Racism in Today's Modern World

School these days weren't anything near as close as the schools back in the Civil War. During the Civil War schools were segregated and racism was at it's high.

Back then during the Civil War schools were segregated, which meant they separated the schools by race, Whites & Blacks. It was the law back then but now a days schools aren't segregated thanks to the certain people in history for instance Abraham Lincoln, Fredrick Douglas, and the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, also the Brown vs. the Board Of Education case. It was stated in both those cases were presented with the "separated but equal" statement. It meant that though everyone was separated by race or color everyone is equal and should be treated equally, which eventually led to the end of segregation in schools. Though schools were integrated back then racism still existed through out the world until today.

Schools may be integrated but racism still exists

I found this article about parents in the Alabama School District claimed that the African American students were victims of racism in schools. The parents filed a lawsuit on the school board for alleged racism. Under is a statement found in the article stating the lawsuit filed.
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The lawsuit says black students at the county's only public junior high have been called slurs such as the "N-word," "filthy trash" and "black monkey." Their parents also say classes are segregated, with most black students being kept out of advanced placement and honors courses.
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In my opinion I do think that racism does exist now and I believe that is so because that our history was written upon it. Looking back in American history you can see all the different events and how racism played a part then and how it plays a part in toady's world. Though I highly encourage non-racism i still feel as if the world cannot change how America was built which in my opinion built on racism. Back then it was more racism between African-American and the whites I feel that now it has expanded from all races and all types of discrimination has occurred. There is no definite way to abolish or end racism but the closest thing is toleration. As my trip in tenth grade to the Museum of Tolerance, I have learned that prejudice and discrimination has been going on for ages and the only way to cease the rate is to tolerate it.

Jim Crow Laws Affected How Society is Today

The Jim Crow Laws affected how society is today because it was basically the start of segregation. All the laws consits of what the whites can do that other races can't. For instance:

“Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school.” “Marriages are void when one party is a white person and the other is possessed of one-eighth or more negro, Japanese, or Chinese blood.”

The Jim Crow Laws were a perfect example for racism in Civil War Era America, now those laws are ablolished but still affected those living today. The Jim Crow laws were changed during the time when things in society were being integrated like schools, factories, etc. Cases like the Plessy vs. Ferguson and the Brown vs. the Board Of Education changed our modern day society as a multi-race, multi-cultural country.

The past wrote itself in a way that can't be forgotten. Racism now aren't as harsh as they were back in the day but believe me it still exists.

Sources:
Brown Vs Board of Education Digital Documents & Photographs Project. (n.d.). Retrieved Oct. 1, 2008, from http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/Civil_Rights_BrownvsBoE/BrownvsBOEfiles.html.

Jim Crow Laws - Separate Is Not Equal. (n.d.). Retrieved Oct. 2, 2008, from http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/detail/jim-crow-laws.html.

Racism claimed at Alabama school - Education - MSNBC.com. (2008, May 25). Retrieved Oct. 1, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24809995/.

Reid, M. (n.d.). Resegregation Nation: The Proud Future of American Schools on Flickr - Photo Sharing!. Retrieved Oct. 2, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/656443055/.