Separate But Unequal
Race is an idea that was constructed as a way to further the white race, and oppress all other races, in this case, especially black men, women, and children. The Jim Crow Laws were used as a way for the white race, to assert their dominance over African-Americans. This set of laws promised a “separate but equal south,” but really, the Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to be treated as second class citizens. These laws gave Whites an unfair privilege while People of Color’s human rights were stripped away, they also had a poor education system, but also these laws still affect the way we live today.
We live in a country where we stand by the phrase “all men are created equal” unless you are an African American living …show more content…
After “[young black males are] shuttled into prisons, branded as criminals and felons, and then when they 're released, they 're relegated to a permanent second-class status, stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement [...] Many of the old forms of discrimination that we supposedly left behind during the Jim Crow era are suddenly legal again, once you 've been branded a felon.” If an African American is arrested for a crime they are more likely to serve time, or have a greater sentence than a white person that has committed the same crime. Even if a black person isn 't doing anything illegal there is automatically more suspicion surrounding them than their white counterpart. Even the media can be biased towards white people. When a white person, for example shoots up a black church church and kills nine law abiding citizens “the go-to explanation for his alleged actions will be mental illness. He will be humanized and called sick, a victim of mistreatment or inadequate mental health resources.” But if a black person commits a similar crime then they are branded as a “thug” or a “terrorist.” Media also emphasized that violence by blacks and Muslims is systematic, that everyone who shares that race or culture must be as hateful are share the same views. “Even black victims are vilified. Their lives are combed for any infraction or hint of …show more content…
This set of unjust laws were about one race having more power over another race. While legally, both blacks and whites are able to live in the same community, attend the same schools, and work all of the same jobs, often times there is still a racial divide between white people and people of color. We still need to work on repairing the economic and education gap, it is better than it was thirty years ago. We will continue to strive for economic, social, and political equality between the
Race is an idea that was constructed as a way to further the white race, and oppress all other races, in this case, especially black men, women, and children. The Jim Crow Laws were used as a way for the white race, to assert their dominance over African-Americans. This set of laws promised a “separate but equal south,” but really, the Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to be treated as second class citizens. These laws gave Whites an unfair privilege while People of Color’s human rights were stripped away, they also had a poor education system, but also these laws still affect the way we live today.
We live in a country where we stand by the phrase “all men are created equal” unless you are an African American living …show more content…
After “[young black males are] shuttled into prisons, branded as criminals and felons, and then when they 're released, they 're relegated to a permanent second-class status, stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement [...] Many of the old forms of discrimination that we supposedly left behind during the Jim Crow era are suddenly legal again, once you 've been branded a felon.” If an African American is arrested for a crime they are more likely to serve time, or have a greater sentence than a white person that has committed the same crime. Even if a black person isn 't doing anything illegal there is automatically more suspicion surrounding them than their white counterpart. Even the media can be biased towards white people. When a white person, for example shoots up a black church church and kills nine law abiding citizens “the go-to explanation for his alleged actions will be mental illness. He will be humanized and called sick, a victim of mistreatment or inadequate mental health resources.” But if a black person commits a similar crime then they are branded as a “thug” or a “terrorist.” Media also emphasized that violence by blacks and Muslims is systematic, that everyone who shares that race or culture must be as hateful are share the same views. “Even black victims are vilified. Their lives are combed for any infraction or hint of …show more content…
This set of unjust laws were about one race having more power over another race. While legally, both blacks and whites are able to live in the same community, attend the same schools, and work all of the same jobs, often times there is still a racial divide between white people and people of color. We still need to work on repairing the economic and education gap, it is better than it was thirty years ago. We will continue to strive for economic, social, and political equality between the