Post #1 Race-relations

Question:
To help understand race-relations in America today, it's important to look back on our past/history. We've been doing that with our reading of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's story of the South of the 30's, along with our viewing the PBS documentary, Freedom Riders, that dealt with the 60's. But this all took place decades ago. How would you sum up race-relations in America today, and more specifically, what is your own personal experience with it? What do you see are some of the more important issues, ideas, controversies at the heart of race-relations in America today?



Answer:
In the 60's racial- relations in America where very comman. The book To Kill a Mockingbird and The Freedom Documentary demonstarate the examples people had on racial- relations around the time of the 1930's/60's. Back then, There were a set of laws that had a huge effect on racial views, these laws where called Jim Crow Laws. These laws seperated the black and whites, creating segregation in many public places such as schools, restrooms and restaurants. The Jim Crow Laws however, are not used today because they are considered unconstitutional. Today, some people are still racist but are not praised for it like they were in the 1960's. Racism definitely decreased over the years and it seems that each generation becomes less and less racist. Im my life, I know a few people who are older such as grandparents who are racist. I noticed that each generation is being thought more and more about segregation between black and whites at an early age and each generation is thought that everyone is equal. To me, everyone is equal but, my grandparents may have a different view, this is because they are an older generation and teachers did not stress the idea of segregation as much as they do now. Today many people who are racist may blame a crime on a black guy rather then a white guy, or they may think a black person is more rude then a white person. These opinions are racist and do occur in todays world, they are one of the many important issues that deal with race-relations.