How Has Racism Changed Since The 1930's

Cassie Logan followed her convictions when she knew what her and her classmates were being called wasn’t right. In the beginning of the book, Cassie Logan and her brother, Little Man, started school. They were put in the same class this year. They finally got somewhat “new books”. Little Man, being the clean freak he is, noticed how dirty the books were. When he opened it, he screamed with anger. On the inside of the front cover there was a word, a word that was very offensive to all blacks. Cassie saw what Little Man was upset about, and she and Little Man both refused to take the books. Miz Crocker did not like their behavior, so she decided to talk to their mother. Miz Crocker threatened to whip Little Man. When she did this, Cassie stepped in and said “Miz Crocker, don’t, please!” I cried. Miss Crocker’s dark eyes warned me not to say another word. “ I know why he done it.” (Taylor, Chap. 5)This quote shows that Cassie wasn’t afraid to get a whipping as long as Little Man wouldn’t get whipped as well. After Miz Crocker got done talking to Mama, Cassie wanted to go tell Mama about what really happened. When she walked in the classroom, she saw and felt this, “Mama remained at her desk, sitting very still. For a long time she did not move. When she did, she picked up the seventh grade books and began to glue again. I wanted to go and help her, but something warned me that now was not the time to make my

Life is hard living in a society of racism and hatred. The Logans not only have to face this, but also other challenges. This family of 6 – Cassie, Stacey, Christopher-John, Clayton Chester, and their parents stick together side by side with each other’s differences and similarities. Together they stand and grow a new sense of justice towards the world around them. This is a new beginning for them.

Racism today was way different from the 1930’s. Back then racism was African Americans couldn't do the thing and were separated from the rest of the people. Also, face very harsh social discrimination and could barely do anything about it. Nowadays racism is illegal but it still is happening. But it a different way from the 1930’s.

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Racism. The one idea that separated a country for four years. An idea which ranks people based off of the color of their skin. Surprisingly, racism has been around for an extremely long time. The most memorable being slavery, to the civil war, to present day. Back in the day, specifically the 60’s, has a gigantic ordeal about the segregation and inequality mostly between two specific races; white people and African Americans. People were separating the littlest things between the two. From water fountains, busses, motels, schools, etc. Generally, if something could be segregated, it was. Fortunately, as time passed, Jim Crow laws are not used anymore, and those simple things are no longer separated. But, has equality truly improved?

The 1930's was a time of change for the blacks of the United States of America. However, this change was not all for the better. The main change for blacks during this period was that many of them migrated to the North, which in turn, caused many other situations, which included

Racism; “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.” Apply this definition to the citizens in the United States in the 1900’s and now, and then compare it. Do you see a difference? I don’t. Back then they were treated poorly as shown in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Hidden Figures, Raisin in the Sun, and several other sources.

It has been discussed that blacks who experienced racial discrimination later in life would have health problems and develops stress related disease. Some even have said they suffered high blood pressure, higher body mass index.

Racism throughout the years has changed significantly. Whether or not it has changed for the better or for the worse, isn’t clear. What has changed the most within the years, is the way we convey racism towards others. In the 1930’s it was more of a physical torture, but now with media in the picture, and laws intact, many hate crimes are being committed and racial groups are gathering to destroy the minorities. Therefore, we show the same amount of racism, we just now express it in many different ways.

On the first day of school Mrs. Crocker handed out there books, the books were run-down and torn up. Little Man didn't want his book because all the white people had the very best ones but the black people got the very worst that the whites didn't want. Mrs. Crocker took Little Man in the front of the classroom to whip him, but before Cassie said, ¨Miz Crocker,´ I said, `I don't want my book neither.¨ (Taylor, pg. 27) This shows that Cassie loved her family, that she would get whipped in the front of the class and get in trouble from Mama

Racism has been an ongoing problem for decades, but now it has evolved into more complications rather than black people versus white people and wanting equality.

Although racism has changed over time these past 50 years, racism in many ways still exists. Everybody has their own opinion and those opinions are influenced by the public and the media. In some way,

After living in a place like Bend Oregon for 18 years I haven’t ever noticed a difference between blacks and whites. Bend has been said to be “one of the whitest places to live”, yet I never viewed a city by its race. Being racist to me meant that it was the whites who had a problem with the blacks and whites didn’t want anything to do with blacks. I hadn’t actually seen racism in action from anyone here. Now, after watching the film Crash and reading the essays “Blinded by the White: Crime, Race and Denial at Columbine High” written by Tim Wise and “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” written by McIntosh, my understanding of race, diversity, and communications have changed.

Disasters often present to a society the opportunity for self-examination by stripping away the facade and revealing the underlying problems and inequities that were overlooked and oppressed by the established social order. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, not only did it bring about complete destruction to the physical landscape, but it also brought to light the social inequalities and vulnerabilities that were present and deeply rooted in the community, which became a social disaster. Soon in the aftermath, many attempted to define and categorize Hurricane Katrina as either a “class-disaster” or a “race-disaster.” The fact that the wealthy and well-off families who could afford to reside in areas safe from the floods and those who could evacuate in time to escape the Hurricane presented the idea that Katrina was a “class-based disaster”. On the other hand, the fact that the poor that remained behind and suffered the full blow of Hurricane Katrina were predominantly black Americans contributed greatly to the debate of “race-based disaster.” However, when analyzing the timeline of the disaster, it appears that during the pre-hurricane period, the most prevalent issue was classism, where the poor and desolate were unable to escape the forecasted disaster. During the period of disorganization following the hurricane, the most prevalent issue was racism, where the discrimination between poor white Americans and poor black

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