Kindermann 1
Catherine Kindermann
Mrs. Bernard
English 10
24 March 2015
Racial Segregation Do you think that racial segregation was ethical or unethical? Well during this time in American history, blacks had to follow the Jim Crow laws. They were not allowed to sit or eat with whites. Also when they finally decided to do something the bus boycott was to first thing that they turned to. I believe that racial segregation was unethical. The Jim Crow laws had a big part of how blacks were treated during this time. For example, a black male could not offer his hand or any other part of him to a white woman because he could be accused of rape (Pilgrim). Also a black male could not offer his hand (to shake hands) with a white male because it implied being socially equal (Pilgrim). Another Jim Crow law that blacks had to follow is that they couldn’t show public affection toward one another because it offended whites (Pilgrim). So blacks could not do all the same things that whites could do. Which isn’t showing that “all men are created equal?” Also blacks were not allowed to sit with or eat with whites. If a blacks and whites were allowed to eat at the same restaurant, whites were always served first (Pilgrim). Also a partition had to be placed between blacks and whites (Pilgrim). Also if a black person were to ride in a car driven by a white person, the black person had to sit in the back of the vehicle (Pilgrim). The

Kindermann 2 same thing goes for when blacks and whites ride the same bus. The blacks had to sit in the back, and they had to give up their seat to a white person. Blacks had to live like this for many years. Until they finally decided to do something about it. One thing that the blacks did to gain there freedom was the bus boycott. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white bus rider (“Rosa Parks”). In 1955, the Woman’s