Racial Project Jim Crow Laws - 1201 Words

Lili Arshad, Kimberly Campos, Romel Lopez, Johann Palo Professor Fong AAS201 Oct 1, 2017 Jim Crow Laws Provided by Omi and Winant, their texts give insight to our understanding of what is a racial project. A racial project explains how â€Å"[racial dynamics] are simultaneously an interpretation, representation, and explanation† (Omi et. al 54). Racial projects offer insight how race is linked to both structure and representation by the ideology that is primarily evident by everyday practices whether it be found institutionally or individually. The Jim Crow Laws are a prominent and notable example of a racial project. Jim Crow Laws explores on a macro-level dimension of racial projects by stimulating the dichotomy of structure and†¦show more content†¦included transportation, restaurants, marriage, housing, education). Daddy Rice, a famous blackface performer that was known for his â€Å"onstage character â€Å"Jim Crow,† dressed in tattered clothes and purposely acted clumsy and brainless in an attempt to mimic African Americans† (â€Å"Jim Crow†). The show became very popular amongst the white majority and overtime â€Å"Jim Crow† became a derogatory term which white people used to refer to African Americans. Before Jim Crow laws came into place, African Americans and whites shared the same railroad car, with African Americans forced to sit in the back, or sometimes the â€Å"smoking car†. In 1900, Governor J. Hoge â€Å"signed into law Virginia’s first statute requiring the railroads to furnish separate cars, or partitioned cars, for [African Americans and whites]† (417 Wynes). Brown v Board of Education is one of the most important Supreme Court cases in history. A man known as Oliver Brown had filed a lawsuit against the Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education for having segregated schools since it went against the Equal Arshad, Campos, Lopez, Palo 2 Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which made segregation illegal. Eventually, the Supreme Court came to the conclusion that separate public facilities were â€Å"inherently unequal† (McBride 1). Brown vs. Board challenged and signaled the end of Jim Crow and â€Å"separate but equal† clause. PoliticiansShow MoreRelatedThe New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration1081 Words   |  5 PagesAlexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness outlines how the criminal justice system has systematically designed new methods of discriminating against African Americans. 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