Racism And Discrimination In The 1900's

What is racism? Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to categorize it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Racism has changed a lot over the last century.

In society there is a lot of misconception of the term racism. According to the merriam-webster dictionary members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of others race which many people would agree with. What is racism? The normal person if asked will simply reply, not liking someone for their color of their skin. Racism from my attitude which is substantiated by historically events is a system of power .Thus is a system of power i.e. to control the world and its people. Employed by Europeans to subjugate and discriminate against other groups, in particular Africans/black people. Racism is a power which ran thru a systemic way to hinder and sabotage other groups. The system is so elaborate that it almost seems nonexistence

In the year of 1959 numerous things happened, as well as several things being released. It could surprise younger people of our generation; the way things worked, what happened, and even how many things were priced. Though the US abolished slavery in 1865, (and in 1870 African American men were given the right to vote though it was not until almost a century later that this was fully recognized across the US.) the US was still a fairly racist place, an example is that it white and black people lived in their own little area(A white street, and vica versa). This was not enforced by any law obviously so a black family could very well live in ‘white’ neighborhood. It would just earn lot attention, and controversy from other people.

Discrimination. Isolation. Exclusion. These things are what African Americans faced everyday in society during the 1900s. The segregation in schools had a big impact on African American lives during the 1900s.

The clashing of arms and fists are never a way to save yourself, it causes danger for someone else, with discrimination being a large role in the 1920s, it caused blacks and whites to have a new uproar of segregation ,and making the 1920s an even darker time. In the 1920s, racism was a major crime that thrived on throughout many areas, even though people thought it had subdued, it really never went away. With the riots ,and clans ,and unfair worthiness to citizens , many citizens of different races lost their lives because of it. The screeching and torture of citizens crying out for help was a dramatic time for people of opposing races.

Imagine being an African American person living in a world of segregation but he still has a dream, a dream to become a boxer in a league predominantly white and being looked down on because of his skin color. Segregation in the 1900’s was cruel and divided because “After the Civil War, millions of enslaved African Americans hoped to join the larger society as equal citizens” but unfortunately were not embraced as equals by much of white America (History Staff). Nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in southern states still lived in an unequal world of segregation.

During the 1920’s the KKK displayed a strong power of continuity over the power of aberration. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Black Exclusion Act of 1849 began the use of prejudice and intolerances within the Pacific Northwest. The KKK used those Acts as a step and sustained the route. Throughout time the KKK definitely exemplified the use of exclusion, nativism, xenophobia, racism, and colonization. The list of people and or traits one had often exceeded what was viewed as wholesome. The pre-existing Act’s provided an area for the KKK to flourish along with the common white mans participation in the government and guidelines. In Oregon we have quite the diverse community, however, there is a lack of cultural diversity here compared

In the 1960s the policeman were assigned to duty inorder to uphold law and not to get personally involved with individuals or neighbors (Hoover, L 2014). They were also assigned to uphold justice and not to show partiality. But as history proves a different approached was taken by the police. Instead of showing impartiality they did just the opposite. Based on our study the police were attacking peaceful protestors, because of the police actions riots broke out in almost every city in the Unites States which caused a lack of distrust in the law enforcement (Hoover, L 2014).

Woman in the early days weren’t considered the luckiest people. Although they faced a lot of discrimination due to gender, they did have few rights. “During the 1920s, the amount of working woman had actually increased by 25 percent.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/1920srev2.shtml . Women were also given rights to vote and they were known as flappers.

1941, Japan hit the U.S. naval base in the pacific ocean with bombs, crippling the U.S. 20,000 U.S. citizens with Japanese ancestors were locked up for over 3 years. Children, parents, grandparents were put into internment camps, later relocated to Santa Anita Racetrack (Lewis 7). There were many causes that created this “grave injustice,” but along the way there were also opportunities to avert the abuse of rights.

Racism and discrimination in the United States has been a major issue since the colonial and slavery era. White Americans were given privileges like voting rights, education, full citizenship, influential political power, and etc. whereas those same privileges were not granted to African Americans and other persons of color. After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment in 1865, legally abolished slavery and that is where the start of racial tensions began. Many things like grandfather clauses, lynching, poll taxes, Jim Crow laws, and organizations, like the Ku Klux Klan, came about and racial stratification was systemically enforced to suppress blacks.

Improvement of Discrimination The equality was as poor as the stock market, and limitations were set to everyone and everything. During the Great Depression, the stock markets crashed, and division amongst people regarding their differences were causing issues. It was difficult to access ordinary needs due to the inequality amongst most of the population. Treatment to the people of color, women, the elderly, and the intellectually disabled have progressed since the Great Depression because women now are employed, segregation has been resolved, and education has proceeded to develop and improve.

It had been noted in the Scottsboro Boys Museum & Cultural Center that all of the jurors were white men. After several years and a series of defense appeals it had kept the case alive. Rallies and parades around the world were formed by citizens including a group of whites in Alabama. With media reports publicizing the legal proceedings, including the second U.S. Supreme Court hearing that was trying to get these men released it was reported that all eyes from the nation and the world were on Alabama. A second grand jury later would later indict seven of the remaining young men still leaving one in prison. Each of them had spent at least six years in prison and some many more. The 13-year-old had been released early on due to a mistrial. The finally black man, Andrew Wright was released from prison in 1950. The Scottsboro case is a lot like the case in the story To Kill A Mockingbird. Both scenarios are involving cases of white women who cry rape to protect themselves.

Racism has been a problem in the United States of America for a long time, dating back to early America when the Native Americans were often attacked, harassed, and killed. Another early problem of racism is the African slave trade. Enslaving and trading the African people amongst white people also helped contribute to the environment of a racist culture in America by demoralizing the African races and teaching white Americans that they are better than the African races. Although the civil rights of African Americans have improved over the last few decades and America now has an African American president, racism still has a strong presence. A common modern trend in America is incidental racism, which is giving other races equal opportunity and using other elements to justify racist behavior. Racism kills and at the same time saves the people. Racism is likely to kill people internally by damaging their emotions and well-being as a human being. Nobody likes to be at the end of the stick of racism, people would rather be able to live their lives free of racism. I see racism as a criminal violence only because it’s an evil force really. Of course, someone does not have to be racist because they are violent, or violent because they are racist, but I feel like racism is a crime and should be treated as such. I feel like most hate crimes are mainly because someone hates the other race. Hate crimes are increasing yesterday, today, and will

Racism is the form of superiority over the other, which end in the discrimination towards people based on their ethnicity.It can also be as the hatred of a white person towards the dark/black person or the brainwashing of people thinking that they are superior to the other. It all started way back when the western people think that the non-westerners don’t deserve to be treated the same as them. Some of all this was between the Asians, Africans, and Whites. The racism by the West has been slavery in the New World. This slave was done because of the belief that Black were less human than white and their followers.