The blacks who first arrived in America were basically slaves from Africa, so their social status was low and they were discriminated against. In the long run, American society has formed a social atmosphere that discriminates against blacks.

Phenomenon:

Blacks are not allowed to enter some restaurants. Blacks must give their seats to whites on buses, and blacks are made up as cannon fodder in front of them in wartime.

Historical events:

1 955 65438+February1year-old, tailor parks was sitting on the bus, and a white man came over and asked her to give up her seat.

This has nothing to do with the virtue of "respecting the old and loving the young". In the southern United States, where apartheid still prevails after the American Civil War, the law clearly stipulates that blacks must give up their seats to whites in public places such as buses and restaurants. In the north, legally recognized racial discrimination also keeps blacks out of many industries and communities.

Parks refused the white man's request. Although two black women were arrested in Montgomery earlier that year for the same experience. This time is no exception. Parks was imprisoned and fined $4.