Prejudice and discrimination against African Americans were common actions in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The acts were presented in numerous ways. For example, the case of Plessy v. Ferguson represents both prejudice and discrimination by giving all rights and privileges to white people. Another example of actions that displayed prejudice and discrimination against African Americans was after the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Finally, racism is still out in the world today and in American courts. Even though racism has died a lot, there are still a handful of people out there that have prejudice towards African Americans. So, the struggle to achieve equality was made even more difficult by the legislation of separate but equal in
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She shows this by focusing the story on Tom Robinson, an African American on trial. Atticus, Tom Robinson's attorney, backs up Tom Robinson by saying, “You never really understand a person, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. "(pg. 30) Mrs. Dubose did not like Atticus being Tom Robinson's attorney and stated to his children, "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for." (pg. 113) Before that, one day Atticus was stuck in his office, so Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to her African American church. One of the church-goers told Calpurnia, " You a'int got no business brigin white chillun her-they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, a'int it, Miss Cal?" (Ch. …show more content…
Carroll Doherty, author of “For African Americans, discrimination is not dead”, conducted a research that involves asking White people and African Americans how much discrimination is there against African Americans. She asked ordinary people that if racial discrimination still exists today, forty-six percent of African Americans said that there is a lot, and forty-two percent said that there is some racial discrimination, so the net percentage is eighty-eight. When she got to the White people, only sixteen percent of white folks said that racial discrimination exists a lot. forty-one percent of White people said that there is some discrimination. Even though we are on our way to lessen racial discrimination (e.g., electing an African American president). However, it does not matter how hard we try, people will always have social discrimination somewhere on this world. It might not be against African Americans or Whites. People will always try to find a way to end racial discrimination for the sake of the
She shows this by focusing the story on Tom Robinson, an African American on trial. Atticus, Tom Robinson's attorney, backs up Tom Robinson by saying, “You never really understand a person, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. "(pg. 30) Mrs. Dubose did not like Atticus being Tom Robinson's attorney and stated to his children, "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for." (pg. 113) Before that, one day Atticus was stuck in his office, so Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to her African American church. One of the church-goers told Calpurnia, " You a'int got no business brigin white chillun her-they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, a'int it, Miss Cal?" (Ch. …show more content…
Carroll Doherty, author of “For African Americans, discrimination is not dead”, conducted a research that involves asking White people and African Americans how much discrimination is there against African Americans. She asked ordinary people that if racial discrimination still exists today, forty-six percent of African Americans said that there is a lot, and forty-two percent said that there is some racial discrimination, so the net percentage is eighty-eight. When she got to the White people, only sixteen percent of white folks said that racial discrimination exists a lot. forty-one percent of White people said that there is some discrimination. Even though we are on our way to lessen racial discrimination (e.g., electing an African American president). However, it does not matter how hard we try, people will always have social discrimination somewhere on this world. It might not be against African Americans or Whites. People will always try to find a way to end racial discrimination for the sake of the