Part 1 of Essay
Media and politicians call violence the epidemic of the nineties. A commonly ignored fact about this epidemic is that it is based on cultural biases. A person's ability or personality is not society's standards. Our country judges on the basis of gender, sexual preference and race. Enduring political and social prejud ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... the Civil War, many abloitionsists believed that racial relations would imporve. Optimism amongst the aboltionists quickly gave way to traditional segregist beliefs. Despite the end of the war on the battlefield, the war at home witihin society still raged. "Black Codes" replaced "Slave Codes". Blacks could not vote, hold office or speak to a White person. Riots in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans became "victories for white people" in the spring of 1866. A local newspaper even said, "Thank heaven the Wh ....