Why South Africa is still so segregated

 How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth.

‘Segregated South type behavior’: Americans are furious at ‘scared’ Texas’s Gov. Abbott deploying Guard troops to the polls

The year is 2020 correct? And not 1950.  When reconstruction ended in the southern states moved to enact laws that would, in their minds keep the south the south. Repression was the stated goal and it worked. Until the 1950's when the Civil Rights movement took hold and people and rights organizations began fighting back against their oppressor's. I wasn't easy. Even after land mark ruling's like Brown vs. Board Of Education and the passage of the Civil and Voting Rights Southern states continued to fight any progress made by African Americans.  In 1969 Richard Nixon with help of Rodger Ailes (Who would help create Fox News) and Patrick Banchan the Southern Strategy would be conceived. They idea was to not only attract disactivated Dixie Crats to the Republican party but institute new forms of voter suppression and intimidation.   Efforts that continue today with the closing of minority only polling stations, eliminating or reducing early voting days, gerrymandering of districts and passing laws that require a specific  type of idea to vote. And now this: Governor Greg Abbott has decided to deploy the Texas National Guard to polling stations throughout the state. All in an effort to "protect" the vote. 

 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced that he is deploying troops to the polls in the state, something that a president can’t even due because it can suppress the vote.

“The Texas Army National Guard said Monday it had been ordered to dispatch 1,000 troops to five major cities around the state in conjunction with the Nov. 3 election,” San Antonio Express-News reported on Monday.

It sent people into flames of rage claiming that it was an example of a Republican governor behaving like a segregationist from the 1950s.

American segregation, mapped at day and night

America policies engineered our segregated homes. But the workplace? That had the chance of being a place where we interact with people of other races — and form meaningful relationships. These maps show that this hasn't exactly happened. In fact, the most personal parts of our lives is still very segregated.

One reason why coronavirus hits black people the hardest

Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the stark racial disparities — there’s one possible reason that’s been lurking in the air for decades: pollution. The long history of segregation and housing discrimination has long put black people at greater risk of living near chemical plants, factories and highways, exposing them to higher levels of air pollutants. These pollutants have had a chronically negative impact on health, leading to conditions like hypertension and asthma. Now, those same diseases are associated with severe cases of Covid-19, and showing that where you live can determine whether you survive from Covid-19.

American segregation, mapped at day and night

America policies engineered our segregated homes. But the workplace? That had the chance of being a place where we interact with people of other races — and form meaningful relationships. These maps show that this hasn't exactly happened. In fact, the most personal parts of our lives is still very segregated.

The guide book that helped black Americans travel during segregation

Until the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, the Green Book was critical for black Americans wanting to travel across the country.

Road tripping in the 20th century became an iconic American obsession, and the rising middle class was eager to travel the country on the new interstate highway system. The Green Book was a unique travel guide during this time, when segregation was practiced all over the country. The book, which grew to cover locations in all 50 states, listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, beauty salons, and other services that would reliably serve African Americans. The listings grew from user correspondence and a network of African American postal workers under the guidance of Victor Hugo Green, the book’s publisher.