Transcript of Group two the problem discrimination kailey 2
- 1. The Problem:
DISCRIMINATION
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- 2. DISCRIMINATION:HISTORY
GOVERNMENTALLY:
Minorities and Women were not constituted as equals
In 1857 the Supreme Court of the North and South referred to slaves
as beings of an inferior order, and all together unfit to associate
with the White race, either in social or political relations; and
so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was
bound to respect.
- 3. Examples of Historical Inequality:
SLAVES NOR WOMEN COULD:
- Vote
- 4. Serve on Juries
- 5. Hold Office
- 6. Bring suit in their own name
- 7. Not Own Property
- 8. Not Serve as Legal Guardians