Directions: Answer the following questions after viewing "Slavery By Another Name" and list any resources that you use to expand upon your answers. The entire submission should be a minimum of 500 words.
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1. What impact did the Jim Crow era have on African Americans achieving equal opportunities in the American Society?
The Jim Crow era definitely set back African Americans in terms of achieving equal opportunities in America. The main reason being the cause of seeing blacks as only slaves. Propaganda was being thrown at the American society that blacks were nothing less than dogs and should be treated like so. The Jim Crow era consisted of separate educational institutions, restrooms, water fountains, restaurants, transportations. On the verge of those, blacks were being convicted of petty crimes and taken as …show more content…
Causing mistreatment for unidentifiable reasons.

3. How did the Jim Crow era impact the debate over Affirmative Action?
The Jim Crow era actually had greatly influenced Affirmative Action. The reason being is that black people were being treated the equivalent to a dog. White people realized that what was going on seemed unreasonable and put Affirmative Action into effect as a generosity of saying sorry to black’s and other races in which they had treated wrongly.

4. What affect does it have on race relations today?
Affirmative Action is brought to have good intentions on people of the United States of America. Yet, there are still extremists on both ends of the spectrum. From widely known radical white groups like the KKK still in standing from the 1900’s to black supremacist groups stemming from that era. Racism is still going to be a thing. The Affirmative Action may be seen as having given others an unfair advantage over others. Which can be a good case in that. Nonetheless, the past even current treatment of different races never should be