The effect of Jim Crow laws

     The daily life for African Americans living in the south under the Jim Crow laws was very stressful and demean their character. This law served as a legal way to continue to discriminate against blacks. African Americans on a daily basis was deprived education, their children were not allowed to attend the same schools as white children, blacks had to ride on the back of the bus and if the bus happen to become full the black person had to give their seat to a white person, blacks were not allowed to dine in restaurants that served whites or even work in the restaurant. Blacks feared being lynched or their family being lynched, worried about if their homes would get torched by whites. African Americans did not receive governmental services such as welfare that whites were able to receive. Overall blacks felt worthless to society on a daily basis. blacks felt as though they were servants to whites. Blacks could not use the same water as whites because blacks were considered dirty. The daily life for whites under the Jim Crow laws was not so bad, whites were able to work, become educated, eat where ever they wanted, and if whites did dine with blacks whites were to be served first. Whites were able to accuse black men of rape if approached by black a black man. White families received an abundance of help from blacks with their daily house duties. Whites were offended by blacks if they showed one another affection in public. White people did not have to address blacks as Mr. or Mrs., they did not have to show any respect to blacks, but received nothing but respect from blacks. So, whites lived a normal life under the Jim Crow laws because they were considered superior. The Ku Klux Klan reflected whites fear that the minority would come to take over, and since there was an increase in blacks and immigrants in America whites adopted this fear. Feared the blacks would receive equal opportunity for jobs, education, politics, and rights, and the goal was to prevent this from taking place, so they lynched, burnt blacks homes and much more.