Jim Crow - AP Comp

I'll summarize the Jim Crow laws for you.

Blacks cannot associate with whites, be close to whites, do anything for whites, marry whites, be treated like whites, go the same places as whites, or have any of the same rights as whites. That's totally fair, right?

SARCASM.

My gosh, I can't believe some people actually believed that blacks had diseases and if we got too close we would catch them. First of all, Africans were the first to create a civilization and thrive from it. They were here thousands of years before white Europeans were, yet they were the ones being discriminated against. One example is a law that North Carolina had about the militia. They claimed that white and colored soldiers would have to be separately enrolled and could never serve in the same organization. I think that whoever is willing to risk their life to protect and fight for our country should be granted the same rights and respect as everybody else, no matter their color.

Another example of a completely preposterous law is one that Louisiana about attending circuses and public performances. Multiple races were expected to attend, but each race had their own door to enter in and their own ticket takers and recievers. However, the separate races had to be at least 25 feet apart at all times. Really? That seems like an absurd thing to say. Think of what it would be like today if we had that law. Husbands and wives would be separated and where would their half-white/half-black children go?

Am I crazy for thinking these things? I sure don't think so.

There's a tidbit for ya.