1. I had a couple reactions to the film “Slavery by Another Name.” My first reaction was anger towards the tainted legal system, and how they treated the African Americans. Racial prejudice was very well alive, and devious forms of forced labor emerged greatly in the North American South.
2. The “Pig Laws” unlawfully punished poor African American’s by penalizing them for crimes, like stealing a farm animal. Vagrancy codes criminalized and targeted African American’s by making it a crime to be unemployed. The rise of the convict leasing become popular because there was an issue of where and how to house the convicts. I believe that there no laws that are deliberately trying to “target” any group. Rather, there are laws that may have an unequal effect on groups. The Civil Rights Movement that was passed into a law in the 1960’s can be argued by society that the white majority was not held to the same values as non-white minorities. This law that is in effect today could be said to unjustly target certain groups.
3. The enslaved African American’s experiences before emancipation were nothing less than brutal and unjust. A certain law known as “Pig Laws” targeted African American’s unfairly, and penalized them …show more content…
I think that some aspects of our history are better well known than others because making history is a tedious process of determining whether it’s truth/false, and the significance/unimportance. A certain part of history that is determined factual and significant is going to be better well known then something that is debatably false and unimportant. Onto another idea, I think that some aspects of history are well known better because it made an impact on society as a whole. For example, 9/11 being known as history is very well known, because it made an impact on us, and will not be easily forgotten. As to something like the Yankee’s winning the world series, not saying it isn’t important, just not something that necessarily impacts society as a
2. The “Pig Laws” unlawfully punished poor African American’s by penalizing them for crimes, like stealing a farm animal. Vagrancy codes criminalized and targeted African American’s by making it a crime to be unemployed. The rise of the convict leasing become popular because there was an issue of where and how to house the convicts. I believe that there no laws that are deliberately trying to “target” any group. Rather, there are laws that may have an unequal effect on groups. The Civil Rights Movement that was passed into a law in the 1960’s can be argued by society that the white majority was not held to the same values as non-white minorities. This law that is in effect today could be said to unjustly target certain groups.
3. The enslaved African American’s experiences before emancipation were nothing less than brutal and unjust. A certain law known as “Pig Laws” targeted African American’s unfairly, and penalized them …show more content…
I think that some aspects of our history are better well known than others because making history is a tedious process of determining whether it’s truth/false, and the significance/unimportance. A certain part of history that is determined factual and significant is going to be better well known then something that is debatably false and unimportant. Onto another idea, I think that some aspects of history are well known better because it made an impact on society as a whole. For example, 9/11 being known as history is very well known, because it made an impact on us, and will not be easily forgotten. As to something like the Yankee’s winning the world series, not saying it isn’t important, just not something that necessarily impacts society as a