Lynching in the United States

provide for the family. Birth rates dropped as family planning and birth control use became more popular. The Great Depression was an economic downturn that started in 1929 and lasted up until 1939. Economically, industrial production in the United States “declined 47 percent and real gross domestic product (GDP) fell 30 percent,” (Romer). After the crash, people…

After the Civil War, white supremacy was a guiding principle which gained much popularity through former slave-owners, the Klu Klux Klan, and the government's regulation of Blacks, Chinese immigrants, Native American Indians, and the Philippines. White supremacy is imbedded in American history as a historical phenomenon because of the repetition of whites craving power. White people of the past have thought that they are the only race that is capable of running the world and they have gone to…

There are few topics more divisive and uncomfortable in the United States than race relations and racism. But as much as we might hate to talk about it, it’s impossible to separate our nation’s history from the oppression of black Americans when slavery was once a part of the constitution, perpetrators of lynchings of black Americans went unpunished regularly, and the segregation of public facilities was once declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. Just turn on the news today and it’s…

Race in the United States is a touchy subject to say the least. Many in this country would like to believe that racism is a thing of the past and that the United States is as equal as it has ever been. Sadly that is very incorrect. The United States has a dark history with race relations and the residue from centuries of inequality are found everywhere in our society. One area of racial inequality imbedded deep in societies foundations would be that of crime and punishment. The law fixes…

bail was denied. Jails are used to require to make a court appearance for any reason. Lastly, they are serving sentences of 364 days or less. The difference between jail and prisons are, prisons are administered at both state and federal level. Whereas, jails are just at the state level. The largest private corporation in the prison industry is the CAA or Corrections Association of America. In 2005, the revenue for CAA was 1.2 billion dollars. The term “total institution” was coined by Goffman.…

Traditionally, black Americans were mistreated and oppressed due to their lack of legal standing and political power. In the later half of the 20th century the Civil Rights movement worked to change all that. However, prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, some black people were able to get elected to Congress and be an effective voice. Perhaps the strongest of these early voices was Adam Clayton Powell. By investigating his political life and work, a better…

The bloodiest war in American history was a result of seemingly irreconcilable differences and a challenge over slavery that had defined the country since its founding. A conflict over the power of the national government to regulate slavery resulted in unprecedented violence and the death of hundreds of thousands. As proven through the development of culture following the war, the immediate deep wounds and destruction that resulted of Civil War violence was forgotten over the years, and America…

There are several root causes of the fear of immigrants in the 1920s, and there are several reasons of fear within the fear of immigrants in the 1920s. The Red Scare was a large cause in the fear of immigrants during the 1920s. The Red Scare caused a nationwide fear of radical leftism, communists, socialists, and anarchists after World War I ended and when the Bolshevik Revolution had occurred. People who expressed their views were put into prison and rightfully school people were frightened.…

Causes As aforementioned after the 1970’s the rate of incarceration within the United States spiked dramatically. Until recently when trying to explain the cause of racial disparity within the justice system and the effects on rate of incarceration, most viewed the situation as not indicative of just a racial issue but saw it as a problem across the board within the United States. Many became focused on the issue of mass incarceration rather than focusing on the issue of disproportion in…

Access to the Privileges of Citizenship In the book “The New Jim Crow,” Alexander argues that there is a racial caste system within the United States perpetuated by mass incarceration and the war on drugs. The death of slavery and segregation only gave way to a new form of discrimination through which the government can legally discriminate against people who are labeled “criminals”. She claims that the war on drugs specifically targets people of color and relegates them to a second class…