A World Without the Devils Advocate

Racism still exists in today’s society just as strong as it did during the civil war. One of the famous issues that caught attention was slavery and unequal rights for African Americans. Even though the civil war was the end of slavery and racism you can still find it alive in today’s society as well as the past with Supreme Court cases. Starting with a man trying to sue for the freedom of his family but was denied the right to. An additional case being the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 for whistling at a white woman. This is a hint at today’s harsh world even 100 years after the war. The final issue to pay attention to is segregation in classrooms. Is it still considered racism in modern America if we have no knowledge of this topic seeing how there is plenty of segregation?

A man known as Dred Scott tried to sue for the freedom of his family but was denied the chance due to the fact that he was black and wasn’t seen as a person. Even though his family was held as slaves in the free parts of Louisiana were slavery was outlawed. I felt this was a touchy subject because in the constitution it states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” This makes no sense seeing how there is no difference between a white and black man except for their skin. Once you directly break the boundary’s set forth by the constitution you are considered a racist in my eye’s who shouldn’t have any power as a judicial official

Emmett Till was a fifteen year old boy who went back to the south to visit his uncle during a very racially prejudiced time, while he was in Mississippi he whistled at a white women who then told her husband. He then proceeded to find the house where Emmett was staying. Once there she picked out Emmett from his brothers. After they kidnapped him the white women’s husband and accomplice then proceeded to tortured and kill him. When the two men responsible were apprehended and went to court they were tried in front of an all white jury that unanimously declared them innocent. This really spoke out to me seeing how racist society can be. Knowing even today in the south people still feel this way about one another at times.

I was unaware of this until I read a classmates blog which stated that in classrooms today segregation is just as strong as it was in the early 1900’s. It caught my attention reading the facts seeing in 1993 southern states had a 39% mix of students in 2003 it dropped to 29%. California schools are widely integrated with Latino, Whites, and African American’s. If you look at the data you would notice that this is mainly because it is based on where you live. This could send a scare to some people but from what I see it is fixed on what is the dominant ethnic group in the state or city.

Researching these three events that occurred in different eras I can see the world is changing but slightly. You might find some racism in the news today but isn’t as alarming as it could be. Let’s be thankful it’s not the entire world.