Thursday, January 26, 2012

Jim Crow Law

A total unfair law: If you are a white teacher and you work at a black school you will need to pay a fine up to 50 dollars the same if you are a black teacher working at a white school you will need to also pay a fine.

This law was passed in Oklahoma around the 1800 until the 1900s. Since back then the laws where completely unfair they probably thought that the white or black teacher might get "contaminated" by the opposite colored children. I find this law unfair, pointless and just plain racist. One of the things that annoys me the most is some people where OK with this! It disgusts me just by thinking about it. The best thing about humans is that we are different.

2 comments:

  1. Black and white people are the same, no need to pay a fine to teach a child.

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  2. Hey! Anna I agree with you about the part that being different is great and this is something they failed to understand back then. I think its ridiculous that a teacher would have to pay for doing a good deed. Things were very messed up during the times of segregation.

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