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Was there racism in 1949 in US!? If so, what was it about!? I am doing a project and I forgot!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Racism was rampant in 1949!.

The South was still recoiling from the injustices, as they saw them, from the Reconstruction period in which every black family was to be entitled to 40 acres and one mule!. Which incidentally never took place!.

The loss of the civil war, the status of black families in the South as separate, but unequal, and the cultural mindset was primarily keeping the South under white social and economic control!. Any advancement by black families was seen as a threat!.

This thinking prevailed into the North, with the advent of the KKK and other white supremacy philosophies!. Blacks were seen as social and intellectually inferior beings and best left to service the white populations needs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Was there ever! It covered all aspects of life - which jobs brown & black people could expect to find, all of them low paid (except at Ford, which paid high wages)!. These would include maids, servants, field hands, elevator operator, and shoe shine boy!. It effected where brown people could live (as renters they were shoved into ghettos and as buyers were refused credit, though veterans of WWII did benefit from the GI bill!. Even dating a brown person was considered dangerous to public stability, and marriage between them was considered outrageous!. American racism carried a strong physical repulsion which did not exist in most slave or racist societies!. The race barrier prevented many talented brown people from becoming movie stars, no matter how well educated they were, and was a serious obstacle in pursuing a successful career in music, even though music has nothing to do with the appearance of the artist!.
This was a blind and ugly period in American history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Of course there was - and continues to the present day= a society free of racism is a dream of the world!.

Rather than specifically looking for 1949 I would search for the 40's or 50's it will incorporate 1949!.

Here is a site that may help narrow down your answer for societies responsiblity for racism in the 1950's

[PDF] RACISM
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www!.worldsocialism!.org/spgb/pdf/rac!.pd!.!.!.


Here is the basic definition of racism in the US -

Politics: racism

The belief that some races are inherently superior (physically, intellectually, or culturally) to others and therefore have a right to dominate them!. In the United States, racism, particularly by whites against blacks, has created profound racial tension and conflict in virtually all aspects of American society!. Until the breakthroughs achieved by the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, white domination over blacks was institutionalized and supported in all branches and levels of government, by denying blacks their civil rights and opportunities to participate in political, economic, and social communities!.

A very important aspect of the racism in the US is the Jim Crow laws not addressed finally until 1965!.

The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted primarily but not exclusively in the Southern and border states of the United States, between 1876 and 1965!. They mandated de jure segregation in all public facilities, with a "separate but equal" status for black Americans and members of other non-white racial groups!.

Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools, public places and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks!. These Jim Crow Laws were separate from the 1800-66 Black Codes, which had also restricted the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans!. State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v!. Board of Education!. Generally, the remaining Jim Crow laws were overruled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964[1] and the Voting Rights Act of 1965!.

Below in the source box - is a site you might also be interested in - it describes exactly the view of racism in the USWww@QuestionHome@Com

Are you kidding!? It was a black man who stood outside alone at Pearl Harbor (1941) and shot at the japanese planes as they attacked, shooting down several of them!. No awards, because of his color!.
Do some research; the first load of black slaves to land here was in 1619; a full year before the Pilgrims!Www@QuestionHome@Com

There has been racism since the dawn of man as they interacted with people from another culture!. Even if you're talking about the Civil Rights Movement, racism is just as prevalent now as it was back then!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes, definetly, African-Americans only got out of segragation in the 60s or 70s

exactly how much racism there was i dont knowWww@QuestionHome@Com

Then, now, before, after, and always!. It was about what all racism is about - misunderstanding and ignorance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes there was racism in 1949!. The civil rights movement was not until the 1960s!. There is still racism today but it is not as badWww@QuestionHome@Com

Unfortunately, there is always racism!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

there is racism now, and there was racism then off course!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Honey there is racism now just pick up a book!Www@QuestionHome@Com