Prejudice And Discrimination In The Early 20th Century

Prejudice and discrimination were prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. If you were not a white male, you were basically a second class citizen. Second class citizens were not afforded the same rights as the first class citizens and the elites; the right to vote is a perfect example of this. They were thought to be of lesser intelligence as well, even if they obtained academic achievement as was the case with sociologist Jane Addams or W.E.B. DuBois who was also the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard. There are many more names that I can list but they all share the same story.

Thankfully today, we have evolved. Social reform has gotten us thus far but we still have a long way to go. We must