Dec 31, 2009

Black Boy | Compare and Contrast

1940s: Race relations were tense, at best, with Jim Crowism sanctioned in several states of the union as well as being practiced by the U.S. military.

Today: Jim Crowism was killed by the Civil Rights movement. Anti-hate legislation and human rights laws are being instituted around the country and rendering the justice system intolerant of all forms of discrimination. Thus, legally things look very good but, as a recent series of black church burnings and challenges in California to affirmative action show, race relations are still imperfect.

1940s: In...