Project 1 is all about segregation from how it started, what/who was affected, and what was the end result. I made a article about segregation in the south and compared it to the segregation system in South Africa. For art I made a tessellation where I painted the shape of an old school transitioning from one color to another. This artwork shows how yes, there was a separation between the colored and the whites, but eventually they come together and create race equality.
Segregation in the South
Segregation all started with the Jim Crow Laws in the southern and border states in the late 1800s. There was different laws depending on where you lived, so for example, in Georgia the officer that is in charge of burying a person can't bury a colored person, if they are white. African Americans and Caucasians have been affected the most from segregation. The Brown vs. Board of education declared that separate educations are constitutionally unequal. White politicians in Virginia weren't pleased with African-Americans being treated equal so they fought to keep the education in Virginia segregated, by shutting down a few public schools. Linda Brown had to walk a mile to get to Monroe Elementary, when Sumner Elementary, a school for whites was only seven blocks away. There are 27 cases dealing with segregation in schools, with the latest only being 4 years ago.
South Africa
South Africa had a similar situation with segregation as people in the south did. The racial lines in south Africa were strengthened by the nationalists and apartheid became the legal system. Apartheid is the harsh separation of races restricting nonwhites. Nonwhites weren't allowed to vote and had to live/work in specific locations. Those that supported apartheid believed that the point of the separation allowed each group of people to evolve their own culture. Past laws were executed to track the movements of the African-Americans who had jobs outside of the homelands and required all black South Africans living in the towns to carry a passbook. Passbooks have records of where blacks could travel, work, pay taxes, and had all their criminal convictions. The passbooks divided families when one parent had to work all the way in town and the other had to remain in the homelands.
The comparison
South Africa and south of the United States had many similarities and differences when it came to segregation. Down below is a list of the similarities and differences between the two.
Similarities:
Differences:
Similarities:
- Had segregated facilities such as bathrooms and restaurants
- The colored got treated badly
- Most people were against the whites
- The blacks fought for their rights and through revolutions and their words
- Blacks were disrespected because of the color of their skin
Differences:
- Apartheid was from 1948-1991 and segregation in the south was at it's worse between 1896-1948
- South Africa had four different racial groups: Blacks, whites, colored(mixed), and later Asian(Indian and Pakistani)
- The U.S south had two groups: Black and white
After effects
The after effects of South Africa and U.S south segregation were both greatly impacting on the future of people in the society. Segregation is still a part of our society today, just not as evident as back in the 1900s. Today the biggest problem is poverty and schools that have a higher percentage of poor African Americans and/or Hispanics are offered less math, science, and preparation courses for college.
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