Notes

Stephen Almarines November 17,2014
English 10 Period 10


Jim Crow segregation had a/an negative impact on African-Americans during the 1940s and 50s.African Americans had a hard time on sports,employment and families.With this thought in mind African Americans still tried their best to achieve their goals.


Jim Crow segregation had an negative impact on sports.This made African Americans opportunities lesser to find a sport as a job.While making money is hard,in the Negro leagues people made less money than in the Major Leagues.Colored people also couldn't have opportunities to join Major Leagues.After Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier,baseball team owners made a gentleman’s agreement not to hire any African Americans.This showed that colored people had a disadvantage in life situations

With negative impact on sports it also had a negative impact on employment.This alone was a serious problem for colored people in the 40s and 50s.As I was reading the book fences,theres a guy called Troy Maxson who was also part of segregation around this time.He said “How come you got all whites driving and the colored lifting”.This showed he was ticked off about racial inequality going on at his job as a garbage collector while white men all get to drive trucks.Troy also had a dream where he wanted to have a pro sport career but got destroyed.Because of this he laters refuses his son Cory to join any sports program or any sport career.

Some people will disagree with my statement .This people would probably say that the world of sports and employment about inequality had change in the 50s and have gotten more equal.I wasn’t really there in the 50s but I could say that colored people who had experienced the pain of inequality probably had nightmares and can’t believe the world after inequality like Troy Maxson.Because of this Troy Maxson is not letting Cory join any sports because of what happened when he was trying to get a sports career.This also led to them having an argument and a fight.This was really hard for Troy because he was just trying to protect his son from experiencing the same thing he experienced when he was trying to do the same thing.

Racism is still a huge problem in this time period.To such extent people hate someone just because of their race.Some people also call people names and that offends them.There also people who judges people by their looks.Racism is one of the obstacles that some people need to face.And this obstacles consist of lesser job oppurtunities racial stereotypes,and much more.