The Jim Crow South was an era of intense racism and segregation. Jim Crow was more than oppressive laws; it was life as the South knew it. However‚ underneath the hateful surface‚ the Jim Crow South is more complicated than it is portrayed. Harper Lee explores these issues in her book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. In the fictional town of Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ Lee presents the theme of coexistence of black and white in all people and things‚ by illustrating Scout and Jem’s relationship with several
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suffering‚ or diminishing the sum of happiness." This quote by suffragist and philanthropist Clara Barton so eloquently describes the issues within the United States prison system and its desperate need to for reformation. Chapter four of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander brought forth the gaspingly oppressive sector of prison (via the judicial branch). Alexander illuminated the reader to the realities of the United States prison system and the covert nuances of racism‚ discrimination‚ and the
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southerners attempted to limit the freedom of former black slaves was through the use of Black Codes. The Black Codes were the white southerners way to keep African American in legal bondage as second class citizens. The laws were created after the Civil War mainly to keep African Americans as indentured servants. Black Codes controlled almost all aspects of life‚ and prohibited African Americans from the freedoms that had been won. While new laws prevented the owning of slaves they found a way to
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In the new Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander‚ She talked about how the prison system makes it harder for African Americans.When prisoners leaves from prison there mentally still imprisoned there not used to the real world like most of us there more used to be inside of a cell they have to understand the rules and regulations and now they’re being put as a felon. My first claim talks about they lost their right to vote and the reason for that is they show they don’t respect the society it’s a continued
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In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness‚ Michelle Alexander examines our current criminal justice system and the mass incarceration of African Americans in the United States. She argues that the War on Drugs and drug offense convictions are the single most compelling cause for the magnitude of people of color behind bars. Prisons are used as a system of racial and social control that function in the same way as Jim Crow laws. It is no longer legal to discriminate against
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Between the 1877 and 1920‚ white southerners were able to cut back many of the rights held by African Americans. Many southerners wanted to guarantee that the African Americans had limited power. Throughout time southerners became very successful that African Americans began to lose hope. African Americans began adjusting their life without rights. Southerners were able to accomplish this by creating barriers to voter registration‚ lynching‚ and segregation with evidence from the primary sources
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this book‚ many people would not have known the full scale of the War on Drugs and its effects on poor communities‚ especially poor communities of color‚ as many police officers view blacks and latinos as targets‚ although whites have used illegal drugs at a much larger scale. This is why
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everyone’s ethics is different from person to person. The Ethics of Living Jim Crow is written by Richard Wright explaining his education in race relations in the south. Wright starts out talking about his childhood and all the racism that he encountered in the south. He writes this story to show us what racism is like on the receiving end and what you can learn from it. Richard wants to show whites all the hardships that blacks went through in the 1900’s. Wright grew up living in Arkansas in a house
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Black Codes The Reconstruction period was not as successful as most people think it was with regards to African Americans. Though some factors may be seen as more successful then others‚ but overall the Reconstruction period (with respect to African Americans) was very unsuccessful. In 1865 legislators ratified the 13th Amendment. White Southern Americans released their most precious piece of property‚ their slaves. Though former slaves were liberated‚ a tough road was built before them‚ one
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A new wave of colonialism took shape after the early explorations during the early modern period between the years 1450 and 1750. During this time‚ major European settlements developed direct empires overseas. These settlements include the colonial empires in both North and South America and in colonial possessions in Africa and Asia. Like most colonies‚ these three had a few similarities in addition to many contrasting differences. A main similarity between the early American‚ African‚ and Asian
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