Seinfeld Analysis

Since my written source was concerning the Jim Crow laws, I chose a letter which was written by the father of the abolitionist movement, Fredrick Douglass. He expresses his concerns about the unjust treatment which the African- Americans are forced to endure. He concludes that it is the old mentality of slavery and racism by the White race that has led the Jim Crow laws to be enacted. Furthermore, Fredrick Douglass documents some his observations and beliefs in this letter. He has noticed several incidences of segregation and inequality. I chose this primary source because it had a direct correlation to the Jim Crow Laws. It explores several instances of inequalities in the southern states, proving the brutal treatment of African- Americans.

The sources 1 and 2 says, “nor for any person intermarrying with any freedman.” An example used was, “An African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allergerdly flirting with a white woman.” In the documentary, at 1 hour and 20 minutes, a person said, “I don’t believe in intermarrying.” This shows that intermarrying or even contact with other races it's still not believed by people of this time. From 2003 to 2010 (show in sources) blacks had the highest percentages of being unemployed. Their percentages are so much higher that we know that it will continue to increase. Not only they are the most unemployed but the most in poverty and most of them are homeless. This shows that blacks are the ones that can’t get a job easily. There was a fighting for the 15th amendment, which African Americans had the right to vote but white people's wanted to take out that amendment with Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and Grandfather Clause. African Americans couldn’t be able to vote because they couldn’t read, couldn’t afford money and their grandfathers weren’t even able to vote which there was no chance on voting. Andrew Johnson would only defend white people and not other races that are shown which means only white men should have a guard against others. A quote says, “This is a

The market model of economy, developed by Adam Smith entails a freely flowing economy that places little or not restriction on occupation allowing individuals utmost rights. America took on an ethos of a mixed economy of market and command that struck a successful economic equilibrium. American economy also changes with different periods of history. The Civil War had lit the spark of industrialization needed to enhance the American economy. Technology advanced by leaps and bounds and free labor was done away with to make room for Industrialization and Adam Smith’s market model of capitalism. Capitalism was a promoter of the entrepreneur and individual success. It was only natural that during this time of private interest the gap between rich and poor would be greatly widened and a state of disorder might arise. Capitalism was a new ideology and drastic labor problems and social disorder arose because Americans were simply adjusting to (and taking advantage of) the new system.

From the moment Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, the United States of America established itself as a nation built upon the foundation of equality. In the legendary document, Jefferson proclaimed, “all men... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights... life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (Declaration).” Contradictorily, when the separatists fled England for an auspicious future in North America, their treatment of the Native American and Spanish occupants was inhumane, barbaric, and not becoming of a civilization ingrained with the principles of equality. Moreover, the pioneers of the “free” world marginalized, ostracized, and chimerically represented the African race more than any other minority. Paradoxically dubbed the “man of the people”, Thomas Jefferson illuminated his true interpretation of equality in Notes on the State of Virginia. “We have had under our eyes the races of black and of red men, they have never yet been viewed by us as subjects of natural history,” he wrote. “I advance it... that the blacks... are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind (history).” Despite what the media conveys, this belief system lingered and particularly exists in the Department of Justice. For years, our government controlled the amount of accessible, viable, and financially rewarding opportunities for impoverished African Americans through the surreptitious agendas of law enforcement. However, Los Angeles

On the other hand, some historians suggest that Lyndon B Johnson was insignificant in improving Civil Rights for African Americans during his presidency due to the Vietnam War. For example, “Johnson’s insistence on American involvement in Vietnam… placed a large strain on the economy” (source 3). This suggests that Johnson’s intentions regarding Vietnam overshadowed the commitment to Civil Rights. This has the potential to be prioritised over improving Civil Rights for African-Americans and less time and money to be put

The newly freed slaves were gaining rights that were always only a dream with legal marriage, education, and power over their children’s lives. However, Black Codes were being used to recreate slavery and were making it hard for African Americans to own property and function in society. (Lecture 1/29/16) Their rights were not given without many exceptions including that African Americans who were convicted of felonies were being put back to work on farms that they were just given the freedom to leave, and all of a sudden it was much easier to get a felony charge for being black and not having a job were considered committing a crime. President Johnson’s neglect of action in southern states was making it nearly impossible for the former slaves to function in society, even after The Civil Rights Act of 1866, and leads into the creation of the Ku Klux Klan

Capitalism fosters greed that when left unchecked can push people to their moral and physical limits in order to make a profit from others. This led to many people entering a cycle where they could not leave the factories and cities because they had no way to support themselves besides working in terrible conditions. This is illustrated in real life instances and in The Jungle. “Many Americans feared that the great industrialists were reducing ‘freemen’ to ‘wage slaves’”(Rise of Unions). This quote exemplifies that even though the workers of the factories were not slaves they were

He also put African Americans in a situation similar to slavery. People could say that the place he put African Americans was where they needed to be for reconstruction to work and that it was in no way similar to slavery but where he put them was right back on the bottom of the food chain with no way to get out; They were once again working in the fields and the only difference was that they weren’t property. As for treating southern leaders to harsh it was dangerous because they were what everyone in the south looked up to. If these leaders asked them to once again revolt they surely would. Johnson’s harshness and bias view made his plan the one that would’ve been the least

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration on the Age Colorblindness written by legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, explores a new caste system that targets black or brown men across improvised communities in the United States. According to Alexander, The New Jim Crow laws were created to hinder the growth of black or brown men by using the criminal justice system to enslave them into a vicious cycle of oppression. The Jim Crow laws that relished our nation’s history so many years earlier has resurfaced and consequently lodged many minority men into second class citizenship and allow law enforcement officers to saturate black communities and discriminate against citizens that fit a certain profile—black or brown. Alexander reveals a

Intentionally supporting these policies, we see class division play out in front of us. Not surrounding yourself in the Harlem area, many black middle class people have no connection to the civil rights movement. Enacting these beliefs the black middle class has allowed radical policies to have a platform to stand on. Popular belief is rooted in the thought that mass incarceration is birthed through racism. In reality mass incarceration is birthed in the concept of fear and ideology. “...working- and middle-class black folks ‘renounced racial ties and denounced previously held progressive beliefs’ in the 1960s because of crime victimization overstates the case and oversimplifies black life.” (Muhammad) Assigned with racial purity social status now starts to become almost colorblind in a

The American work ethic, he claims, has made a large free labor force, which in turn has made capitalism a very powerful force in our society. The post World War II surge in patriotism and

Seinfeld retains its timelessness after all these years because it utilized its ability to weave multiple plots into one main storyline. Despites its intent to humuor the audience, Seinfeld reflects on a major underlying moral of life. Watching Seinfeld, I came to the conclusion that every complication I bestow upon in life is closely related to my actions and the daily responsibilities to which I frequently plead ignorce. While the moral may sound simple at first, it renders itself a challenge as one progresses through life. In terms of Seinfeld, for example, the episode “Rye” involves Jerry, who steals a loaf of bread from an old lady after he and George cannot buy one due to the backery being out of stock.

James Ciment authored the book “Law and Order Life In America 100 Years Ago” telling the reader about the evolution of law, order, and civil society in America was not an automatic process but one of a struggle. He states,” but despite their wisdom and foresight, the authors of the Constitution were blinded by the racism of their day. Though it did not mention it by name, the Constitution protected slavery, ensuring a rift between the slave holding South and the free – labor North.” This set the tone for the book explaining how racism took a toile on American Law and America as a whole as our culture developed.

According to Western Culture Global the American economic system is “Characterized by saving and capital accumulation, exchange, profit motive, freedoms of economic competition and economic inequality, economic progress and material self-interests of all the individuals who participate in it” (Western Culture Global). These characteristics of capitalism are vital for a successful development and maintenance of businesses in the Western Hemisphere. With that being said, capitalism encourages a higher standard of living of the overall quality of life in the US, through successful accomplishments of many businesses, corporations, and banks that are the heartbeat of the American capitalism (Ellis). In addition, there are other contributions made to improve the welfare and quality of life in society and that is in the form of charities, grants, scholarships, and other indirect ways by wealthy business owners, banks, and corporations which in turn boosted the development of society and advancing the general population of the US.

As citizens of the United States, we are members of the leading capitalist economy in the world. Our production and distribution is mostly done privately and we operate in a “profit” or “market” system. The capitalist system has been a target for criticism throughout the last three hundred years and is being discussed now more than ever due to the recent recession and financial crisis (Shaw and Barry n.d., 1). Its effects,