New York is one of the most diverse states in America and, quite arguably, the world. Although it may seem like an audacious statement to make it is very well supported as a tourist could stop anyone on the streets of Manhattan alone and meet people from countries all over the world, and from a thousand different walks of life. Having such a mixed culture is just one of the things that New York is famous for. However diversity is not just limited to this one state in particular. The Northern states have always been a little bit more open to ethnic and racial diversity when compared to the Southern states. Unfortunately, being the true birthplace of Jim Crow has stained the history of the South. This is because institutionalized racism had such
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This character was was first portrayed by an entertainer named Thomas D. Rice. The African American Registry said that,“Coming to New York he opened up at the old Park Theater, where he introduced his Jim Crow act, impersonating a negro slave. His character dressed in rags, battered hat and torn shoes. Rice blackened his face and hands and impersonated a very nimble and irreverently witty black field hand who sang, ‘Turn about and wheel about, and do just so. And every time I turn about I Jump Jim Crow.’” This started a very racist practice known as dressing up in blackface. The intention was to dehumanize as well as degrade black men and women by perpetuating stereotypes. In Davis and Miller’s "28" Routine the main joke of the performance was that black people cannot do math because they are just that unintelligent. Anyone who had never met a black person essentially learned that the way these comedians acted was actually how regular black men and women behaved. As a result Jim Crow has always been a symbol of racism so people who dress in blackface are not just dressing up for halloween or having harmless fun, what they are really doing is being disrespectful to an entire race of …show more content…
In South Carolina, a law prohibited blacks from holding any occupation other than farmer or servant unless they paid an annual tax of $10 to
This character was was first portrayed by an entertainer named Thomas D. Rice. The African American Registry said that,“Coming to New York he opened up at the old Park Theater, where he introduced his Jim Crow act, impersonating a negro slave. His character dressed in rags, battered hat and torn shoes. Rice blackened his face and hands and impersonated a very nimble and irreverently witty black field hand who sang, ‘Turn about and wheel about, and do just so. And every time I turn about I Jump Jim Crow.’” This started a very racist practice known as dressing up in blackface. The intention was to dehumanize as well as degrade black men and women by perpetuating stereotypes. In Davis and Miller’s "28" Routine the main joke of the performance was that black people cannot do math because they are just that unintelligent. Anyone who had never met a black person essentially learned that the way these comedians acted was actually how regular black men and women behaved. As a result Jim Crow has always been a symbol of racism so people who dress in blackface are not just dressing up for halloween or having harmless fun, what they are really doing is being disrespectful to an entire race of …show more content…
In South Carolina, a law prohibited blacks from holding any occupation other than farmer or servant unless they paid an annual tax of $10 to