White Privilege During The Reconstruction Era

White Privilege White privilege is shown today through education, employment, criminal justice, housing, and more, which all have roots leading back to the Reconstruction Era. White privilege is the privilege of getting advantages just because you’re white, even if you don’t deserve it. Bias towards white people allows them more opportunities and experiences than other races. During the Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow laws were holding back African Americans from accessing land and getting the same education as white kids, white supremacists and supporters constantly hated and hurt black people without punishment, and the Ku Klux Klan targeted black people for foolish reasons. Around the time of the Civil Rights movement, there were constant hate crimes, many of which were targeted towards
The first hate crimes laws were not passed until 1968.” ( calling neo-Nazis and white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville “very fine people” — all while using the power of his administration to protect the legacy of the Confederacy.” (Democratic National Committee) At the time of the Reconstruction, white people who committed serious crimes against many African Americans would go unpunished, giving them all the opportunity to do whatever they wanted and black people had no say in what happened. Just like that, many hate crimes during the Civil Rights movement were tolerated and never accounted for until later on when laws were finally passed and African Americans were finally given the justice they deserved but never received back