the twentieth century

Hello bloggers!

It upsets me to say that this will be my last blog so I'd like to thank all those who read my ideas and

interacted with my blog posts through out the year. 

Now lets get back to business ;)

This blog will be discussing racial  issues in the US during the 20th century. 

To be honest, I find it very strange that even after the supreme court's decision that ruled "separate but

equal" as "inherently unequal" in the Brown vs. Board of education case, segregation didn't end. 

I even asked my history teacher if the dates were right; how could segregation be outlawed in 

1945 and yet bus segregation still exists in 1955? Apparently laws were imposed but not applied. 

That is until rosa parks and many others stood up for themselves. 

When rosa refused to give up her seat for a white man in the bus, little did she know that she just 

helped initiate the civil rights movement in the US.

I came across this article which goes over pretty much everything african americans went through 

during this entire period from migration to urbanization to education to employment....

It describes the amazing  progress they made in their civil rights movement even though they suffered

from a lot of discrimination.

However, the writer goes on to say that in his opinion, the century ended  with a huge gap between

african  americans and white americans in terms of income, wealth, unemployment....and I absolutely

agree.

Well that was all so i hope u enjoyed reading it, bye!

Turn of the Century

Greetings!

My blog today will be about racism in the late 1800s - early 1900s.

Race has a dark history in this nation. When black Americans were promised freedom they were given Jim Crow laws and the ku klux klan, and when they were promised civil rights they were given Ronald Reagan's war on drugs.

Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated mostly in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid 1960s.

Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-black laws. It was a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of the second class citizens. Jim Crow represented the legitimization of anti-black racism.

Christian ministers taught that whites were the chosen people, blacks were cursed to be servants, and God supported racial segregation. Everyone believed that blacks were innately intellectually and culturally inferior to whites.

In this article the author basically summarizes all the racist events that occured throughout imperialism and WWI in the US as a timeline (The Jim Crow laws being one of them). He also mentions W.E.B Du Bois's contribution in that regard.

Luckily, the civil rights' movement in the 1950s somewhat put an end to it.

Racism in the Antebellum Period

Today's blog will be discussing Jackson's Native American Policy and its relation to racism. 

Andrew Jackson oversaw a harsh policy with regard to Native Americans. This policy resulted in the usurpation of land, attempts to destroy tribal culture, and the forcible removal of Native Americans from the southeastern United States to a designated territory west of the Mississippi River. 

Jackson, of course, was not always so indulgent of states' rights, as is shown by his famous threat later on to use military force against South Carolina if that state acted on John Calhoun's doctrine of nullification. 

While most historians are in agreement with the details of Jackson's Indian removal policy, there is significant debate with respect to his motivation. Did Jackson's racist antipathy to the Indians pave the way for the “Trail of Tears”? Or did he support this policy out of a humanitarian desire to protect Native Americans from the impending wrath of white settlers and their state governments who refused to negotiate with the southern tribes as sovereign nations?

I came across an article (link) where Jillian Keenan argues why she believes that Jackson shouldn't be on the representing the $20 bill. In her defense, she wouldn't want someone who engineered a genocide to be honored. I agree with her on that behalf.

Also, i read about an interesting incident at a high school in Ohio where the cheerleaders recall the trial of tears in a racist attempt to taunt the opposing team nicknamed the Indians. The cheerleaders, representing Greenfield’s McClain High School, held up a banner after traveling to the game against the Hillsborough Indians that read, “Hey Indians, Get ready for a Trail of Tears Part 2.” 

I'm white and i found that extremely hurtful and shocking then what about the Indians that heard about this?!

History always repeats itself...