Jim Crow Part 2

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  1. Welcome to the video on Jim Crow Part two.
  2. Okay, so let's get started.
  3. Um today,
  4. what we're trying to tackle is this question of why
  5. is segregation bad even if it is actually equal quality?
  6. Like so let's say in this fake world that we're creating um segregation exists,
  7. but it's actually equal, right?
  8. So everything that black people have is the same as what white people have.
  9. Um
  10. Would it still be bad then? Right? This is the question that we're trying to tackle.
  11. Um we know that segregation itself refers to the separation, right?
  12. Jim Crow laws refers to the the laws enforcing the separation of the
  13. races. Right?
  14. So,
  15. was the problem that the segregation was bad because there was
  16. an equal quality or was it because of something else?
  17. So, obviously, the fact that it wasn't equal is a huge problem.
  18. So that in and of itself is a huge, huge problem.
  19. But today we're creating a fake world, right?
  20. There is no way that this world could ever exist, right?
  21. This is a completely hypothetical world
  22. where segregation exists,
  23. but it's actually equal.
  24. The question is, what would happen then
  25. what happens when we don't know people well,
  26. or we don't get to know people is what ends
  27. up happening is our mind likes to categorize information.
  28. So we try to put people into groups, right? We try to assume things about them.
  29. And if you don't know someone, all you have to go off of is assumptions,
  30. rumors and stereotypes, right?
  31. So we end up doing if you create a generalization
  32. about people, right? Because you don't know that.
  33. Um and in segregation,
  34. this applies to complete races because the races weren't interacting,
  35. they weren't mixing, right?
  36. So what ends up happening is that they create
  37. these assumptions and these generalizations about these other people,
  38. right?
  39. Those assumptions end up leading to the ability of
  40. people to project their own issues onto those races.
  41. So, for example,
  42. if let's say a neighborhood is not doing well or people feel like they're poor,
  43. they could say like, oh,
  44. it's because there's an african american neighborhood nearby, right?
  45. This is clearly false, but
  46. um it's a way for them to project their own issues onto
  47. another group, right?
  48. So when you don't interact, it gives the opportunity for xenophobia,
  49. which is fear of other people or racism to develop, right?
  50. Racism develops because people don't know the other race well,
  51. or they're determined to be racist.
  52. Once you get to know someone,
  53. it's very hard to keep going with stereotypes in your mind.
  54. It's very hard to hold those forward because
  55. um
  56. your interactions with them can contradict your thoughts in your head.
  57. So
  58. the reason why segregation is still bad, even if it was unequal is because
  59. of the fact that it creates these stereotypes and it doesn't allow for interaction,
  60. which creates more racism.
  61. So
  62. this is the part two video.
  63. What you're gonna do now is you're going
  64. to jump into google classroom and you're going
  65. to write 200 words explaining why you think
  66. in connection with the first video lesson,
  67. um, segregation is that even if
  68. even if it is equal, if you disagree with this, that's totally fine,
  69. just write out your thoughts and why you think this way okay, have a great day.