...RACSIM IN 1930’S AMERICA RACSIM IN 1930’S AMERICA In the early 1930's many races were still treated as inferiors. It was not only African Americans discriminated against but also many of the more ethnic groups were treated the same way, more so in the south than the north. White Americans had a better life than the minorities. It was considered wrong for an African Americans (Black People) to question and judge white people. Many rights of the black people were completely ignored. They were also treated as lower class citizens. In 1930 racism was the most horrible thing because no black person was allowed to be near a white person and they had different rights. Black people were called ‘Animals, Nigga, and Negro. Black people faced many series of problem such as: Black people didn’t have the same human right as white people, because they were seen as an inferior animal. They also were paid less than whites; formal education was not given to blacks, it was illegal for blacks to read books, go to any school or library. Black people had separate washrooms, different schools they couldn't eat in establishments like restaurant, they were beaten, punished and accused. The only jobs that blacks could do was work in the house of white people doing household chores like cleaning washing and farm/ yard work and cooking, black people were forced to say "yes sir" and 'Yes mum" to small white kids, black people were not allowed to be on public transport with white people. During...
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...timelss Classic When we think about what life is like today and how people are treated equally , the thought of discriminating against a person because their skin is a different color seems morally wrong. Well in 1930’s this was pretty much the normality in day to day life. To kill Mocking bird shows what is was like to live in a time when people were treated terribly because of the color of their skin. This novel also reflects the time at which it was written because in the 1960’s racism against African Americans was still a big problem. To Kill a Mocking bird is a timeless classic because it teaches readers what it was like to live in 1930’s and issues of racism, it relates to the time period it was written in , and it also still relates to issues that are present today. During the 1930’s racism was a very big issue in the south. African Americans were treated extremely un- fair and had little civil rights. They were persecuted and discriminated against because of the color of their skin and no other reason but that. Racist Americans seemed to really think that African Americans were less important and less human then white people because there skin was brown. “Despite the decline of organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, racism was as strong as ever, especially in the Southern states” (Allen). To me this shows that the racist white American was ignorant and honestly stupid to think that a person was less important and less human because their skin was...
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...says,"Nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything like snot-nose. It's hard to explain ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves" (10). Atticus is saying because Tom Robinson is a black man, he's the talking about how black people think they should be over white people and their problems aren't really that bad. This shows racial inequality in the book because blacks people are looked at a lot different than white people in the 1930's. First to Kill a Mockingbird should not be banned in public schools because it teaches kids about racism in the 1930's and how it was bad.Atticus says, "No jury in this part of the...
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...For centuries the U.S.A has been a victim of racism and discrimInation. We promised life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all People, while some people say it only applies to certain people. Social quality is what many people aim for but it took a while to achieve, and Even after achieving it there are still some situations of inequality. Isn't it time for that to change? in Harper Lee’s fictional novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the readers are shown the social inequality in Maycomb, alabama through the eyes of the young narrator, Scout Finch, where she experiences racism and discrimination. Through the comparison of character interactions and events in the novel to current events, it is revealed that the meaning of social equality...
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...Amid the 1920's racism was boundless and was practically inevitable as Blacks always got threatened not only by individuals but rather the recently rising group called the Ku Klux Klan. Individuals of various religious foundations were also being abused by these groups. Segregation happened amid the 1930s when the white and black individuals were isolated inside their group in view of their skin tone. Segregation means the separation of people due to race or color in a community. Racism is loathed or prejudice of another race or different races. Even though there was a decrease of such associations as the Ku Klux Klan discrimination was as solid as ever in the Southern states there were no laws to secure against racist or loathe groups that...
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...Hatred and Racism in the 1930s The power of racism can affect one's behaviours and actions with one another. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a man named Tom Robinson is convicted of raping a 19-year-old girl that is part of the Ewells family. As a black man in the 1930s, it was hard not to be guilty of a crime against white people like the Ewells. Siding with Tom Robinson as a white man is also looked down upon. This can be proven by the reaction of a lady named Mrs. Dubose when she hears one of the main characters named Atticus was defending a man when she said: “your father’s no better than the N-words…” (To Kill A Mockingbird, 102) The quote shows Mrs. Dubose’s hatred and discrimination to black people. The quote also shows how defending a black man is hated by the people. Mrs. Dubose’s act gives...
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...Of Mice & Men exemplifies how being different caused segregation in the 1930’s. Lennie’s cognitive disability caused him to be discriminated against, just like those of color. I chose to do a diary entry so that I could really challenge and put myself in the position of those that were discriminated against for being different. I feel in our time that is 2015, we are also facing discrimination and racism with the recent police brutality. Therefore, I felt the need to do segregation in the 1930’s. With a diary entry, I could not only take emotions and experiences that I have faced for being different and discriminated against, but also those that faced prejudice in the 1930’s, to tie it all together into a diary entry from the 1930’s. My purpose...
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...For some readers, Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God falls short of challenging the outdated societal views of the 1930s in any meaningful way. However, for many other people, it has clear value as a piece of literature that explores sexism and racism through symbolism and the characters’ actions. Hurston utilizes language in her novel as a symbol of the power, or lack of power, that certain groups of people held in society during the 1930s. In some sections of the book, this symbolism relates to women’s lack of power. Throughout her marriage with Joe Starks in particular, Janie is controlled with verbal abuse and manipulation; Joe’s voice represents his power over her. He repeatedly tells her not to speak in public...
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...What factors contributed to the social unrest of the 1930’s and the 1940’s? “As a consequence of the riot, the first awakenings of a new political awareness began to be felt in the hearts of black people, time and the remarkable foresight, courage and initiative of a few dedicated members of the majority were all that were required to crystallize this awareness into a mighty political force.” – Doris Johnson, the Quiet Revolution in the Bahamas: Family Islanders Press Limited -1972. Numerous factors or elements contributed to the social issues of the 1930s and the 1940s. From social factors such as: crime, racism, lack of education and poverty to economic factors like: Unemployment, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, The Great Depression and underemployment. To think about it there were even political factors such as: the residents didn’t like who was in charge of the country, and they didn’t have a say or a vote. The first economic issue that I am going to talk about is the 1929 stock Market crash which then leads into the Great Depression. The world was in crisis when the stock market crashed in October, 1929 in New York on Wall Street. The stock market was one of the largest institutions in America. “While business tycoons were getting richer, the workers in their factories were poorly paid, the farmers were not receiving fair prices for their crops and therefore masses of people didn’t have enough money to buy what the factories were producing. Soon the factories came to...
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...TKAM Essay Racism is an active problem in the United States today. It is not only causing troubles in the present, but has caused problems since the beginning of time. This is not racism between African Americans and white people alone. This is a problem between all races that has not yet been resolved. Many people have come to believe that this difficulty has been diminished, but they are wrong. Racism is as alive as it used to be, just less intense. In the early 19th century and before, slavery was legal in the United States. When slavery became illegal, racism was still active but as segregation instead. African Americans were separated from whites in every sense of the word. Segregation has been moved past and African Americans are permitted to roam free to wherever they please. Even so, racism is still ongoing in the United States; between all races. Four examples of racism in the United States is the Tom Robinson case in the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the Scottsboro Trials, the Emmett Till Murder Trial, and the Ahmed Mohamed case. In author Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird, she writes of the activeness of racism in the 1930s. The main...
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...In the article “A Different Read on ‘Mockingbird’” by Scott Martelle, the outdated teaching method and innacurate point of view in To Kill A Mockingbird, are give deep consideration. questioned. First, there are many other more accurate (Lee, grew up during this time, so it is still accurate, but maybe a bit bais) books that teach about the hardships of African Americans in the 1930’s. Secondly, the book is told from a very limited point of view. Some people argue that the lessons of To Kill A Mockingbird are timeless, and are still valuable. While it is true that the book states some very important key points about the hardships of African Americans in the 1930’s, it is stated from a very biased point of view. There are many other books...
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...From the 1930’s an abundant of people still view women, blacks, and age in a stereotypical way today. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows many different types of prejudice in the 1930’s, which affect the characters decision making and their views toward others. The prejudice we see most often in this book is racism. Women did not have the same rights as men back in the 1930’s. Ageism plays a big role as well in the book which affect the characters view towards others. To begin, Harper Lee demonstrates a lot of sexism towards women. Back then women did not have any choice, you were born a women, you have to act like one. Women are considered weak in the 1930’s. They were supposed to do things only women must do. Such as staying...
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...Mockingbird Relates to Scottsboro “Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason” (Abraham Joshua Heschel). Through american history racism has been a characteristic of society, and will be upon us until there is no color variation among us. The Scottsboro tragedy was an incident during The Great Depression, where 9 black men were wrongfully convicted of rape. They were put on trial and discriminated against during their time in the justice system. PBS’s American Experience video accurately portrayed the events that impacted America in both a positive and negative way. 9 men were convicted of rape during a time of great racism and prejudice, this is America circa 1930’s. America used to be a messed up...
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...To Kill A Mockingbird is widely known and acknowledge for addressing themes of tolerance and justice, which directly contradict the racial climate in the South. Lee was one of a small amount of white writers, especially as a woman that would approach the subject of racism and segregation at a time where it was of great contention. The film was praised by the United Church Women association, who encouraged its members to see it, for it ‘handles very beautifully the whole area of race relations.’ Phillip Scheuer of the Los Angeles Times included reflections on the way racial relations are addressed in the film, stating that he believed that the prejudices that were featured in the film ‘made [us] more conscious of them, and perhaps more ashamed’. He also suspected that ‘even Southerners will take it, flinchingly or not, because they will understand it; after all, a Southerner wrote...
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...As a lawyer, Atticus has a duty to ensure everyone who enters the court is treated in a equal and just way. Atticus not only expresses the opposite, but introduces more prejudice into the courtroom. Atticus does not call out the blatant racism and prejudice that surrounds him, and so shows himself to be a product of his time. Atticus also shows this flaw in his professional life. Atticus believes that Tom Robinson is innocent and a good person, but he is too afraid of social repercussions to challenge the views of the white men of the jury. Instead, he encourages the jury to swap their racist views with sexist and class views. During the conclusion of Atticus’ defense, he tells the jury, “She [Mayella] has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is a victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her; she is white.”(271-2) Atticus’...
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