Research Paper On The Sixties

The Sixties
What was it like in the 1960’s? It certainly was different, yet there are a lot of similarities. Most people see the sixties as bell bottoms, raised shirts, and peace. Maybe in the late sixties but definitely not in it’s earlier years. Let’s rewind back to the early sixties and see the similarities and differences of fashion, racism, and governments. First of all, fashion was also a big topic in the sixties, and it still is. In The Watsons Go to Birmingham it describes how Joetta dressed; “ She had on a fluffy white skirt, a regular blouse and little white gloves…” Not many people dress like that today. Today, most people wear shorts, fitted clothing, and different types of clothing that would not be accepted in the 60s. Not only
For many years racism has been around, for being part of a certain religion or particular race. As an example on page 56 of While The World Watched, it addresses the fateful day in Birmingham, Alabama.When the Klu Klux Klan [KKK] bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963, it affected the whole world. Stunned and sickened, President Roosevelt realized how bad racism had gotten. “There has been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation.” This is what Martin Luther King Jr, but it didn’t change some of the whites views on the damage they were actually doing. Some people [whites] were celebrating the loss of those four young lives. As you can see racism was and still is a problem. Yet, blacks {or any race that is discriminated against] are still discriminated, not to the extent of the sixties, but some still have those views. the KKK does not simply exist as a phantom of our country's racist past; it is an active organization that still exerts influence in the twenty first century. After all these years this organisation has survived. Thankfully, not everything has stayed the same. Anyone can enter a store and not be kicked out for their skin color. White or Black, everyone s equal in a society. Nobody in this area would even believe there could be a black
Whether dictatorship or democracy, some of the countries views never change. In the book Red Scarf Girl China was a very communist country, it still is but it has more of a market economy now. In this book Mao Zedong, who was the dictator of China, controlled everyone's lives in China. From how they dressed to life in their own homes. “Heaven and earth are great, but greater still is the kindness of the Communist Party;father and mother are dear, but dearer still is Chairman Mao. ” Here's an example of the ideas that are told to kids from the time they are born. The differences are that China’s people are now educated and are no longer have to live in fear. They also have the right to choose their own religion and ethnic groups. In Ji-Li’s time you were taught something and if they didn't obey, they would be severely