tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20851202400220312912024-02-20T04:49:38.469-08:00Racism in the united statesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622615534242374688noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2085120240022031291.post-5704970513652080602017-05-30T13:33:00.003-07:002017-05-30T13:33:51.098-07:00the twentieth centuryHello bloggers!<br />
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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</div>
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This blog will be discussing racial issues in the US during the 20th century. </div>
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To be honest, I find it very strange that even after the supreme court's decision that ruled "separate but<br />
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I even asked my history teacher if the dates were right; how could segregation be outlawed in </div>
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1945 and yet bus segregation still exists in 1955? Apparently laws were imposed but not applied. </div>
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That is until rosa parks and many others stood up for themselves. </div>
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When rosa refused to give up her seat for a white man in the bus, little did she know that she just </div>
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I came across <a href="https://eh.net/encyclopedia/african-americans-in-the-twentieth-century/">this article</a> which goes over pretty much everything african americans went through </div>
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It describes the amazing progress they made in their civil rights movement even though they suffered<br />
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However, the writer goes on to say that in his opinion, the century ended with a huge gap between</div>
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african americans and white americans in terms of income, wealth, unemployment....and I absolutely</div>
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Well that was all so i hope u enjoyed reading it, bye!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622615534242374688noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2085120240022031291.post-91014985558927868362017-03-31T06:09:00.000-07:002017-03-31T06:09:02.767-07:00Turn of the CenturyGreetings!<br />
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My blog today will be about racism in the late 1800s - early 1900s.<br />
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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.<br />
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Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated mostly in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid 1960s.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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In this <a href="https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/segregation-era.html">article</a> 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.<br />
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Luckily, the civil rights' movement in the 1950s somewhat put an end to it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622615534242374688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2085120240022031291.post-82452219502303632812017-01-18T07:26:00.000-08:002017-01-18T07:26:19.436-08:00Racism in the Antebellum Period<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today's blog will be discussing Jackson's Native American Policy and its relation to racism. </span><div>
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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
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came across an article (<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/03/andrew_jackson_should_be_kicked_off_the_20_bill_he_ordered_a_genocide.html">link</a>) 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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, i read about an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/10/29/ohio-high-school-cheerleaders-taunt-opposing-indians-with-trail-of-tears-banner/?utm_term=.8a9a87d4f067">interesting incident</a> at a high school in Ohio where the cheerleaders recall the trial of tears in a racist attempt to<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">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.” </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I say George Washington the first thing that comes to your mind is the great founding father that we all idolize. Now of course with all do respect, he was a fierce leader and all but could you believe that even he had purchased many people as slaves during the founding period because of the race they belonged to?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">At first, the writer disscussed a few examples of racism that had happened recently in the US. Then, he asks why a national conversation isn't being held to discuss the issue. He moves on to discussing a questionnaire that was made and resulted in shocking statistics that proved how racism remains in our society. An important point he stated was that the idea of racism wasnt born with us; it was something people caught from the media and social interactions. The writer urges people to talk and without fear for he believes thats the only solution. In his opinion, racism remains today yet he does acknowledge the progress made. </span></span><br />
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