{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52265998","dateCreated":"1332956118","smartDate":"Mar 28, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"MsStory","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsStory","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1242056539\/MsStory-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ahiiperiod2.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52265998"},"dateDigested":1531983310,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Segregation","description":"Segregation, a social system based on a long history of prejudices and discrimination, was deeply entrenched in people\u2019s mind as well as in the culture.  How did segregation manifest itself in daily life in the South?  How did segregation disenfranchise black Americans?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52420748","body":"The Southerners always relied on agriculture to support their economy.  Farming is a very difficult business which requires a lot of labor and maintenance.  Since the 1800's Southerners had used Blacks as slaves for their farms and they had always been accustomed to having them around as a minority or of lesser importance to themselves.  When the Civil Rights Movement began, people anticipated that the South would be very hard to convince.  Segregation throughout American History always belittled African Americans and their achievements.  Therefore, I believe the feelings of helplessness and sorrow were very systematic in the daily life of an African American.  This was especially true if they lived in the South.","dateCreated":"1333315928","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"bgoldman1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bgoldman1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52423990","body":"The segregation in Southern America at this time was very evident. Public Facilities were segregating and Whites were given preferential treatment in just about anything having to do with everyday life. Many businesses and groups of people refused to sell things or rent things to African Americans. There was a protest against merchants during the week of easter by African Americans.","dateCreated":"1333322736","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"Kldobson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kldobson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52425576","body":"Segregation played a major role in the south because from the beginning if you were black you were immediately a step below everyone. The whites in society were always given the special treatment. Some stores refused to sell their products to the blacks, and people wouldn't sell houses to the blacks because the neighbors were told that it would lower the value of their house. So from the beginning with all the restrictions that were put on the blacks they were disenfranchised.","dateCreated":"1333326022","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aneuenahus","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aneuenahus","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52426120","body":"Segregation was very prevalent in the south. African Americans had different schools, jobs, salaries, and were confined to certain areas of buses. African Americans were disenfranchised because they were deprived of the same social status as white Americans.\u00a0","dateCreated":"1333327069","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aghaly","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aghaly","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1332773432\/aghaly-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52427594","body":"In the South, segregation was a part of everyday life. Blacks were not considered equal and they did not have many rights. Stores closed their doors to some and some neighborhoods did not welcome them. The African Americans were deprived of equality in social standing therefore they were disenfranchised.","dateCreated":"1333329951","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"csiebols","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/csiebols","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52428708","body":"Whites and blacks in the South were seen as completely different. The segregation manifested of the daily lives of blacks in the south was that their position was to be slaves for the white people. Segregation had disfranchised blacks by making it so they could not have the same opportunity that the whites did. Black Americans couldn\u2019t even have the simplest rights such as learning to read and write.","dateCreated":"1333331780","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"effogarty","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/effogarty","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429126","body":"African Americans were not given the same opportunities as did the white population because they were not seen as equal. They had many  disadvatages they could not get the same jobs, same pay, same educations. There was segregation in schools, stores, restraunts and public transportation. This was the case for a long time, until they were permitted in universities and became educated and given equal rights, but that doesnt mean people stoped being racist, it still goes on today.","dateCreated":"1333332454","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jsleathe12295","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsleathe12295","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429424","body":"Black Americans were not given the same opportunities as white Americans strictly due to the color of their skin. They were not able to get the same education, jobs, and even respect than others. This segregation lasted decades and was finally abolished when black Americans were able to become equally educated which led them to further, higher opportunities.","dateCreated":"1333333051","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"lindsayadam","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lindsayadam","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429978","body":"Once laws and federal actions began to formally segregate blacks from American society, the ideas and prejudice began to accumulate through generations, eventually becoming an exponentially greater problem. This segregation became strict to the point of disrupting African Americans daily life. They could not eat at the same restaurants, make the same amount of money, or even provide the same food to their families. Even though the laws have changed since then, many people still think the same way about races.","dateCreated":"1333334355","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rachelrogal","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelrogal","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52452560","body":"Segregation played a major role in the South and differently affected the daily lives of it's citizens. The whites had gotten used to the concept of them automatically being superior to the blacks, them being the lower class citizens who were stripped of their rights and many opportunities that whites may have had.","dateCreated":"1333384358","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ahampton616","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ahampton616","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52459234","body":"Segregation's first incarnation in the South was the institute of Slavery, the economic backbone of the Southern United States for most of its existance. After the Civil War, and with the abolishment of slavery, Segregation was reincarnated as its most modern form- simple forced separation. Segregation while under the slogan "separate but equal" in reality provided blacks with lower quality goods, services, homes, and education, and limited their involvement in society.","dateCreated":"1333393048","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jjadams19","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jjadams19","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1351698835\/jjadams19-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52512480","body":"Segregation was very bad in the South because of slavery and the whites where very used to slavery and how they could just tell the blacks what to do and they would do it. The blacks where treated very badly in the fact that pretty much everything in the south was segregated, from the jobs they could get, all the way to what type of education they could get. The black didn't have the opptunities that the white people had.","dateCreated":"1333481810","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ctobrien","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ctobrien","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":4}]},{"id":"52265982","dateCreated":"1332956089","smartDate":"Mar 28, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"MsStory","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsStory","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1242056539\/MsStory-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ahiiperiod2.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52265982"},"dateDigested":1531983311,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"School desegregation","description":"What was school desegregation such an explosive issue?  How would you feel if you were compelled to attend a school in another district and students from that school would attend Masco in order to promote racial diversity?  Is this fair, and does fairness matter?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52420668","body":"School desegregation was a large issue because the citizens at the time weren't used to integration and didn't know how to respond to it.  Although, a approach to the situation would've been with friendliness and optimism, instead of fear and anger.  If that's what needed to happen in order for people to understand the importance of diversity, then i'd be indifferent about it.  I'd be glad that people are willing to open up their eyes and experience new things for a good cause.  In all honesty, I don't think fairness should be considered in that circumstance.  It's a very important issue that needs to be addressed.  If the extremity of the situation ever came to students being forced to move, then fairness would obviously be mentioned.  But the question that needs to be asked first would have to be, will this facilitate the future in any way, shape or form?","dateCreated":"1333315727","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"bgoldman1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bgoldman1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52424172","body":"Scho desegregation was a process to integrate children in public schools. My dad was in elementary school in the 60s and was a large part of this. In Gainesville Fl, he says that there was a year when about 10 african american students first attended the school. As a kid, he thought little of it. He was just excited to have these kids to play sports with and what not. It was more among the parents that the issue was intense. My grandmother had to attend a parents meeting and what not. It was an issue kept alive by the parents, and in many ways forced it upon the children themselves. I think that force desegregation is not necessarily a bad thing. People are not inclined to change their ways for new ones. People have to initiate this change often. If it had not been forced it may have never happened.","dateCreated":"1333323047","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"Kldobson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kldobson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52424594","body":"School desegregation was such a big issue because it was unfair that the whites got to go to better schools because they were the "better race". It was unfair that the whites had a better future because they went to the better schools.It was such a big issue because the white parents thought that if their child went to school with the black children that it would make them dumb, it was a social issue. If i was sent to a different school to promote racial diversity i wouldn't like it because my family pays local taxes so i can attend Masco so that would be unfair that i would have to go to a different school. I guess that is what the whites were thinking that it was unfair, so i guess fairness doesn't matter because if it did than desegregation wouldn't have happened if it was based on fairness.","dateCreated":"1333323987","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aneuenahus","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aneuenahus","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52426342","body":"School desegregation was an explosive issue because in a time where blacks and whites did not share much, it allowed black Americans to attend white schools which would be very controversial at the time. I would not like to be forced to go to another school to prove a point no matter how true the point may be. It would not be very fair to students who put time and effort in one school to be switched to another. Fairness does matter and desegregating without moving students from school to school would better promote diversity.\u00a0","dateCreated":"1333327503","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aghaly","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aghaly","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1332773432\/aghaly-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52427522","body":"School desegregation was a hot topic because it was a new concept that many had never imagined. It was a huge step towards equality to try to promote equality at a young age in a school setting. I would not want to be forced into another school. I would be scared and unhappy with no friends. Fairness does matter because kids need to be happy to be able to accept others.","dateCreated":"1333329788","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"csiebols","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/csiebols","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429054","body":"By desegregating students, they are segregating them and making them stand out. By hand picking them and placing them in a school that doesn't have "enough of their culture\/race\/religion", they are making that student know that they are different and are only wanted at that school to make the school look better.","dateCreated":"1333332357","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"lindsayadam","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lindsayadam","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429266","body":"School desegregation was such an "explosive issue" because minorities felt as if they would not be accepted in a school where genders, race, and ethnicities are put together. Race shouldn't be a deciding factor in daily lives.  However, I believe it's going to remain that way. People don't necessarily choose to segregate themselves from different groups, it just happens. I believe that people do this for comfort which recognizes that there is still a stereotype for African Americans in the world today. I don't think this is fair at all. The amount of education one gets should not be based off of skin color or where one is from, making this an important issue in American culture. I don't think that it is fair to promote racial equality by replacing people from one school to the next, because one should not have to compromise their education so a message could be made.","dateCreated":"1333332678","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"effogarty","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/effogarty","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429610","body":"By desegregating students, they are segregating them and making them stand out. By taking certain students and forcing them to go to another school just to prove that America is no longer racist and are trying to push past this era in time was stupid and unfair. It was such an explosion topic becasue by doing this your making the individual feel like hes differnt and thus not really doing anything desegregation. They 'll still feel like there not equal. If you want them to feel equal let them go to the school in there community not another school out of the way just to prove a point.","dateCreated":"1333333521","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jsleathe12295","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsleathe12295","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429834","body":"School desegregation was a big issue because students all over the country were being displaced to different schools and districts. Although it should have been fairly simple, white students were forced to move to different schools in order to accommodate for the black students, which caused some outrage. If both white and black students had no choice to where they go to school, that is still segregation.","dateCreated":"1333334059","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rachelrogal","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelrogal","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52452800","body":"School segregation is such an explosive issue because it directly seperates students from one another. If I were forced to attend another school based on something that I have no control over, then I would be very angry and would start an uprising of some sort. School segregation is not fair but neither is life.","dateCreated":"1333384614","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ahampton616","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ahampton616","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52459080","body":"School Desegregation was explosive because the groups involved were so large. Entire societies that centered around an all white school would not feel comfortable ending that desegregation, and both students and their parents would oppose it with all they had, and face whatever group then challenged them; for example, Little Rock faced the Federal Government. I would not be compelled to switch schools with someone from a different school in order to promote "racial diversity" while leaving all my friends, and my comfort zone, behind. It would be difficult to find my place in another school, so I would simply refuse.","dateCreated":"1333392841","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jjadams19","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jjadams19","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1351698835\/jjadams19-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52512824","body":"School Desegregation was a very explosive issue, it was a big issue in Little Rock because the whites where so used to the fact that they had there own school and blacks had their own school. It was very bad in Little Rock because it was the first school to try this, and the white in Little Rock wouldn't stand for it, so they started rioting, and they had to bring in the national guard to try to keep the peace it was getting so bad with all of the riots going on by the school everyday. If it where to happen to me and I where one of the blacks i would refuse it because you are going to leave all of your friends and you are moving to another school, so you know no one going to the school, it must have been tough for the Little Rock 9.","dateCreated":"1333482270","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ctobrien","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ctobrien","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":4}]},{"id":"52265964","dateCreated":"1332956069","smartDate":"Mar 28, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"MsStory","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsStory","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1242056539\/MsStory-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ahiiperiod2.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52265964"},"dateDigested":1531983311,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Federalism & Civil Rights","description":"What is the role of the federal government in protecting the freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens when the state fails to do so?  What role does the US Constitution play in protecting the rights of American citizens?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52424338","body":"The US constitution plays maybe the biggest role in protecting citizens rights. The bottom line is that declares that all men were created equal and the federal governments passes bills in order to ensure this is carried out. The role of federal government is to put laws in place, and to step in if a state fails to do maintain equality. It says so under the constitution.","dateCreated":"1333323385","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"Kldobson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kldobson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52425334","body":"The Constitution plays a big part in protecting the rights of the citizens because it states that all men are created equal. The rights of the citizens are protected by that statement alone , that everyone no matter what color, race, ethnic background, or religion they are, everyone is the same and in no way should be treated differently. If the state government fails to protect the rights of the people then the role of the federal government is to step in and protect their rights, because they have to put the equality laws in place and make sure that the state governments follow these laws.","dateCreated":"1333325493","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aneuenahus","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aneuenahus","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52426736","body":"When the state fails to protect the freedoms of American citizens it absolutely falls into the hands of the federal government. This is because everyone has a right as an American citizen to all the amendments. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, etc. The U.S. Constitution states everyones rights as a citizen this should include all citizens regardless of race. \u00a0","dateCreated":"1333328266","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aghaly","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aghaly","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1332773432\/aghaly-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52427300","body":"The federal Government has the job of taking over protecting peoples' rights when the states fail to do so. The U.S. Constitution states the rights of an American citizen, it does not state of a certain race or color. Therefore, every American is equal under the constitution.","dateCreated":"1333329402","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"csiebols","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/csiebols","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52428898","body":"The role of the federal government is to be a safety net and back up help if the state for some reason fails to protect the people's rights. The U.S. Constitution states that all American citizens have certain rights, and does not discriminate, neither should Americans.","dateCreated":"1333332037","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"lindsayadam","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lindsayadam","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429290","body":"The role of the federal government in protecting the freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens when the state fails to do so is to enforce a type of federal punishment enforced by Congress. The US Constitution helps enforce these declarations and the human rights of American citizens. It acts as a guidelines for defining Americans rights, such as freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, our right to vote, ets. If our rights are denied, then there should be punishment, because it's unjust and unconstitutional.","dateCreated":"1333332753","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"effogarty","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/effogarty","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429432","body":"The constitution clearly states "all men are created equal" and that means black, white, orange blue green whatever should all be teated the same no matter what. The federal government needs to protect the freedoms of all American citizens, even if states fail to do so.","dateCreated":"1333333065","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jsleathe12295","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsleathe12295","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429594","body":"The federal government needs to interfere only after there is a direct problem with the state governments, or when the someone is denied constitutional rights. There needs to be a balance between state and federal governments, making sure neither one gains too much power. The point of having two separate governments is to ensure that every American citizen can be treated fairly.","dateCreated":"1333333482","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rachelrogal","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelrogal","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52453050","body":"The federal government's role is to protect the rights of all its citizens when state and local governments cannot. It is the role of the federal government to watch over and make sure the state governments are doing what they can for the citizens, and to intervene if necessary.","dateCreated":"1333385097","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ahampton616","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ahampton616","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52458660","body":"The Federal Government not only needs to ensure that the citizen's rights are protected, but that it is ONLY American citizen's rights that are being protected. The US should not be extending benefits to illegal immigrants. The states should also uphold this, but both the Federal and State governments seem to be failing.","dateCreated":"1333392237","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jjadams19","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jjadams19","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1351698835\/jjadams19-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52513592","body":"The Federal Government needs to protect their citizens rights when they are not being treated equally even when the state governments are not doing so, that is why we have two governments because if one isn't treating you equally, you will always have one that does treat you equally. The U.S. constitution says that everyone should be treated equally and both the federal and state government need to enforce that.","dateCreated":"1333483078","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ctobrien","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ctobrien","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52586626","body":"With the Constitution saying that everyone has equal rights, every U.S. citizen should be treated equally no matter what. When one government isnt doing it the other one should be.","dateCreated":"1333627962","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"tdvanlenten","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tdvanlenten","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":5}]},{"id":"52265934","dateCreated":"1332956047","smartDate":"Mar 28, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"MsStory","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsStory","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1242056539\/MsStory-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ahiiperiod2.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52265934"},"dateDigested":1531983312,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Integration today","description":"The courts dismantled official segregation, but many American students still attend schools that have a strong ethnic, religious, or class imbalances.  What is the difference between desegregation and integration?  What can be done to further break down the cultural and ethnic barriers between students?  How can institutions and individuals promote dialogue between racial and ethnic groups?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52424542","body":"Desegregation is when a law is put in place to prevent and put an end to segregation. Integration is an action done that follows the guidelines of these laws put into place. It "mixes" races and promotes diversity. A lot of the barriers are not necessarily put up by people but more just about the area you live in. I am on a soccer team, and most of the girls come from towns like saugus, everett, revere, a Malden only to name a few. They are a lot different than people in the tri-town. Going into new situations with an open mind is needed. In addition, to what Emma had brought up about acceptance being key. Branching out and being open minded is really the primary way to break down those barriers. People can't wait for others to act for them. In stead, people have to be proactive.","dateCreated":"1333323880","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"Kldobson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kldobson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52425190","body":"desegregation the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, and organizations. Integration is an act combining groups that are different in race, religion, ethnicity, or social status into a whole. These two terms are different in the way that desegregation is the initial allowance of two separate groups to attend the same facility, and the integration is the act of taking advantage of the desegregation and mixes the population up. A way that the ethnic or cultural barriers can be further broken down is to educate the people in schools about the various ethnic backgrounds. This will open up the minds of the individuals and motivate them to be more accepting and feel more comfortable around the other groups that are "different" than them. Which will in turn promote the dialog between the two groups.","dateCreated":"1333325061","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aneuenahus","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aneuenahus","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52426530","body":"The differences between integration and desegregation vary greatly. Desegregation is simply allowing races the same rights and access to the same facilities. It does nothing to promote racial acceptance socially. Integration is trying to desegregate while also repairing prejudice and racism among the races. To break ethnic and cultural barriers down individuals and institutions can give lectures or lessons in school and use the media to aid in removing racism.\u00a0","dateCreated":"1333327910","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aghaly","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aghaly","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1332773432\/aghaly-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52427434","body":"Desegregation gives races the same access to the same facilities and grants more rights or priviledges not once available. Integration is the process of combining races into a whole working community that sees to differences in race or ethnicity. People need to be educated about different races and what they have been through to understand them better. People also need to learn acceptance and accept others for who they are.","dateCreated":"1333329612","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"csiebols","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/csiebols","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429004","body":"By integrating all Americans together, we can break down the racial, religious and ethnic barriers set up due to  discrimination. By desegregating, we are just giving everyone an equal opportunity, but by integrating, we are making Americans acknowledge their fellow citizens and forcing them to learn about the others' cultures.","dateCreated":"1333332237","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"lindsayadam","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lindsayadam","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429564","body":"Desegregation is the elimination of communitites split up and isolated by race. Integration is having everyone together in one place. I don't really think there can be anything else done to further break down the cultural and ethnic barriers between students. It's who we are as people. I feel as if everywhere one goes, there's always going to be racial or ethnic tension. It's significant to not let that be a determining point, and to let stereotypes pass. Laws and acts aren't going to change every mind in the world. It may force them to appear as if they are changing their minds to avoid punishment and consequences, but I don't think society can truly change what one thinks.","dateCreated":"1333333397","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"effogarty","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/effogarty","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429690","body":"Desegregation is like the goverments way of handleing racism, its the law essentially. Integration is more of a social acceptance between races. It's not forced its breaking down cultural barries to defeat segregation instead of forcing to differnt races to like eachother which would not be affective at all its letting the to factions understand eachother and conquer racism in time.","dateCreated":"1333333695","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jsleathe12295","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsleathe12295","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429732","body":"Integration and desegregation are very different. Desegregation is a more legal term, meaning that all races have the same rights and cannot be treated differently. Integration is the social effort to combine the races and undo previous societal norms. The only way to break racial barriers in schools and institutions is to change each persons beliefs, which is very hard. It is almost impossible at a certain point to change how people think.","dateCreated":"1333333812","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rachelrogal","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelrogal","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52452976","body":"Desegregation is the legal "end to segregation" but doesn't really do much for a society that is stuck in the ways of the past. Integration is unifying the students socially and emotionally, as well as making them more accepting. Lots of things, like group student activities, would help to further integrate our schools and seperate the racial ties.","dateCreated":"1333384949","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ahampton616","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ahampton616","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52458784","body":"Desegregation is only ending the enforced separation between two or more groups of people. Integration is the actual action of joining the groups together. In truth, there is no sure way to break down the racial and ethnic barriers between students- the students need to be willing to do so on their own.","dateCreated":"1333392396","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jjadams19","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jjadams19","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1351698835\/jjadams19-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52513196","body":"Desegregation and Integration are two very different things. Desegregation is just ending the separation between the two groups. Integration is turning those two groups into one big group where there is no racism and descrimination between the two groups. It would be imposable to change that because there always going to people who are racist to the other party, but it could happen over the course of hundreds of years there might not be anymore racism.","dateCreated":"1333482734","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ctobrien","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ctobrien","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52586800","body":"The difference between desegregation and integration is that desegregation is ending the seperation between two groups and giving the same rights to all races. Integration is joining everyone into one big group with no racism.","dateCreated":"1333628387","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"tdvanlenten","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tdvanlenten","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":5}]},{"id":"52265902","dateCreated":"1332956010","smartDate":"Mar 28, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"MsStory","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsStory","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1242056539\/MsStory-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ahiiperiod2.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52265902"},"dateDigested":1531983313,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Affirmative Action","description":"What is the rationale for affirmative action? What were the advantages and disadvantages of basing affirmative action on racial categories?  Do you feel that affirmative action is justified?  Why or why not?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52420940","body":"Affirmative action was completely necessary because of all the years in which African Americans had been discriminated against and segregated.  The advantages of this were that it gave African Americans more opportunities as well as more recognition.  In contrast, the disadvantages were that segregation grew in regards to higher education and the job market.  I believe that affirmative action is justified because of the balance that the advantages and disadvantages give.","dateCreated":"1333316372","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"bgoldman1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bgoldman1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52422326","body":"As pretty much everyone before me said, affirmative action was a way to make up for years of prejudice, discrimination, and white supremecy towards African Americans. I don't feel Afirmative Action is justified because it is attempting to coverup what really happened. Although it does help theres nothing anyone can do to make up for racism or mistreatment that happened in the time period. The advantages are more equality while disadvantages could include more government spending to accomdate more people.","dateCreated":"1333319187","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aghaly","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aghaly","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1332773432\/aghaly-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52423892","body":"The affirmative action was a way to make discrimination impossible. Instead of just saying, you can't turn away someone for x reasons, it now forced employers to give certain people jobs. Those people were the ones who would be turned away other wise. It is obviously good for the minorities who it helps, however it put white men at a disadvantage. I think this is interesting because, it in a way goes along with the cartoon in our ch. 25 packet. The one with the white man who can't pass the literacy test, yet is still given the right to vote. This Action makes it so that when a minority and white men are neck and neck for a job, the white man will not just get it because of his race. I think that is a little hypocritical though. It is a weird way to fix an issue due to it being so easily controversial. Efforts for equality should truly be equal. MEanwhile, I do understand the need to really enforce the civil rights. White men at the time would do anything to get out of hiring a person of a different race. It is justified simply due to the time and circumstances. I do not think it was the best effort during the Civil Rights movement, but it made a point.","dateCreated":"1333322517","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"Kldobson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kldobson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52425992","body":"Affirmative Action was the governments way to making up for the previous discrimination on the minorities. In the past women and the minorities were not allowed in certain schools, or weren't allowed to work in certain job fields because they were thought of as inferior to the white male. Affirmative Action when put into place opens up many job opportunities for the minorities, but it does open up a new form of discrimination called reverse discrimination where the majority is now being discriminated against. Affirmative Action even though has its reasoning and is addressing a god point in my eyes is unfair. This is because people are not being chosen for their ability or skills they are being accepted so the school or workplace will look diverse. I just believe you cant fix discrimination with discrimination, because it will really get you nowhere closer to achieving your goals. It just creates new problems and you will get stuck in an endless discrimination loop that you were trying to get away from in the first place, and you will have accomplished nothing.","dateCreated":"1333326821","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"aneuenahus","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aneuenahus","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52427760","body":"Affirmative Action was meant to give more opportunities and jobs to blacks who previously had been turned away from many. Affirmative Action was also built to try to cover up the segregation and discrimination to blacks in the past and to try to make up for it. I don't think this is justified because no one can take back how whites treated blacks in the past and its not something to be forgotten either. The advantage of this however was more equality. The disadvantage was that it opened up a new form of reverse discrimination.","dateCreated":"1333330200","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"csiebols","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/csiebols","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52428526","body":"The rationale for affirmative action is to allow minorities equal rights in centers such as work places and educational facilitites. Advantages were that it gave minorities in America a chance and allowed them to have more of an opportunity to live a better life. Disadvantages were that even if the minority is unqualified, they still get whatever it is over the qualified individual, because certain places (like work places and college) are required to accept a certain amount of minorities such as women and blacks. I don't feel as if affirmative action is justified, because it doesn't base someone off of their true knowledge and character, it's only judging you off of the color of your skin, ethnicity, or gender. It's not fair for unqualified minorities who are not as intelligent or fit for the role to receive, for example, a space in college or a job, when somebody else qualified for the position deserves it for their hard work and character.","dateCreated":"1333331513","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"effogarty","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/effogarty","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429150","body":"I feel that affirmative action is justified because it did give those black citizens the jobs they can do but never got the chance to because of their race. No matter how wrong people say it was\/is, it DOES give them those jobs and opportunities. Without it, those people would have been jobless or working a low paying job just barely making it by all due to the color of their skin.","dateCreated":"1333332482","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"lindsayadam","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lindsayadam","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52429360","body":"Affrimitive action was justified i think to make up for all the discrimination and crimes against the African American population. Now African Americans were given jobs they were never allowed to do and giving them that chance to make something of there lives, the only disadvantage is theres a certain reverse racist thing now going now institutions have to give the African Americans these jobs but now the white population are turned away because the African American population has taken more jobs, and these white individualls might deserve these jobs and worked hard to get where they are.","dateCreated":"1333332904","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jsleathe12295","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsleathe12295","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52430168","body":"I think Affirmative Action was justified, but I do not think it was created for the right reasons. African Americans deserved the same rights as whites had, and it was a huge step that they could finally get them. Originally, I think that Affirmative Action was created for the government to make up for all the prejudiced things they did, not to genuinely help out the people. These people deserved an equal shot at getting a job and moving forward in their lives.","dateCreated":"1333334769","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rachelrogal","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelrogal","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52452198","body":"Affirmative Action was definately just an attempt by whites to try and make up for the hundreds of years of segregation and unequal opportunities that African Americans had to put up with. The creation of this was justified because it was at least an attempt to console the African Americans and provide them with equal opportunities to their previously superior counterparts","dateCreated":"1333383885","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ahampton616","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ahampton616","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52465800","body":"Affirmative Action extended advantages to minorities, specifically blacks, aiding them in finding jobs or taking advantage of opportunities that they had been denied in the past due to racial discrimination. Affirmative Action had both positive and negative points. While minorities who were descriminated against gained and took advantage of jobs and opportunities that they were previously held from, Affirmative Action, eventually, could have been seen as dropping opportunity infront of people, sending the message that they don't need to work hard, that they will be handed things in life to make up for discrimination against their ancestors. I feel that Affirmative Action is justified, but only to a certain extent, or else people would become too reliant on it.","dateCreated":"1333401413","smartDate":"Apr 2, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jjadams19","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jjadams19","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1351698835\/jjadams19-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52510916","body":"Affirmative Action was put into place because they wanted to get rid of dicrimination in America for good. They thought that the black's where allowed to the same freedoms that whites had. It gave blacks an equal oppurtunity to get a job, the same opportunity that whites had.","dateCreated":"1333479476","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ctobrien","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ctobrien","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":4}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}