Nonwhite women went from suffering in a society based on intentional racism and sexism in the Reconstruction Era to suffering in a society that is ignorantly racist and sexist in the Noughties Era as a reaction from the Civil Rights Act. Nonwhite women in America endured a hardship that is doubly difficult then the groups they can be categorized in. Nonwhite women had to endure certain racists act longer than nonwhite men, and had to endure sexist practices longer than white women. Nonwhite women have been discriminated against and left behind in political progress. Nonwhite women’s rights have been limited from working rights, to political rights, these acts of seclusion affect their social status, how they are perceived and the way they live
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Women who tried to be active in political events, speaking out for themselves, were ignored even from Radical parties. The Supreme Court in 1873 rebuked women's labour principles, claiming that, “The law of the Creator had assigned them to the domestic sphere.”1 Social darwinism soon becomes famous, the belief that certain kind of people would never succeed due to their genetics. This concept was applied both to women in general and to race. The Gilded Age is known for its separation of low and high income.2 These separations greatly affected non-white women, continuing to suppress them below the poverty line and their human rights. In the Post-Reconstruction Era, the Populist movement picked up. The Knights of Labour became the first populist groups to accept everyone, this is the first time non-white women could gather together and fight. During this time non-white women were limited to domestic jobs they became the highest percentage of people working for wages.3 One of the most outspoken non-white women during this time was Ida B. Wells, a former slave. In 1862 Wells became “the nation's leading anti lynching crusader,”4 her life was quickly threatened for speaking up but she fearlessly …show more content…
The Civil Rights Movement was the retaliation against Jim Crow laws, most commonly referred to as separate but equal. White citizens were so unphased by Jim Crows laws that separated things like schools, bathrooms, hotel and restaurants. A white writer, John Egerton15 spoke about the active segregation that he grew up in. “Segregation did not restrict me in any way, so it was easy to accept things.. to take my freedom for granted and not worry about anyone else’s.” This idea of ignorant racism would not vanish, citizens who were not directly affected by something would remain silent. This concept is the reason the Civil Rights Movement occurred, sit ins, boycotts, strikes, all these actions forced white America to notice, to be affected. One of the most powerful movements inspired by Rosa parks, a nonwhite women, to boycott buses. This movement affected the economy, the majority of bus goers was made of nonwhites. This causes a fall in the economy, giving the government an incentive to act16. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was set into motion outlawing discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; banning intentional
Women who tried to be active in political events, speaking out for themselves, were ignored even from Radical parties. The Supreme Court in 1873 rebuked women's labour principles, claiming that, “The law of the Creator had assigned them to the domestic sphere.”1 Social darwinism soon becomes famous, the belief that certain kind of people would never succeed due to their genetics. This concept was applied both to women in general and to race. The Gilded Age is known for its separation of low and high income.2 These separations greatly affected non-white women, continuing to suppress them below the poverty line and their human rights. In the Post-Reconstruction Era, the Populist movement picked up. The Knights of Labour became the first populist groups to accept everyone, this is the first time non-white women could gather together and fight. During this time non-white women were limited to domestic jobs they became the highest percentage of people working for wages.3 One of the most outspoken non-white women during this time was Ida B. Wells, a former slave. In 1862 Wells became “the nation's leading anti lynching crusader,”4 her life was quickly threatened for speaking up but she fearlessly …show more content…
The Civil Rights Movement was the retaliation against Jim Crow laws, most commonly referred to as separate but equal. White citizens were so unphased by Jim Crows laws that separated things like schools, bathrooms, hotel and restaurants. A white writer, John Egerton15 spoke about the active segregation that he grew up in. “Segregation did not restrict me in any way, so it was easy to accept things.. to take my freedom for granted and not worry about anyone else’s.” This idea of ignorant racism would not vanish, citizens who were not directly affected by something would remain silent. This concept is the reason the Civil Rights Movement occurred, sit ins, boycotts, strikes, all these actions forced white America to notice, to be affected. One of the most powerful movements inspired by Rosa parks, a nonwhite women, to boycott buses. This movement affected the economy, the majority of bus goers was made of nonwhites. This causes a fall in the economy, giving the government an incentive to act16. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was set into motion outlawing discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; banning intentional