Running Head: RACIAL CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH AND WEST
Racial conflict in the south and the west
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Racial conflict in the south and the west
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The end of the civil war marked the end of racism as well as slavery in both the west and
the west America. Although these two regions didn’t share the same perceptive on the
issue of racism (Marcuse & Van 2011).
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The southern states held a record for displaying the highest level of discrimination in
America and this can be attributed to the fact that they held African slaves for years
before the civil war (Shah, 2011).
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The civil war ended the profound slavery of the blacks barring their importation to the
country as well as the use of slaves for heavy duties against their will
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The civil war set thousands of blacks free in the south. However, regardless of the new
orders and laws advocating for equality, racial conflict still escalated in the south. The
southerners set clear boundaries between the two warring races and the two were not
supposed to mingle bringing in the issue of segregation (Henretta et al., 2011).
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After the civil war, the blacks migrated to other regions such as the west increasing the
population of the blacks in the west by over 32.5%. The intrusion of the blacks into white
territory wasn’t positively received and the whites retaliated (King & Smith, 2011).
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However, the racial conflict in the west wasn’t as pronounced as it was the case in the
south. The blacks in the west received systematic discrimination primarily in the plethora
of life such as employment as well as housing. The blacks were allocated the lowest
status jobs that significantly barred potential mobility. In the housing sector, the level of
discrimination was worse resulting in issues such as racial steering, targeted violence,
redling among others (Marger, 2011).
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In the south, racial conflict was more prominent compared to the west and the south
practiced total segregation against the blacks. The southerners established clear laws that
segregated the blacks from whites creating facilities for the whites and the blacks
respectively (Hamilton & Ture, 2011). Social amenities were highly segregated and the
whites didn’t want to interact with the blacks at all. There were schools, houses, hospitals
as well as other social amenities for the whites and the blacks separately. The two were
not supposed to interact at any given point. The facilities allocated to the blacks were in
poor condition and of poor quality.
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However, both the west as well as the whites shared one thing in relation to racial
conflict, they highly discriminated against the blacks and fought hard to retain their top
position as the superior race compared to the blacks (Dudziak, 2011).
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References
Marcuse, P., & Van Kempen, R. (Eds.). (2011). Globalizing cities. John Wiley & Sons.
Dudziak, M. L. (2011). Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy:
Race and the Image of American Democracy. Princeton University Press.
Marger, M. N. (2011). Race and ethnic relations: American and global perspectives. Cengage
Learning.
Henretta, J. A., Edwards, R., & Self, R. O. (2011). America's History, Combined Volume.
Macmillan.
Murrin, J., Johnson, P., McPherson, J., Fahs, A., & Gerstle, G. (2011). Liberty, equality, power:
a history of the American people. Cengage Learning.
King, D. S., & Smith, R. M. (2011). Still a house divided: Race and politics in Obama's
America. Princeton University Press.
Hamilton, C., & Ture, K. (2011). Black power: Politics of liberation in America. Vintage.
Shah, N. (2011). Stranger intimacy: Contesting race, sexuality and the law in the North
American west (Vol. 31). Univ of California Press.
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Running Head: SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN ANONG THE ROE & Wade
Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade
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Describe the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade; then defend or criticize
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The Roe v. Wade case handled by the US Supreme Court is one of the most controversial
cases ever to exist and forty years down the line, the case is highly debated with
numerous parties expressing different sediments in regards to the case (Ginsburg, 1984).
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The Supreme Court’s decision was settled upon with a two to seven majority vote and
the decision settled for by the majority that the decision of a woman to keep or terminate
her pregnancy is protected by the fourth Amendment that primarily contained an
individual’s right to privacy as the court had upheld similar right in cases such as the
Griswold v. Connecticut in the year 1965.
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This decision as the court argued is exclusively protected by a clause in the Fourth
Amendment under the protection of privacy. The court also ruled that it wasn’t up to the
court to decide when life began and provided framework acting on a trimester basis that
would be used to weigh the woman’s rights while attempting to intervene (Faux, (2000).
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According to the settled opinion, in the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy she has
full autonomy alongside a qualified physician in regards to the pregnancy. Abortion
could be regulated in the second trimester in health related ways. However, in the third
trimester, the state could fully control as well as prohibit abortion except in those
instances that the mother’s life was at risk (Marceau, 2011). Thus, the court held that the
right to abortion was not absolute and that the local government couldn’t circumvent a
woman’s life based on the new life.
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The decision settled for by the majority voters is a clear indication of lawlessness and in
this case, nothing exists in the constitution’s history to support this given agreement. This
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ruling was a clear indication of the use of judicial power and is clearly an extensive use
of this power that is primarily extended to this court by the constitution. The court took
the legislative role and at the same time overstepped the line as the case in this given
junction lacked a legal basis (Kerr, 2011). The decision to abort a pregnancy can thus not
be regarded as a ‘fundamental roles’ as the abortion rights have been here for centuries.
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References
Kerr, O. S. (2011). An Equilibrium-Adjustment Theory of the Fourth Amendment. Harvard Law
Review, 476-543.
Marceau, J. F. (2011). The Fourth Amendment at a Three-Way Stop. Alabama Law Review,
62(4), 11-09.
Ginsburg, R. B. (1984). Some thoughts on autonomy and equality in relation to Roe v. Wade.
NCL Rev., 63, 375.
Rubin, E. R. (1987). Abortion, politics, and the courts: Roe v. Wade and its aftermath (No. 89).
Praeger Pub Text.
Faux, M. (2000). Roe v. Wade: the untold story of the landmark Supreme Court decision that
made abortion legal. Cooper Square Press.
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