Treatment Of Black People In America

This is officially my first post on a question given in school. Guess what subject it is... Alright, its LA. If some of you do not know what LA is, its Los Angeles. I was just kidding. How can Los Angeles be related to school? Here is the real meaning, LA is an abbreviation of Language Arts which can also be known as English.

The topic, as you already know from the title, is Treatment Of Black People In America. This question is based on a novel To Kill A Mocking Bird. Here are my views on the treatment of the blacks.

I feel that there has been racial segregation between the Blacks and Whites in America since the 1800s. In the 1800s, African-Americans were working as slaves for the white people. They had been working as slaves until the late 1800s when a law was passed the Blacks were give freedom and the opportunity to vote. Although the Blacks were free, They were still being discriminated by others. Anywhere they went the had to be separated from the others and and had could only be at areas labeled "For Coloured". There is also a day called "Coloured Day". The Blacks could only go to certain places on that they and were not allowed to do so on other days. This was a clear form of discrimination towards the Blacks.

Worse still, Black students sometimes had to be escorted to school to prevent themselves from being attacked by other students. And when sometimes bad happen like property values fell, the white people would claim that this was caused by the presence of Blacks. In America's history, there is a group known as the Ku Klux Klan which have been going around killing Blacks and whoever else who stood up for them. They did this with the sole intention of intimidating the Blacks and prevent them from voting, holding political office and attending school.

Although in today's society in America Blacks were not so much of being discriminated, I think that the period in which the Blacks suffered is a something worth remembering. Bye!

Posted on Term 1 Week 3