Jesse Williams Speech In Today's Society
Jesse Williams’ speech in 2012 opens American’s eyes on the racial hate crimes occurring in society now. He brings up specific people who had died due to hatred crimes such as Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, etc. Williams also preaches, “Freedom is somehow always conditional here. ‘You’re free,’ they keep telling us. But she would have been alive if she hadn’t acted so… free” Williams speaks the truth that can be seen throughout history. From Virginia Laws to the Jim Crow laws, society has always manipulated black lives in the US. America has a long history of keeping black beneath whites, from Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, Black codes, Voting, and the Jim Crow Laws that made sure that racial barriers stand by major Supreme Court cases such as Plessey v Ferguson; thus making it difficult to unite in today’s society.
Society has always had a separation factor in it. For instance before Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, the main separation factor was class. Around this time, there were only two classes, rich whites and poor whites. Bacon’s rebellion is about Nathanial Bacon and other people protest against the government for not protecting them from the Native Americans, the wealth gap, and unfair taxes. A lot of the protesters were indenture …show more content…
The right to vote was given to all citizens from the fifteenth amendment. Though the amendment states that all races can vote, that wasn’t necessarily the case. Southern and some Northern found a way to legally and constitutional stop blacks from voting. They had issued different types of clauses or test, like the grandfather clause or the literacy test. The grandfather clause claimed that if your grandfather had voted, then that person was allowed to vote. Since at this time it was the first generation of freed blacks, they were unable too. But the grandfather clause also helped illiterate poor white people vote. Again making the poor white a step higher than blacks in
Society has always had a separation factor in it. For instance before Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, the main separation factor was class. Around this time, there were only two classes, rich whites and poor whites. Bacon’s rebellion is about Nathanial Bacon and other people protest against the government for not protecting them from the Native Americans, the wealth gap, and unfair taxes. A lot of the protesters were indenture …show more content…
The right to vote was given to all citizens from the fifteenth amendment. Though the amendment states that all races can vote, that wasn’t necessarily the case. Southern and some Northern found a way to legally and constitutional stop blacks from voting. They had issued different types of clauses or test, like the grandfather clause or the literacy test. The grandfather clause claimed that if your grandfather had voted, then that person was allowed to vote. Since at this time it was the first generation of freed blacks, they were unable too. But the grandfather clause also helped illiterate poor white people vote. Again making the poor white a step higher than blacks in