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African American Civil Rights Case Study

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The issue that I have narrowed down for my case study is about the civil rights for African Americans. While discussing this issue, I will also be examining the history of racism that African Americans faced. In doing so, I will be using the most relevant theoretical approach that applies to my issue, which is, the Critical Race Theory.
Examining the Problem From slavery in America to the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950-60s, African Americans have gone a long way to be viewed as equal in society’s eyes. Racism against African Americans has been embedded in society’s attitudes and institutions. The earliest forms of racism that African Americans had to face was when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony …show more content…

According to Encyclopedia (2005), Parks was arrested on December, 1st, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested because she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. The news of Parks arrest traveled through the African American Community. The news of Michael Brown travelled not just through the African American community, but the whole …show more content…

This is true from when slavery began, to today’s society as stereotypes and attitudes have been passed down. Even though society has made progress in fighting against racial discrimination, it still lingers.
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By increasing diversity of our classrooms it means that we must learn to work with, and across, cultural, racial and gendered differences. By doing so, it addresses social crises in our classrooms and in result, demonstrating how we can value our differences and equitably share power in the classroom. This then influences how people will perceive things in the real world after education.
I also think by educating and bringing awareness to the issue, it will open many people’s eyes to see that racism not only effects a particular community, but it also effects their way of life; being racially profiled can limit a person’s right in certain situations. By doing so, it can slowly eliminate stereotypes, especially in law enforcement.
By looking over and revising the legal system, I think it could eliminate people from experiencing suffering and unnecessary things. An example of this would be better educating police officers about racial

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