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Trinity Garcia

Mrs. Shumate

English II

15 May 2017

Racism during the civil rights movement of 1964

During the 1960s an act was passed call the civil rights act of 1964. This act was to

outlaw discrimination against sex, religion, race, and national origin. This allowed people

of color to vote and go to the same school as white however this wouldnt change how

people view/ feel about people of color. With people of color all over the world getting

discriminated against plenty and plenty of people not willing to change how did racisms

effect how colored people live in 1960-1970 and how does it affect them now?

There is plenty of racism going on in this world, with all of these different religions

and skin colors lots of people have very strong views and might even have the urge to do

something about it. civil rights protestors very aggressive . . . minority groups have no

right to superimpose their positions on the majority.(Fredrick) This article talks about

the civil rights protesters and the civil rights act. Giving insight into the victimization of

whites during this time and the politics in alabama.During the civil rights act movement

there were only slight changes in the segregation and discrimination. However there were

still racist acts of violence being committed. In my book there is scene when a white man is

verbally attacking a black woman because she is going to register to vote. Then when the

woman said something snappy back to him he physically attacked her however when the

police showed up the white man said that everything was the fault of the black woman and
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she was immediately put in jail. Having these racist acts of violence is not okay then and it

isnt okay now, However sadly it is still happening because of racist labels and groupings.

Racial labels, whether externally defined or self-defined, have profound meaning to those

labeling and being labeled (SABLOSKY ELENGOLD). This article talk about the the branding

and grouping of colored people during the civil rights movement. This article touches on

the topics of racism and religion and sex. The main focus is on the white minority group

calling the majority people of color the minority. During the civil right movement the white

minority groups all people of color in the same group claiming them to be the minority

because the pigment of their skin. This is talked about in my book when Rosaleen is

attacked and racially attacked by the police after the attack. And When T.Ray attacks Lily

when he finds out she had been staying at a blacks house. These Topics are Highly talks

about in my books as my book is set during 1964 in the middle of the civil rights

movement.

With plenty of people of color around the world there should never be discrimination

against them because of their color or race, but sadly there is and they are getting profiled

as all the same. observation of discrimination in medical expense coverage through health

insurance, implementation of cost sharing strategies along with discriminatory marketing

practices by health agencies and recommendations for civil rights connection with health

insurance (ROSENBAUM). This article talks about health care acts and the civil rights act of

1964. This is important because it also describes the racist view of medical expenses and

health care. The community of colored people is greatly still affected by racist white men in

congress trying to decide their fate. In my book there is a scene where a colored woman in

court and the entire jury was white men as well as the judge. The woman as in court to get
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a settlement for getting in fight with a white man and he won even though he provoked the

fight, hit first, and didn't come out with a single scratch. This connect to my book because

of the racist and monotone idea of people of color. Plus being profiled for being colored

(DUNN) These studies generally use sociodemographic data from official police records such as

traffic citations or citizen contact forms to compare by race or ethnicity with some measure of the

respective population eligible to be stopped or ticketed within the given jurisdiction. This article

focuses on the profiling and racist acts still happening today. Even though the civil rights

act was passed in 1964 there is still plenty of people who are still racist and discriminate

against people of color even as much as to inflict acts of violence upon them. Even during

this current day in age there is still a lot of racial profiling, racism, and discrimination.This

connects to my book because the people of color get grouped as ball being illiterate and

dumb. Being put in this group not only brings them down it makes the people of color feel

like a lower class of people and even sometimes makes them feel like they aren't even

people. Being profiles just for being colored should never happen. With all the children that

have been hurt or killed because of this.

People of color get treated differently because of the pigment in their skin, but this

shouldn't be happening everyone is human we are all just made differently. With all of the

police brutality stories and racial profiling in everyday life, when a woman locks her door

when a colored person walks by, when a man get tense when a group of black men walk in

the store, or even when a parent pulls a child closer when people of color walk by them.

This is the 21st century and we still haven't moved past this. In Conclusion people of color

are greatly affected by racism and profiling in the 1960s and it is still happening now.

Work Cited
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