Everyone Deserves the Same Treatment, Why Does Skin Color Matter?

The treatment of African-Americans in the United States has remained similar over the years even after slavery was abolished. African-Americans have been ridiculed and looked down on since the beginning. People thought that there was a supreme race and that all others were just like garbage. They used them like tools and worked them sometimes to death. When slavery was abolished there was a process called Reconstruction that was innitiated. What this did was supplied the former slaves a place to live by building farms on plantations. In return for the home, the ex-slaves would farm crops, but they had specific terms they had to abide by when they signed the agreement. The agreement was that the former slaves would plant crops, only those approved by the homeowner, and give them 50% of their income in return for the residence they were provided. After all was said and done, the slaves would usually end up not earning anything and sometimes go into debt, rarely did the make a profit.

This treatment is similar to the Civil Rights Movement. The African-Americans would have to sit in the back of the bus, and were even brought to the extent of having segregated schools, restrooms, and even water fountains. Although slavery was no longer an issue, they were still treated like trash and got only the bare minimum needed for survival. The whole reason the Civil Rights Movement happened was because the African-Americans were sick and tired of the way they were being treated. They rose up against the "white man" and tried to fight for equal rights, which didn't exactly "work" so to say but they did accomplish stuff from it.

Since that movement the treatment of African-Americans has improved but even to this day there is still racism and extremist who still have it in their minds that they're better than every other race. Everyone is equal, skin color doesn't matter. People are people.

image sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/books/30grimes.html
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