Every group throughout the civil rights era suffered from discrimination due to their differences from Americans. In the past, many groups of people have struggled to gain total equality. Native Americans, LatinX, Women, Malcolm X, and MLK have all spent their lives fighting against the harsh mistreatment placed upon them. There are many similarities and differences between the struggles and strategies used to face these large problems. It is the difference in culture, skin tone, and sex, that caused each of these groups to be categorized as wrong and inferior to Americans. There are so many patterns throughout history, where society has banned what is different. It has taken so much dedication from every individual with the desire of equality
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One big problem these groups faced was their education. The government put Native American students in boarding schools as an opportunity to fix the so called “Native American problem.” The government was interested in getting rid of the Native Americans and segregation was a big tool they used in doing so. Once they were sent to boarding school they were forced to forget their language and traditions and learn the english language whilst often being subjected to mistreatment and abuse. The Native American author, Mary Crow Dog attended a catholic boarding school where she was continuously beaten. Mary writes about her time in the boarding school and what they did in response to the abuse. “We put together a newspaper which we called the Red Panther. In it we wrote how bad the school was, what kind of slop we had to eat… the way we were beaten” (36). The people of the school worked hard to “Americanize” her, or strip her of her culture and heritage. While these Native American children were mistreated in school, Latin American students were denied the right to enter their school due to their race. At the Lemon Grove Middle school, young Latin American students were stopped when they tried to enter the school building. The principle stood …show more content…
and Women. These two groups have both been written off as inferior groups of human beings due to their differences. In order to fight against these harsh struggles, both Dr. King and Women created different public events to draw attention to their struggles. These public events included massive protests and walks and involved thousands of people. Each group kept their protests peaceful and nonviolent. The press played a major role in both of these movements by displaying the groups message to the world and making their statements public. This helped spread the word about what these groups were doing and encourage others to get more involved and participate. Similar to Martin Luther King and his group of activists, women worked hard to gain equality, through peaceful actions. Martin Luther King had a big influence on the Women’s movement because African American women marched along his side and participated in many different actions. Martin included both men and women in his movement which gave them the image of being strong and
One big problem these groups faced was their education. The government put Native American students in boarding schools as an opportunity to fix the so called “Native American problem.” The government was interested in getting rid of the Native Americans and segregation was a big tool they used in doing so. Once they were sent to boarding school they were forced to forget their language and traditions and learn the english language whilst often being subjected to mistreatment and abuse. The Native American author, Mary Crow Dog attended a catholic boarding school where she was continuously beaten. Mary writes about her time in the boarding school and what they did in response to the abuse. “We put together a newspaper which we called the Red Panther. In it we wrote how bad the school was, what kind of slop we had to eat… the way we were beaten” (36). The people of the school worked hard to “Americanize” her, or strip her of her culture and heritage. While these Native American children were mistreated in school, Latin American students were denied the right to enter their school due to their race. At the Lemon Grove Middle school, young Latin American students were stopped when they tried to enter the school building. The principle stood …show more content…
and Women. These two groups have both been written off as inferior groups of human beings due to their differences. In order to fight against these harsh struggles, both Dr. King and Women created different public events to draw attention to their struggles. These public events included massive protests and walks and involved thousands of people. Each group kept their protests peaceful and nonviolent. The press played a major role in both of these movements by displaying the groups message to the world and making their statements public. This helped spread the word about what these groups were doing and encourage others to get more involved and participate. Similar to Martin Luther King and his group of activists, women worked hard to gain equality, through peaceful actions. Martin Luther King had a big influence on the Women’s movement because African American women marched along his side and participated in many different actions. Martin included both men and women in his movement which gave them the image of being strong and