Jim Crow's Law

A) Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-Black laws. It was a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Jim Crow represented the legitimization of anti-Black racism. Many Christian ministers and theologians taught that Whites were the Chosen people, Blacks were cursed to be servants, and God supported racial segregation.  Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens.

B)Jim Crow laws made the blacks separated from the whites such as toilets, restaurants, public transports, business, no shaking of hands with the whites, no showing public affection and so on.

C)This type of segregation led to fierce civil rights struggles, especially in regards to Jim CrowLaws that segregated schools. Several key events – including Rosa Parks’s refusal to move from her seat on a segregated bus, as well as several bus boycotts – built up and provided enough tension in society that the question of segregation finally had to be dealt with.

D) Blacks and Whites go to different churches.

The Civil War

a)South Carolina,Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas Louisiana, irginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

b)Abraham Lincoln

c)When Abraham Lincoln was elected as president in 1860. Southerners thought the government was becoming too strong. They did not think the government had the right to tell them how they should live. Southerners felt if they stayed in the United States, the North would control them.The northern states were called the Union. President Lincoln said he would fight to keep the southern states as part of the United States. There were Union forts on Confederate land. The Confederates wanted Union soldiers to leave these forts. In Charleston, South Carolina there was a Union fort called Fort Sumter. The Union soldiers refused to leave this fort, so the Confederates fired cannons at the fort on April 12, l861. This was the beginning of the Civil War.

d)1861

e) The issue that was left out of our Constitution, that could not be resolved by peaceful consensus,was settled by the Civil War. The North won, and the seceded states were eventually reabsorbed into the Union.

f) It all started because of the Southerners were afraid that the Northerners would overpower them and this can related to the novel as it shows the relationship of the two parts of America whereby they were very cautious of each other just like in the novel where White and Black are socially different.

Slavery

a)Slavery started when the colonies were first set-up in Virginia The first batch of African slaves came to America in 1619.A Dutch slave trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants.The popular conception of a racial-based slave system did not develop until the 1680's.

b)Africa

c)The white Southerners

d)Yes.They could not gather in-groups of 4 or more because their owners thought they would plan an escape. If the slaves got caught trying to get away, their owners would beat them or cut body parts off so they could not escape again. If they got away without anyone seeing them, they usually run away to Canada where they would be free. They cannot leave their owners property without a written pass because the slave owners wanted control over the slaves. They could not own weapons because the slaves might shoot their owner. Slaves were not allowed to learn how to read or write because the slaves may start to think about freedom and try to escape.

e) Slavery was the cost of racism of White against Black as slaves were from African and they were Blacks. They were mostly owned by the Whites which result in the Whites looking down on the Blacks. The novel is about a Black who was found guilty by the White judge of something he did not do and there was clearly enough evidence to acquit him. The study of slavery definitely help me understand the novel better as it is very related to slavery. It tells me how discrimination of Blacks started.

My comic

This comic tells you the story of Tom, who once was a very very good soccer player but became very proud and his skills deproved over time.
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discrimination

What is discrimination? Discrimination is the unfair treatment of other people or group based on prejudice
there are different types of discrimination, such as the following:
1)Background

|•Gender
|•Genetic Information
|•Age
|•Religion
|•Nationality
|•Race
|•Citizenship

2)Characteristics

|•Pregnancy
|•Physical Features
|•Career Status
|•Marital status
|•Disability

3)Jobs

|•Personal Association
|•Sports
|•Industrial Activities

4)Government

|•Policy
|•Compensation

5)People's Actions

|•Sexual Harrassment
|•Breastfeeding
|•Retaliation

After you my dear Alphonse

This is the story about Mrs Wilson, who has a son , Johnny and his friend, Boyd. Boyd is an African American. Mrs Wilson invited Boyd for lunch with them and through their conversation, i found out that Mrs Wilson looked down on African American and thought that their social ranking is very low and they only deserves to be doing labour jobs and cannot receive any education. Mrs Wilson commented that Boyd's father must be very strong just because of the fact that he worked in a factory, but it turned out that he is a foreman. as for Boyd's mother, she did not expect her to be at home taking care of the kids but working labour jobs such as working as a maid. she also thought that Boyd and his siblings does not deserve or afford education but it turned out that Boyd's sister was working as a teacher. i would not want to be like them because they were racist and looked down on other races. This is not acceptable as Mrs Wilson thought that African Americans are still slaves like years before.

The Little Boy And The Old Man

Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do that too," laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded, "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man.


This poem conveyed a sad message telling us that old people are often neglected just like young kids by adults and that adults are not doing giving enough attention to old people and children. The old man is also in his second childhood and he has the same problem as the child.


the poet used conversation and similarities in their conversation, which shows their similarity and in the end, it brings out the most important line, which is "i know what you mean."

Messy Room

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!


The poem is really humorous because the author spent all his time complaining about how messy the room and blaming the mess on others, but in the end, it appeared that the room is his own and it is really humorous for this reason.


It was highlighted that humans always blames things which they have done on others without even feeling ashamed.

Clooy the clown by Shel Silverstein

I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown
Who worked in a circus that came through town.
His shoes were too big and his hat was too small,
But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all.
He had a trombone to play loud silly tunes,
He had a green dog and a thousand balloons.
He was floppy and sloppy and skinny and tall,
But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all.
And every time he did a trick,
Everyone felt a little sick.
And every time he told a joke,
Folks sighed as if their hearts were broke.
And every time he lost a shoe,
Everyone looked awfully blue.
And every time he stood on his head,
Everyone screamed, "Go back to bed!"
And every time he made a leap,
Everybody fell asleep.
And every time he ate his tie,
Everyone began to cry.
And Cloony could not make any money
Simply because he was not funny.
One day he said, "I'll tell this town
How it feels to be an unfunny clown."
And he told them all why he looked so sad,
And he told them all why he felt so bad.
He told of Pain and Rain and Cold,
He told of Darkness in his soul,
And after he finished his tale of woe,
Did everyone cry? Oh no, no, no,
They laughed until they shook the trees
With "Hah-Hah-Hahs" and "Hee-Hee-Hees."
They laughed with howls and yowls and shrieks,
They laughed all day, they laughed all week,
They laughed until they had a fit,
They laughed until their jackets split.
The laughter spread for miles around
To every city, every town,
Over mountains, 'cross the sea,
From Saint Tropez to Mun San Nee.
And soon the whole world rang with laughter,
Lasting till forever after,
While Cloony stood in the circus tent,
With his head drooped low and his shoulders bent.
And he said,"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT -
I'M FUNNY JUST BY ACCIDENT."
And while the world laughed outside.
Cloony the Clown sat down and cried.

This poem tells me that in life, truth is often depicted as lies by others while lies are also thought to be the truth. It is a harsh reality, just as the poem says, when Cloony the clown tried to entertain other people, others did not laugh but instead commented on how badly he did, but when Cloony the clown told everyone about his life and how hard it is to be an unfunny clown, everyone laughed because they thought it was untrue.

I am also very similar to Cloony the clown, such as the occasion when i told my friends that i fractured my leg, which is the truth, and cant go to school, everyone called me a lair and said that i was just finding an excuse to skip school, however, in another occasion, when i told everyone that a friend of mine has a fat girlfriend, which was a obvious lie, everyone believed me. This shows me that humans believe in lies more easily than truth.