Segregated public facilities were one of many tools of white supremacy, which systematically denied constitutionally guaranteed rights to African Americans during the twentieth century. Many people are uncomfortable using the term white supremacy except when discussing extreme forms of physical violence (such as lynching), cross burning, or other activities associated with the Ku Klux Klan and similar hate groups. In fact, white supremacy refers to an entire system designed to maintain white economic, legal, political, and social privilege. This lesson focuses on some of the structures that supported the system of white supremacy in the South. First, students watch a video of historical footage illustrating white resistance to desegregation. Then students examine a set of ordinances to see how one city legally enforced racism. Finally, students analyze a primary source document that advertises a Ku Klux Klan meeting. Objectives •Understand white supremacy as an organized system of repression •Explore the roles of segregation and white resistance in creating and reinforcing attitudes of white supremacy •Contrast the values, attitudes, and reality of segregation with the principles expressed in the countrys founding documents. pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.lp_whsup/understanding-white-supremacy/
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