South Treated Poorly

Since the arrival of African Americans in this country blacks have always had differing experiences. Consequently, African-Americans have had to forge a self-identity out of what has been passed on to them as fact about their true selves. History has wrought oppression and subjugation to this particular race of people and as a result, certain institutions were formed in order aid African-Americans, culturally, spiritually and economically. The African-American Church has served of one such institution. From the time of slavery, though outlawed, many slaves found ways to congregate and form their own "churches", away from the one-sided and bias lessons about the bible that they were being taught in the white church. The white ministers and

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Well, in the book The Watsons go to Birmingham in 1963 they were in the middle of the civil rights movements, they were fighting to be treated equally. The main theme is stopping segregation here are three examples ,the Watson family couldn't go to the same school as whites, they couldn't use the same restrooms, they couldn't go to the same church in peace.

When people are treated unfairly or unjustly, how should they perceive it and how do they generally react to this? In The Color of Water by James McBride, prejudice shapes James and Ruth in many ways, James has different stories than Ruth, due to the fact that he lived in a different time period, which makes his scenario different from Ruth’s. Both faced adversity, and stood up for themselves and defended themselves in many different ways just to make sure that they could survive in society. Ruth had always taught her children to be independent. She comes from an interesting background, she was starving of love and affection as a child. Ruth has experienced a lot of grief in her life due to all of these bad events that occurred. Even growing up, her father had treated her unfairly by taking advantage of her sexually. This was definitely not a right thing to do, Ruth’s father was an abusive man who had a sex addiction. He was found to have an affair with another woman even though Mameh knew about it the entire time. Due to her rough past when practicing Judaism, she decided to practice Catholicism after marrying Andrew Dennis McBride. She felt as if she was a freer person, she gained a personal connection to the religion which was good because it helped for her to get her mind off of things. James is a very confused boy, being black and white. He’s unsure where he fits in when it comes to society. A personal connection that I have to

Comparing texts written during different periods provides an excellent insight into the way that themes have changed and progressed over time. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the film Remember the Titans were released 40 years apart, and yet they both explore similar themes and ideas, albeit in varying forms. One of these driving themes is that of discrimination. White members of the community often treat people of colour disrespectfully, adults invalidate younger children’s opinions and women are seen as inferior to men, yet still expected to behave accordingly. These forms of racial, age and gender discrimination are demonstrated in alike and contrasting forms in both texts.

There were various reasons as to why the South suffered a major downfall, and loss in the American Civil War. The South did have several advantages from its vast amount of land, to its trained soldiers who possessed many skills, to its knowledge of the land since it was familiar land to them. However, the North had various advantages from it advantages in both their amount in soldiers and resources, to the having great financial resources, to being higher than the South industrially, to having a strong navy, and to having more railroad systems and a greater leader. Both also had disadvantages, from the South having fewer factories, to having a smaller population compared to the North because almost one-third of the population was made up

Have you ever thought that you were treated poorly? I bet it's nothing compared to what the Watsons faced in the novel “ The Watsons Go To Birmingham.” Many things happen in 1963 the effect of the Watson family as a whole and individually. Back then, people treat others poorly based on race, gender, etc. there were many examples of people being treated poorly in this novel. For instance, one of the main characters. Kenny. is made of made fun of for his lazy eye throughout the book. Another example is when Rufus and Cody were made fun of because of the way they talk and because they were poor. Lastly in the south, blacks were treated very badly by most of the whites. The 1960s were A time of hatred and sorrow and the Watson went through it all.

A Year in the South is a unique historical retelling of the lives of four individuals struggling to adjust in the years that followed the Civil War. The year 1865 was a major transitional period in American history. After the Confederate Army fell, Southern states were required to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. Some Unionist resolved to make the South pay for their disloyalty. Railroads, factories, and farms were destroyed in some areas of the South, creating an enormous hardship. Although the war was over, resentment and fury still plagued the people. It can be described as a time filled with great despair, uncertainty, loathing, and poverty. The stories of Louis Hughes, Samuel Agnew, John

When people are treated unfairly or unjustly, how should they perceive it and how to they generally react to this? In the Color of Water by James McBride, prejudice shapes James and Ruth in many ways, James has different stories than Ruth, due to the fact that he lived in a different time period, which makes his scenario different from Ruth’s. Both faced adversity, and stood up for themselves and defended themselves in many different ways just to make sure that they could survive in society. Ruth had always taught her children to be independent. She comes from an interesting background, she was starving of love and affection as a child. Ruth has experienced a lot of grief in her life due to all of these bad events that occurred. Even growing up, her father had treated her unfairly by taking advantage of her sexually. This was definitely not a right thing to do, Ruth’s father was an abusive man who had a sex addiction. He was found having a knowing affair with another woman even though she knew about it the entire time. Due to her rough past when practicing Judaism, she decided to practice Catholicism after marrying Andrew Dennis McBride. She felt as if she was a freer person, she gained a personal connection to the religion which was good because it helped for her to get her mind of of things. James is a very confused boy, being black and white. He is unsure where he fits in when it comes to society. A personal connection that I have to

Indianapolis extended their lead to 10-0 with a touchdown early in the second quarter. A field goal in the middle of the quarter added another three points to the Colts lead. Late in the quarter, the Texans kicked a 27-yard field goal making it 13-3.

Separate but equal has been a saying in the United States and all over the world for many years, but through history people have learned that this doesn’t really work; one group will always get more than the other; it will be unequal. The choice on how one treat people who are different from them is put on oneself. When surrounded by people who believe in and practice racial inequality, it is possible to be someone who doesn't treat people unequally due to the color of their skin. In both the film Powaqqatsi and the book To Kill a Mockingbird, one can see characters struggling with inequality and ultimately overcoming it. Characters in both the movie and the book unknowingly show jungian archetypes which are elements of the collective unconcsious.

What made approximately 3 million men leave their homes and wage war across the country for four years- destroying crops, farms, and cities, taking the lives of 620,000 American Soldiers? A civil war as big as this could only be fought over something as important as a moral standard set by abolitionists pushing for the culmination of slavery. William Davis argues that slavery was the “single motive force that drove the flood towards war.” Although many claim that “state rights” was the reasoning behind the motivation of the south fighting the civil war, the underlying truth is revealed through the reliance southern states had on slavery at the time. The bloodiest war fought on American soil that tore our Nation apart was fought over the question of slavery differing in political, social, and economic reasons.

1. Compare and contrast racial conflict in the South and the West. There were many eras throughout history were racism was at an all-time high and those races that were a part of this discrimination had no rights, were treated harsh, and really lived a miserable life. During the time after the Civil War was over, the end of racism was supposed to be over as well. In the south, slavery should have been abolished with the amendments that were set in place.

How were the colored people treated unfairly in Southern America during the 1930s in the novel? Why?

What if you lived with your parent and you had everything you wended to have. Then your parent say that it time for you to leva them to make your own family. They don't give you nothing. Just like the slave that were free when the Civil War was over in 1865 the Union won the war. Then the slaves were freedmen now.Then were freedmen treated better or worst after the civil war? What happened to the 4 million slaves? The freedmen were treated worst after the war because of this three reasons the white man made black codes, the creation of the KKK, and they make sharecropping for the freedmen's.

Also people were treated in a way based off of their economic class. Bruno a young boy lived with his family and they were wealthy. They had many people that worked for them, who were in a lower class. “[...] his mother has always told him that he was to treat Maria, respectfully and not just imitate the way father spoke to her. ‘You get your hands off my things” (Boyne 1).