One way African Americans were denied rights is by not being able to sit in the same section of the bus as White people. For example, Rosa Parks tried to sit on the White section of the bus, which resulted in her getting arrested for doing so. This is important because it shows how African Americans were treated unequally. One method people used to try to solve this was by boycotting. For example, after the Rosa Parks
The four adaptive steps are innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. The strain theory relates to the film because the blacks confined to and forced to live in a certain area. Because of this it was impossible for them to escape poverty and gang banging hence blocking them from being able to reach success. 3) Define prejudice and discrimination, including specific types of each, discuss how these concepts are different, and using examples from the film illustrate the impact both of these concepts had on
Discrimination can be direct or indirect, verbal abuse and unwanted physical contact. An example of direct discrimination would be: If a black employee is not selected for promotion because of his race. An example of indirect discrimination would be: An apartment stores prohibits all employees from covering their head up however this rule means people(s) with religious beliefs who are required to cover their heads are prevented working for the store. This would be indirect discrimination unless the store can find an objective reason for justifying the policy. Characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010 are as followed: •
Segregation laws did not only humiliate blacks, they were also used to cut them off from employment opportunities and other essential social services. In most cases, blacks received inferior facilities and treatments. “From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws… From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states (and cities, too) could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners and public institutions to keep their black and white clientele separated. Here is a sampling of laws from various
[1] Its aim is to "give further effect" in UK law to the rights contained in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, but more commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights. The Act makes available in UK courts a remedy for breach of a Convention right, without the need to go to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. In particular, the Act makes it unlawful for any public body to act in a way which is incompatible with the Convention, unless the wording of any other primary legislation provides no other choice. Sex Discrimination act 1975: An Act to render unlawful certain kinds of sex discrimination and discrimination on the ground of marriage, and establish a Commission with the function of working towards the elimination of such discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity between men and women generally; and for related purposes. Act powers: Bring proceedings in respect of certain provisions and seek a court injunction to restrain the repetition of an unlawful act Commence a claim before an employment tribunal on behalf of an individual.
Hollinger writes about "hypodescent" (the one-drop rule) and anti-miscegenation laws (laws prohibiting intermarriage between people of different race). His general point is that these two features of the American racial system (both of which were institutionalized in various ways, in national, state, and local laws and in local or regional systems of etiquette) segregated or marked African Americans in ways that no other group has experienced, which is why the Black-White divide in the U.S. is so hard to overcome. Hollinger highlights the peculiarity of the one-drop rule by comparing the place of "African [or Black] blood" to "Indian blood." It is commonplace for White Americans to proclaim proudly that they are "one-eighth Cherokee" or "part Indian." The Indian, as a racialized other, can be depicted as a
(Griffin, 1996:45) This example is an illustration of the norm as it states that the Negro population is treated extremely poorly and includes racist remarks, cutting and defaming names for who the Negroes are. It speaks to the conditions they are subjected to, inclusive of what most people would take for granted, a place to eat and access to a bathroom. Another example from Black Like Me of a Norm, is when Griffin went to the bus station to purchase a bus ticket and the ticket seller did not even want to serve him or even look at him. Pg 50 “When the lady ticket-seller saw me, her otherwise attractive face turned sour,violently so. The look was so
In the early 1960’s, Blacks and Whites were not treated equally. For example, Blacks couldn’t eat in the same restaurants, couldn’t drink out of the same drinking fountain, or use the same bathrooms as the Whites. They couldn’t even sit in the front of a bus. Blacks didn’t have the right to vote. President John F. Kennedy helped this change by making the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
So While all this was going on there was ridicules laws called “ Jim Crow Laws.” [These were laws that restricted what African Americans could do.] (Jason Skog, pg. 11). For example African Americans could not go into certain stores, white nurses could not help African American patients. The leader of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was Martin Luther King Jr.. Martin Luther King Jr. would set up groups of people.
[pic] Level 3 Extended Diploma Public Services Unit 3: Citizenship, Contemporary Society and the Public Services Assignment 3.2: Diversity in Society |Learning Outcomes Assessed: |Know the legal and humanitarian rights that protect citizens and promote diversity | | |Understand the role of public services in enforcing diversity and providing equality of | | |service | |Functional Skills Assessed: |Writing, Speaking and listening | |Module Tutor: |Simon Neale |Set Date: |W/C: 3/11/14 | |Internal Verifier: |Andy Purdie |Hand in Date w/c: | | | | | |24/11/14 | |Scenario: |As you begin working in the Public Services it is important to understand how you can best help the public.| | |You attend a specialised training programme exploring the links that the Public Services have with the | | |society they serve. This training explores what citizenship involves and what qualities of citizenship the | | |Public Services expect from its members. You will look into the rights of citizens in the UK and how these | | |affect the public services. | |Task 1: |Explain the duty of public services to provide equality of services to all citizens.| |Tables | | |