Throughout United States history, a variety of groups have faced discrimination in many different ways such as race and sex. The governments have taken actions that have either protected or limited the rights of these groups in American society. Two of the groups that faced discrimination were women and African Americans. Women's rights were limited to the max and so were African Americans. But really should they have been?!
Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law. Women were not allowed to vote. If you were married you had know say in property rights what so ever and still had to pay property taxes. Women couldn't earn nearly as much as men did if they did work. They also had rare education due to the fact colleges or universities wouldn't except them. Women went through a couple trials and tribulations such as the women's rights movement and it was a success in certain areas before they actually got where they needed to be which was to not be discriminated against. The government
Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law. Women were not allowed to vote. If you were married you had know say in property rights what so ever and still had to pay property taxes. Women couldn't earn nearly as much as men did if they did work. They also had rare education due to the fact colleges or universities wouldn't except them. Women went through a couple trials and tribulations such as the women's rights movement and it was a success in certain areas before they actually got where they needed to be which was to not be discriminated against. The government
gave women their rights which was the rights of voting should not be denied because of sex. This action opened more opportunities for women such as working, education and more.
African Americans faced crucial discrimination mentally, emotionally and physically. African Americans were discriminated against for their color. They couldn't attend the same school as white, drink out the same water fountains, or even sit in the same movies theatres as whites. Moral of the story whites and blacks were to not be in the same area. But the Brown V. Board of education took place and it basically stated that schools were no longer segregated against "separate but equal"and all students were welcome. Busses were segregated and then came Rosa Parks with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott was to get the blacks in the front of the bus and to not be segregated. This was changed when the federal court ordered Montgomery's buses desegregated and the boycott ended. These changes were a big impact on life today white and blacks attend the same schools and theatres. We as the blacks and whites use the same water fountains too today their still a little off being that one's for shorter people and the other for tall people but it's cool.
So are we still as the people of different race, sex and or sexuality still discriminated?! As far as the world's concern there is still problems dealing with those things today. But legally they are not discriminated against.
So are we still as the people of different race, sex and or sexuality still discriminated?! As far as the world's concern there is still problems dealing with those things today. But legally they are not discriminated against.
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