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after experiencing several hundred years of slavery. Given that times have long since progressed, one would assume we would possess the same rights as White Americans. This is not at all the case; it is almost the exact opposite. In the work “The New Jim Crow,” by Michelle Alexander, the reader is intruded to one of the most perpetual realities of our time; African Americans are being funneled, in great numbers, into the prison system. Alexander delves into some prominent principles when…

through a daily daze. The Jim Crow laws make life very hard for African Americans, especially in Maycomb, Alabama. The Jim Crow laws restricted them and whites treated them poorly. This affected everyone, informed them, and shows how people defined what happened. The Depression affected everyone, not only a few people. It started in America, but it spread through the whole world. The Jim Crow laws are defined as laws that enforce racial segregation. The Depression and Jim Crow laws together were…

the President of United States and Oprah. However, segregation and racial stigma still lives in our society and it supports the racial caste system. In Michelle Alexander’s book; The New Jim Crow, she points out how enforcement of drug laws has negatively affected the black population. After Practicing slavery and Jim crow, the American system now uses the criminal justice system to marginalized blacks. Additionally, James Forman Jr provides different solutions to the issue of mass…

Jim Crow laws had a great influence throughout the world because it was based on how much harm than good it did during its time. During the years of 1876 and 1965 Jim Crow laws favored whites more than blacks. This was only because black people had so many restrictions on what they could do in the country as a whole. Segregation of public schools, public places, public transportation, restrooms, restaurants, and water fountains for whites and blacks was what the Jim Crow laws were based on.…

In my prompt I will be typing up, it will be sharing about the Jim Crow Laws. So what is the Jim Crow laws? Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Jim Crow laws affected many African-Americans in many ways, one way was financial problems. Jim Crow Laws wanted to specifically separate the white and colored people. There were many ways and things the southern states did to many sure there was a difference and separation between white…

and dance routine known as “Jump Jim Crow.” The Jim Crow is similar to the way the Thomas Rice’s Jim Crow of the song; singing, dancing, and jumping;or being foolish. This term like the act suggests stupid, lazy, or unpredictable people. The term "Jim Crow" is used to be hurtful and derogatory and it is used mostly to describe African Americans and sometimes of people that are considered the low life’s of society. Michelle Alexander’s book describes how The Jim Crow laws are similar to the…

Is the concept of slavery truly understood and acknowledged by today’s society or is it just thought of something that happened decades ago? Within Michelle Alexander’s New Jim Crow; Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness the answer becomes clear, it is not clearly depicted among society. Alexander analyzes the uprising of slavery among African Americans and argues how although they are not physically owned by masters like decades ago, they are still treated and portrayed as inferior by…

In the 20th century whites saw African Americans as a threat. Sharing railroads, public facilities, and having to work with blacks was an incompatible combination. Therefore, the south enforced a law called The Jim Crow Law, which legalized racial segregation. Blacks were restricted from using the same public and private facilities as whites. Both races were segregated into separate schools, transportation, bathrooms, drinking fountains, beaches and many more places. Later on, the Plessy vs.…

Jim Crow laws are defined as any state or local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States between the 1870s and the 1950s. One law that is counted as a Jim Crow law is the Separate Car Act of 1890. This act was passed in Louisiana, and many people disagreed with it, particularly black people. One man named Homer Plessy challenged the constitutionality of this law, and ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986. Plessy claimed that the Separate Car Act violated the…

outraged the black communities because it was never so equal as intended. The ruling would not be reversed until the Supreme Court realized there were still inequalities during this period. Even with this the Jim Crow Laws would then play a major role in the Civil Rights Movement. Jim Crow Laws legalized racial segregation in every aspect of life, including education, public services and religion. There…