Jim Crow laws were state and local laws used to enforce racial segregation in the Southern United States. These laws lasted for decades until their ban only 52 years ago in 1965, but their presence is still felt today. After the Jim Crow laws were banned, a new wave of segregation took over with the Separate but Equal Act. Although the name of the act makes it seem as if all races were on the same level of social, political, and economic equality, the harsh reality is the exact opposite. Black communities were required to use different facilities such as schools, diners, restrooms, and even drinking fountains. Often times the Black-only facilities were rundown and poorly maintained. The Supreme Court helped undermine the Constitutional protections
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Hate groups, and white supremacists such as the KKK feel right at home marching the confederate flag around, or holding up offensive “white power signs.” “Nine Hundred and seventeen hate groups are currently operating in the U.S.”, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC). 100 of the 917 hate groups belong to White nationalists, 130 belong to the Ku Klux Klan, 43 are Neo-Confederates, 78 are racist skinheads, and 99 are neo-Nazi’s(Hate Map). According to Ishaan Tharoor’s Washington Post article titled, “U.S. owes Black people for a History of ‘Racial Terrorism,’ the” domination of one group over another, continues to to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of African Americans today.(Tharoor)These hate groups have made it clear that even though all of this time has passed since the abolition of slavery, the world is still very full of hate. The government hasn’t even examined the possibility of black individuals. One of the only steps in that direction was a bill proposed to congress titled H.R.40. This bill was proposed originally by representative John Conyers and other representatives. Its intent was to “address the fundamental injustice,cruelty,brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 colonies between 1619 and 1865.” It wasn’t a plan to award reparations at all, it was a bill to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery.” This bill has been suggested to congress every year since 1989, and each time congress hasn't enacted it. H.R.40 wasn’t a bill that would automatically pay the black community a huge sum of money. It was a bill to consider creating a commision that would think about issuing a formal apology, and look into reparations, not necessarily pay them. Until Congress can either pass this bill(which is
Hate groups, and white supremacists such as the KKK feel right at home marching the confederate flag around, or holding up offensive “white power signs.” “Nine Hundred and seventeen hate groups are currently operating in the U.S.”, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC). 100 of the 917 hate groups belong to White nationalists, 130 belong to the Ku Klux Klan, 43 are Neo-Confederates, 78 are racist skinheads, and 99 are neo-Nazi’s(Hate Map). According to Ishaan Tharoor’s Washington Post article titled, “U.S. owes Black people for a History of ‘Racial Terrorism,’ the” domination of one group over another, continues to to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of African Americans today.(Tharoor)These hate groups have made it clear that even though all of this time has passed since the abolition of slavery, the world is still very full of hate. The government hasn’t even examined the possibility of black individuals. One of the only steps in that direction was a bill proposed to congress titled H.R.40. This bill was proposed originally by representative John Conyers and other representatives. Its intent was to “address the fundamental injustice,cruelty,brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 colonies between 1619 and 1865.” It wasn’t a plan to award reparations at all, it was a bill to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery.” This bill has been suggested to congress every year since 1989, and each time congress hasn't enacted it. H.R.40 wasn’t a bill that would automatically pay the black community a huge sum of money. It was a bill to consider creating a commision that would think about issuing a formal apology, and look into reparations, not necessarily pay them. Until Congress can either pass this bill(which is