Many of these facilities were, education, healthcare, transport, cinemas, restaurants and churches and even housing and estates were segregated. This shows the extent white went to separate them from the ‘inferior’ race. Jim Crow laws limited black Americans from having a better way of life as they were made poorer, didn’t have the opportunity to managerial roles as they were only allowed the low paying jobs and weren’t equal to white people increasing poor conditions, also, led to unequal or no voting rights in coloured communities. Under the Fifteenth Amendment black people had legal rights to vote across America. However, many southern states found ways around the laws to disenfranchise the black populations.
• Southern school for blacks were poor standards which resulted in black people not being educated enough to vote or work for a living. • Southerners and northerners refused to work alongside one another due to the stress and havoc of the Civil War • The plantation southern belle’s morals and beliefs had all changed so the social class fell. • Racism continued to increase in the southern rather than decrease causing backlash amongst the black citizens. • Black people began to blend in with social classes as they were not trapped anymore and were ‘free’. • Even though slavery was illegal, sly and unofficial slavery took place in order for black people to survive and live in both the south and north of America.
Although the general position of the African Americans improved, there was still discrimination and segregation of the blacks as they were deprived of basic human rights. Issues like disfranchisement, racism, racial hatred groups and segregation prohibited Black equality. In 1950s segregation existed everywhere in America. In the south it was de jure and in the North de facto. In the South segregation was supported by the Jim Crow laws that made it legal.
So, even though they took a step forward in equality outside of the south, it didn’t really help that much as they couldn’t do much with the vote because of the attitudes shown towards blacks from whites. This also links to segregation shown outside the south, even though it was no longer the law. The Second World War was not a turning point for African Americans because even though segregation was not a law in the states outside the south, they still suffered with De Facto segregation. This happened in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit. The black population of such cities was concentrated in ghetto areas, where homes and schools for blacks were inferior to those for whites.
He was beyond angry with the world around him after his ordeals. Wilson described him as…* Troy Maxson was angry with the world because he felt cheated out of opportunities to be successful due to the color of his skin. Troy had the potential to play baseball on the professional level, however both times his chance came around he had just missed the mark. The first chance he had at receiving a piece of the American Dream he was told his was inadequate because of his skin color, the second time it was because of his age. The anger felt from Troy’s character is significant because it is justified.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Comments on "Fences" by August Wilson ENG 113 Instructor Risch Bole Lopar April 27, 2011 Comments on “Fences” by August Wilson This play’s protagonist is Troy Maxson. His name is a combination of Mason-Dixon, the line between the north and the south. This play highlights the struggle in the fifties of black families to make their own identities in a world that refused to accept them as human beings. Troy worked as a garbage man and worked his way up to driver. This was both a good and bad thing.
This quote shows that rejection can cause most people to become crazy, as it did to Crooks. Racism, which leads to not having any friends is one of the main reasons why Crooks is so lonely. The other workers on the ranch take place in rather fun activities, such as horseshoes and card games. Crooks
The American blacks were victims of racism, segregation, discrimination and furthermore poverty in their community. They were neglected by the government. Nonetheless, they were neglected by fought for their rights and equality. The black people in America had their own separate communities away from the whites, because they were neglected by white people and the government. For instant they couldn’t vote in their country.
Although there are any similairties between the psorts, both being bat-and-ball games, there are also many logistic and strategic differences. To begin, baseball has a smaller field than cricket. In baseball, boundaries/foul lines, go from home plate at 45-degree angles up to about 300 feet at the left and right fence lines while the center field fence goes further out. Also in baseball, a batter faces nine opposing players: the pitcher, the catcher, four infielders and three outfielders. About two-thirds of the fair territory is in the infield.