Stereotyping in America Through the CenturiesMain MenuIntroductionBlacks in 19th Century AmericaNative Americans in 19th Century AmericaChinese immigrants in 19th Century America + ConclusionIrish in 19th Century AmericaBibliography: 19th Century StereotypesMore about African Americans in the 20th CenturyAsians in the 20th CenturyNative Americans in the 20th CenturyBibliography (20th Century Stereotypes)Stereotypes in the 21st Century: IntroductionMuslims in the 21st CenturyMexicans in the 21st CenturyBlacks in the 21st CenturyStereotypes in the 21st Century: ConclusionThe Plague in Stereotypes and Its AcknowledgementStereotypes for HispanicsStereotypes for African AmericansThe Other Side of the Coin of Bringing Stereotypes Into LightBibliographyThe Plague in Stereotypes and Its Acknowledgement BibliographyParker Hume04ab49b28fad18e466417bdd49a66ccd2ac3d35b
African Americans in the 20th Century
1media/East-st-louis-massacre-cartoon.jpgmedia/East-st-louis-massacre-cartoon.jpg2017-03-24T12:32:34-07:00Kelly Zheng8f2ebe21f00969191dad9cd924120bb800bc816c1633513plain2017-03-24T16:21:07-07:00Kelly Zheng8f2ebe21f00969191dad9cd924120bb800bc816cThe late 20th century was an important transitional time for African Americans because many become freed from slavery, but many still lived in rural areas. In the early 20th century, a big number of African Americans were slave workers working under harmful conditions that never gave them the feeling of being human. After that time period, they were able to gain more rights as human beings, but the way people viewed them were not much different than how they were viewed in the past centuries. They were involved in hard service jobs, unskilled labor, and difficult tasks. A large number of African American families were found to be economically low in status. When the civil rights era came along in the 1960’s, racial segregation was being improved and discrimination was being treated, so that Blacks can be able to receive the same wages and opportunities as everyone else. African Americans were depicted as being in the lowest class in society, and many faced poverty and unemployment, due to the fact that some see them as being lazy and unwilling to do work in specific areas of the world.
