Essays on Racial Segregation

The Jim Crow era was a dreadful time for blacks living in the United States. It began in 1861 and ended in 1965. During that era, there were “Jim Crow laws” which were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation. This made living conditions…

Remember the Titans is a film based on a true story of head coach Herman Boone, played by Denzel Washington, trying to integrate a racially divided football team in T.C Williams High School located in Virginia around the early 1970s. This movie is compelling and…

For years people have judged others only by the color of their skin. Dr. Herbert Smitherman made it his life mission to prove colored people can be just as educated if not more than white people. He put in a lot of hard work and…

The more things change, the more they remain the same is an old saying which clearly illustrates America and the issue of racism. When the country started out, it was hinged on white supremacy. But this had to find tools to insubordinate the people to…

Racism goes way back in time in the United States. Back then, dark-skinned people were imported into the country as slaves and generally recognised in society as something bad. They were seen as objects, not subjects, because they were only used for working or helping…

It is blatant in modern day football that there is a racist agenda against black players. In the modern footballing era one might think that racism no longer exists due to movements such as ‘Kick It Out’, ‘Show Racism the Red Card’, and increased action…

Being an ever-present fragment of our contemporary society, manifestations of racism have been recorded from as early as the eighteenth century. Racism is thought to have originated alongside the rise of capitalism and as a consequence of the infamous European slave trade. CLR James (2013,…

In schools, there are students from all different cultures, religions, and ethnicities. What most people do not realize is that there can be a variety of students in the same school, but can receive a different education. This isn’t because they are learning a new…

When people of color are disproportionately targeted by police and incarcerated, this leads to disadvantages in other arenas of life, such as health, family life, employment, and political power. Here are four targets for policy change: Police stops and arrests. Controlling for suspect demeanor, offense…

There is a particularly widely held perception held of Canada throughout the world: specifically, that of a multi-ethnic, metropolitan utopia. With federal government for the most part, displaying positive attitudes towards immigration policy increasing its plans for intake by 2021 as well as Canada’s high…

The Twentieth Century American experienced The United States education system deteriorate and had to encounter the issues of segregation. This subject matter led to plenty of students being denied access to a fair education and withdrew the chance for them to go to a school…

Racial tension, about segregation, has undoubtedly driven several important court cases throughout American history; one of the most important cases in which dealt with segregation of schools was Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. There were such strong arguments for both sides, causing the…

Race has always been a huge issue in America and unfortunately, I think that it always will be. I often find myself scrolling through Facebook and come across a post or news article about someone being shot or someone being arrested for something and once…

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison follows a college-educated black man who is struggling to survive and succeed because society refuses to see him as a human being. The story is told from a first-person point of view and shows how his awareness changes and grows…

People these days do not realise how the Canadian government was discriminating and taking actions against systemic racism during World War II. Obasan is a story written by the Japanese Canadian novelist Joy Kogawa that tells a story about how Japanese Canadians were treated by…