. Ferguson case made the segregation of blacks and whites legal; and the Supreme Court made the Jim Crow laws legal saying that blacks are “separate but equal.” African Americans knew that was unfair and could especially
Black people were seen as a problem by the white people just because their skin color was different;
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.
Racism had always been present, but not until the early 1900’s where the African Americans got tired of being treated differently. They decided to do something in order to change this. African Americans began protesting, provoke segregationists, demand federal government to enforce the civil rights, and did many dangerous things to get noticed. Many of these actions risked themselves and could have ended up losing their freedom (Winter,12) The birth of the Civil Rights Movement started by the courage of many unfreedom people. “Birmingham, Alabama became a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement, the site of the turning-point battle in the long African American struggle for freedom.” (McWorther p.8)