Southern states facing poverty and fear of their new neighbors began negotiating with black workers to settle how much should be paid in order to place them back onto the cotton fields. ... The government was acknowledging black freedmen as citizens of the United States, erasing the line that divided black and white citizens. ... With the war already creating a dividing line between Northern and Southern states, this immigration boom created more reform and change that allowed for the "Gilded Age." ...

• Word Count: 1687
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his text he states that wealth and poverty continued to be racialized as a result of chattel slavery, which ended over 150 years ago. The racist illness of the past has trickled down into our generation which is evident in poverty rates as well as conviction rates amongst African Americans in comparison with Caucasians for similar crimes. ... Neo-Racism When I walk around my campus, specifically when I wonder around the HUB (a common area for us college kids to eat, relax, study), it is hard for me to not notice the color line separating my peers. ...

• Word Count: 2862
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate