Throughout the years, America and our country as a whole has changed. Our basic ideas of what's right and what's wrong and what is socially acceptable has continued to shift throughout history. The way that our ancestors may have decided to do something may be completely different to how we may choose to do now, and the way some may have treated others beforehand, we may now have found just inhumane and wrong. A prime example of this would be what we refer to as Jim Crow Laws. These laws were a set of very strict anti-black laws that affected many African Americans between the 1800s to the 1960s. Jim Crow laws were very discriminatory towards African Americans in the 1800s-1960s and had a huge impact on education, voting, and what our society
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One of the major effects that these laws have had to shape what our society is like today is how it was a big kickstart for the Civil Rights Movement, which even though it was happening during the time the laws were in place, it became much more prominent after the laws were gone. Another long term effect of these laws is the passing down of its morals to future generations. For example, if there was were someone who grew up in the Jim Crow era who were biased against African Americans, they may pass these morals and ideas down to their future generations in their family, creating racial tension even when the laws aren't in place. A good example of this concept can be found in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Even though the setting of this novel is right as the Jim Crow era is ending, the effects of from the laws can still be seen throughout it and Tom Robinson's treatment during his trial. Also, because of the Law's effects on African American's education, in recent days, this group of people has a have lower college graduating percentages than whites do. Lastly, the claims of police brutality in the U.S. may be loosely attached to the long term effects of the violence against blacks during the Jim Crow era, and has also been a recent cause for an abundance of racial tension in our …show more content…
Though these cruel acts against other human beings may have been considered acceptable during one point in time, thankfully they are not now in current times. Since the Jim Crow Era, our country's mindset as a whole has shifted on what's right and what's wrong. We have come to see that we are all equal as humans and should not be treated otherwise. Though the Jim Crow laws and Era may have just been a bump in the road, America will forever strive for greatness in freedom, but most importantly,
One of the major effects that these laws have had to shape what our society is like today is how it was a big kickstart for the Civil Rights Movement, which even though it was happening during the time the laws were in place, it became much more prominent after the laws were gone. Another long term effect of these laws is the passing down of its morals to future generations. For example, if there was were someone who grew up in the Jim Crow era who were biased against African Americans, they may pass these morals and ideas down to their future generations in their family, creating racial tension even when the laws aren't in place. A good example of this concept can be found in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Even though the setting of this novel is right as the Jim Crow era is ending, the effects of from the laws can still be seen throughout it and Tom Robinson's treatment during his trial. Also, because of the Law's effects on African American's education, in recent days, this group of people has a have lower college graduating percentages than whites do. Lastly, the claims of police brutality in the U.S. may be loosely attached to the long term effects of the violence against blacks during the Jim Crow era, and has also been a recent cause for an abundance of racial tension in our …show more content…
Though these cruel acts against other human beings may have been considered acceptable during one point in time, thankfully they are not now in current times. Since the Jim Crow Era, our country's mindset as a whole has shifted on what's right and what's wrong. We have come to see that we are all equal as humans and should not be treated otherwise. Though the Jim Crow laws and Era may have just been a bump in the road, America will forever strive for greatness in freedom, but most importantly,