The African Americans were treated unfairly and they were the first group of people that were laid off during any economic downturn. When things were bad economically the Blacks suffered even more. The economical difference between whites and Blacks was that the Whites had more money so that meant they were better than them. Some of the African Americans eventually left and this was called The Great
Oh, and lets not forget the KKK (if that falls into this category; I think it does) who harassed, intimidated, and killed black people. They basically couldn’t escape being tormented. During this period, the south was suffering pretty badly economically. When cotton production slowed significantly during the Civil War, countries that had been deprived of cotton began to grow their own and market prices were cut in half. Banks that loaned to the Confederate government could not collect their debts.
Compare, contrast and asses the ideas of Booker T, du bois, Randall and Marcus Garvey to overcome the challenges faced by African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centauries, African Americans were suffering greatly, due to the apparent effects of segregation. In this notion legal segregation was developing in the south while natural segregation seemed clear in the north. This was down to the realisation of the indifference of wealth between the ‘Blacks’ and the ‘whites’. Inevitably this discrimination also involved much more than just indifference of colour, blacks experienced poor working conditions violent retaliation and even lynching if the status quo of white supremacy was to be challenged.
While Payne argues that there is a culture of poverty, Gorski states that, rather than a culture of poverty being existent, classism is that which permeates the classrooms and schools. Payne believes that impoverished students live by different rules and values than students of the middle and upper classes, such as how they see money, clothing, family structure, etc. Likewise, Gorski believes that impoverished students do have different values and goals than those of middle and upper clases, and he says that the rules found in schools do not often benefit those living in poverty, but benefit those living in middle and upper class. With regards to impoverished students’ values and goals, both tend to point to the idea that faculty in schools should help to reshape the values and goals of impoverished students. Payne stated that students should learn the “hidden rules” of the middle class from their educators so that they have another set of rules to use if they choose to do so.
It is shown that the higher level of education the higher level of income. So with the basic stats of entry level education being less, the lack of opportunity based on income and the lack of support for minorities to receive the same educational realities as the white class it stands to reason that this a major component to the disparity in classes and race. In addition to the disparity in class and race there is a disparity to class and gender. Women are paid less than men. The majority of single parent families are supported by women.
Many lower class citizens are at or below the poverty line and are have and unavoidable disadvantages and poorer chances to discover life’s possibilities. Regardless of the potential and ambition that a lower class individual could possess, he or she will not be given opportunities to succeed like a higher class individual. People who are considered lower class do not have access to many of the resources like a wealthier societies do. Based on their economic situation, they automatically start behind the eight ball. Wealthier societies have exceptional educational services which include better teachers, utilities, and curriculum, whereas poorer societies just get by on the bare minimum.
Blacks people were slaves in the past. The white people bought them and wanted them work for themselves. When president Lincoln freed all the African-American, the slave owners especially who are farmers were very angry with that, because they lost free workers who was earning money for them. Also, many African-American were not getting a good education and that time. Many of them can not find jobs in the society, but they need money to live.
The collective nature of Black communities still predominated as opposed to the white "capitalist market economies of competitive, individual, industrial and monopoly capitalism." It is at this stage that the split begins that will later affect the African-American community. Black women were forced to remain in the work force due to substandard wages available to Black men. The urbanization of America and the massive migration north of Blacks in the early twentieth century resulted in a large number of Black women, some 60%, haveing been relegated to domestic work for white families. Black men often only able to find work in manufacturing centers allowed for two income Black families and a small but growing Black middle class.
Equal Opportunity laws helped to assist multiple minority groups but were supportive of the African American communities because it helped to stop institutional discrimination and create more opportunities for African American individuals to better themselves and their situation. The removal of segregation allowed African American people better access to education as they could attend schools that before were “white only”. African Americans have made significant progress since the civil rights movement. There are a good number of African American Politicians in Congress as well as the first African American President Barack Obama. While there have been many improvements many African Americans are still struggling to overcome the years of oppression as African American families make significantly less money than most Caucasian families as well as poor education systems in many areas that are predominately populated by
There are two structural factors that are to be considered. Systematic job discrimination in the labor market, and the disproportionate experiences with incarceration. These two factors alone are considered the most serious triggers to African American IPV. African American has faced historic discrimination in the labor market in terms of hiring and wages. African American men face significantly higher rates of unemployment.