Racism In Selma And Freedom

The events of Selma and Freedom Summer tends to make people say how they’re glad we moved on, but racism and prejudice are still rampant in today’s society. Societies like the KKK still exist, and as today’s alt-right becomes more popular, many things become apparent in similarities between today’s society and the political environment in 1964. In the timeframe of the movie, it can be obviously seen that racism is rampant. With MLK Jr. having to create marches and protests, and becoming an icon of revolution, it’s sometimes difficult to make connections with modern day society. While in this, the problems revolve around the idea to vote. Voting is not only something most humans want to do, but it can majorly affect the government, whether at a local or national scale. In the South, most authorities were white, creating a bias and making it impossible for black people to express their opinions freely. Most court cases were impossible to win, you have to be …show more content…
Only changed their form. Police brutality is a problem a lot of black people face, and while this is controversial you can’t say that there haven’t been horrible crimes done to the black community. While white people are higher in the number of deaths, there is much more white people in the population than black. A black person is 2.5 times more likely to die at the hands of a cop than a white person. Protests like at Ferguson are still frequently happening, and the race tensions haven’t ever really gone away. Just recently, I saw an article explaining how in Louisiana they recently took down statues honoring the Confederacy. Many people found this appalling and said that to equal the scales, they should take down statues of MLK Jr. Regardless of someone’s opinion on how the Confederate flag should be displayed, things like this shouldn’t be happening. Violence broke out near one because people were arguing over whether it was right or