African Americans History: Reverse Discrimination
African Americans History The ethnic group that I selected was African Americans. Even though that I don’t belong or identify myself with this group I wanted to learn more about African Americans. I believe that it is interesting the way that they immigrated to this country, how they faced segregation, racism, redlining and reverse discrimination and the cruelty that they had to suffer.
African Americans were brought to the United States from Africa as slaves, they have to go through many years of discrimination. During the Civil War, slaves were freed and granted citizenship, but discrimination did not stop there. African Americans faced a combination of prejudice, segregation, and racism. Segregation “is the isolation of a race, class or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area”. (Merriam-Webster’s online Dictionary) Some examples are the “Jim Crow” laws in the South required that Black people had separate bathrooms, nursing homes and were forced to ride in the back of the buses. Before the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas), segregation of school systems was legal. Many years later school systems stayed segregated. Racism “is a belief race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race”. (Merriam-Webster’s online Dictionary) Acts of Racism are when Some clubs had restrictions that did not permit African Americans, women and others to join. Some studies revealed that African Americans convicted of first degree murder have a higher possibility of receiving a death penalty than whites convicted with the same charges. African Americans were victims of lynching in the South and other parts of the United States. Even laws and federal statutes were no giving the opportunities to Black population, they were eliminating them from the employment market that could give decent jobs, and this
African Americans were brought to the United States from Africa as slaves, they have to go through many years of discrimination. During the Civil War, slaves were freed and granted citizenship, but discrimination did not stop there. African Americans faced a combination of prejudice, segregation, and racism. Segregation “is the isolation of a race, class or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area”. (Merriam-Webster’s online Dictionary) Some examples are the “Jim Crow” laws in the South required that Black people had separate bathrooms, nursing homes and were forced to ride in the back of the buses. Before the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas), segregation of school systems was legal. Many years later school systems stayed segregated. Racism “is a belief race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race”. (Merriam-Webster’s online Dictionary) Acts of Racism are when Some clubs had restrictions that did not permit African Americans, women and others to join. Some studies revealed that African Americans convicted of first degree murder have a higher possibility of receiving a death penalty than whites convicted with the same charges. African Americans were victims of lynching in the South and other parts of the United States. Even laws and federal statutes were no giving the opportunities to Black population, they were eliminating them from the employment market that could give decent jobs, and this
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