Wicked Witch of the West. In “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” the Wicked Witch of the West represented segregation in the South. During the time this book was written‚ segregation had be the usual in the South. This book was written in 1900. During the early 1900s‚ slavery had of course been abolished‚ and blacks were considered “separate but equal”. Racism had played a great role within segregation of African Americans in the South. The South had numerous laws to dehumanize blacks. The legislature
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Australian assimilation policies of the 1930 ’s. The following statement‚ "The assimilation policies of the 1930 ’s had a devastating effect on the Indigenous community‚ which is still being felt today. While promoted as protection for the Aboriginal children‚ the policy actually aimed at wiping out the Aboriginal race"‚ is incorrect and unsupported. It was not the actual assimilation policies that caused the devastating effects on the Aboriginal communities but the influence of the White Settlers
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The argument of Vine Deloria does suggest an explanation for Ari Kelman’s observation that “Segregation—environmental‚ socioeconomic‚ racial—resulted in segregated suffering” in Hurricane Katrina. Deloria stated that the framework of Social Contract that America founded on was very limited in a sense of who gets the right to be considered a “citizen‚” indicating a sign of segregation. Indeed‚ this limited framework resulted in the struggle for those who are not included as a “citizen” of the state
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differences and structure inequalities. Race divides people through categories which led to cultural and social tensions. It also determined inclusion‚ exclusion‚ and segregation in U.S society. Both inclusion and exclusion tie together to create the overall process of segregation — one notion cannot occur without resulting in the others. Segregation is a form of separation in terms of race that includes the processes of inclusion and exclusion. Race was the main factor that caused conflicts among people in
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In the 1930s Franklin Roosevelt chose to deal with the serious economic crises‚ and he believed that this was the action that would win people’s belief. Even though Roosevelt thought that the United States should play an active role in international affairs‚ he still reaffirmed American that the United States would not interfere in the affairs of others. Finally he won the election in 1933 since most of Americans wanted to go with isolationism. Isolationist advocated non-involvement in European and
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The 1930’s was filled with many interesting and knowledgeable events that marks our history that we see we see it today. Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs became the biggest grossing film in the 1930’s. Franklin D. Roosevelt passed the Fair Labor Standards Act that raises the minimum wage from 25 cents to 40 cents an hour and limits the work week to 44 hours. A New York Scientist predicts that the United States will reach the moon by 2050. At the end of the decade the United States entered the Second
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Women’s role since 1930’s Women have fought throughout history in order to achieve different roles as well as to acquire recognition‚ independence‚ equality and respect. It has not been easy since they have had many barriers to overcome; their role in the family as wives‚ mothers and daughters; their role in society fighting for their rights‚ being heard and treated as men; their role as career women‚ not only receiving an education but also being able to work. Looking back at history
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The Great Depression and It’s Effects on General Society The Depression of the 1930’s was a very hard time for the middle and lower classes in America. Due to the depression‚ both classes had to struggle to survive and give up many of their favorite pastimes due to lack of monetary funds. Blacks had to give up low paying jobs to upper class white males who had lost their higher paying jobs. Mexican workers were sent out of the country. Many people‚ especially farmers‚ were evicted from their houses
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Reconfiguring the Turkish Nation in the 1930s* SONER ÇAGAPTAY** This article studies Turkish nationalism during the 1930s. In this decade of Kemalism par excellence or High Kemalism‚ the rise of ethnicist nationalism in Turkey was accompanied by the ascent of the “Turkish History Thesis.” The article presents an analysis of Turkish nationalism in this era through Ankara’s population resettlement policies. Consequently‚ it examines Turkish nationalism in the 1930s through the interaction between the
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of blacks in the South because of legalized segregation‚ voting restrictions‚ and the Separate Car Act and the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision helped further segregation with supporting separate-but-equal laws‚ stated that the Separate Car Act was constitutional‚ and it made segregation legal. The Jim Crow affected the daily lives of blacks in the South because of legalized segregation‚
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