Friday, March 13, 2009
Sommy's Connection
The 1870s were a time of segregation between Africans Americans and whites. For example, blacks had to sit in the rear of the bus while whites had the right of sitting in the front. Also, blacks had to use completely different restrooms and water fountains. They weren't allowed in some hotels and restaurants. And they were just flat out discriminated by many whites. Similarly, in The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank, Anne delineated the discrimination against the Jews during the early 1930s. Jews couldn't attend many restaurants (just like the blacks), and they also weren't allowed into any other store unless it bore the placard of "Jewish shop." She explains some of the things that Jews had rights stripped from them such as not allowing them to drive the car, use trams, or visit theaters, and cinemas (or other places of entertainment). They were to be indoors by 8:00 and Jews weren't allowed to visit Christians. Like the Africans, Jews were forced to attend separate schools. In these ways, Jewish people were treated like the blacks were in the United States.
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I think Anne had to be personally tutored by her father because of the family's fear of murder or capture.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really good connection because blacks had nearly the exact same regulations put on them as the Jews did.
ReplyDeleteThere was a quote from Mous, said by Adolf Hitler, "The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they are not human."
ReplyDeleteEven before the segregation you mentioned, back when slavery was going on, blacks were treated as less than human, like those of Jewish faith were during the Holocaust.
Ali Enochs 4
Although they had alot in common i think it was much harder for the jews because they were killed instead of having there rights taken away.
ReplyDeleteYou're right! The African Americans and the Jews were treated very alike! Though, as Derrick said, the Jews did inevitably have it harder. Unlike the African Americans who were only robbed of their rights, the Jews were forced to go to concentration camps which were better off renamed "death camps". The people in there were never expected to survive...
ReplyDeleteAs for the African Americans, as long as they did what they were told usually nothing detrimental happened to them.
Rasical descrimination is an issue that most people still struggle with today.
ReplyDeleteMy grandpa was racist tords most ethnic group including (as he called them) filthy japs, ungratful negros, and many other offensive names.
However my dad learned from his dads pregidists, so some good came from it!