American Politics: Modern Jim Crow Laws, Voting, and Social Conditions

This essay delves into the complexities of modern American politics, focusing on the persistence of Jim Crow laws in the 21st century. It explores the impact of these laws on voting rights, particularly felony disenfranchisement and voter ID requirements, and their effect on minority groups. The paper highlights the decline in voting trends and the actions taken to combat disenfranchisement. It examines the role of the Republican Party, and the rise of conservative policies, discussing the fear of changing demographics and the implications for American society. The essay emphasizes the social conditions, diversity issues, and the attitudes of the conservative party, concluding with a call for awareness and action to address these ongoing challenges. The author references scholarly articles to support their analysis.

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The respective paper studies about the modern day Jim Crow laws which are an integral
part of American politics as well as the neo political arena of America in the modern era of
twenty first century. The paper focuses on the new trends of franchise and universal suffrage by
highlighting the fact that the trend of voting has been subsequently reduced in America.
However, in order to remain out of disenfranchisement, there has been subsequent actions and
movement happening all over America. Therefore, the respective paper focuses on such issues.
Jim Crow laws are the laws laid by American government in the states as well as in local
basis that propagated and enforced racial segregation throughout the Southern United States
(Tischauser). The Jim Crow laws were enacted and operated in the late 19th and the early 20th
century by the White dominated democratic state legislature after the Reconstruction period of
America. The Reconstruction period of America has been marked as one of the most prolific
period of America when the nation witnessed the majestic Civil Rights Movement which
heralded a racism-free America. However, the concept of Jim Crow laws in the new America
after the civil rights movement echoed the hypocritical and double standard mentality among the
Americans which stated that the minorities and blacks were “separate, but equal” which,
however, despite being reformed, posed trouble for the African Americans, Native Americans
and other ethnical and racial minorities of the nation. The neo-traditional legal and political
principles of “separate, but equal” mindset were propagated among the public as the principles
were extended to public facilities and transportation including the coaches of interstate trains and
other conveyance. Through various ways, Jim Crow laws institutionalized economic, educational
and social disadvantages of the blacks and minorities throughout the nation. The new America,
with the arrival of Donald Trump from the Republican Party in power as the president of the
nation, has posed several racist, anti-immigrant and misogynistic laws, rules and regulations

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newly in America with a constant reference to white supremacy and white authority which had
been criticized and condemned worldwide. There has been considerable magnitude of fear of the
white supremacists and conservatives regarding the growing rights, voices and freedom of
expression among the minorities, which not only includes blacks, Hispanics, Arab immigrants
and Asians but also women, bisexuals and transgender or sexually diverse people. The most
significant manifestation of modern version of Jim Crow laws all over America are the actions
such as felony disenfranchisement and requirement to show an identity proof while voting in
case of all the classed citizens belonging to the nation. The most significant nemesis of the
Republicans of America is that the Republicans fear that America has been turning less white,
less conservative and less male dominated. They often find it scaring that the more diverse
America becomes, the more it would turn democratic, keeping few or no rights for the so called
“bringers of America”, the European whites, who consider themselves to be the fathers of
America (Forman Jr). However, it cannot be denied that the African Americans and the
Hispanics are always voting for democracies. However, there also has been growing number of
young men and women who do not comply with the ideas of their conservative forefathers, that
politics is the arena of men and women should be happy inside the four walls of their house and
not be assertive and/or authoritative towards their code of conduct or behavior. Therefore, such
problems have indeed arrived in America which has given rise to neo Jim Crow laws by the
newly elected, most conservative and regressive party of America, the Republicans (Forman Jr).
The respective paper concludes by studying about the modern day Jim Crow laws which
are an integral part of American politics as well as the neo political arena of America in the
modern era of twenty first century. The paper focuses on the new trends of franchise and
universal suffrage by highlighting the fact that the trend of voting has been subsequently reduced

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in America. However, in order to remain out of disenfranchisement, there has been subsequent
actions and movement happening all over America. Therefore, the respective paper focuses on
such issues. The paper talks about the social conditions, the diversity issues of America along
with the attitude of the conservative party of the nation and the effects regarding such factors.

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References:
Forman Jr, James. "Racial critiques of mass incarceration: Beyond the new Jim Crow." NYUL
Rev. 87 (2012): 21.
Tischauser, Leslie Vincent. Jim crow laws. ABC-CLIO, 2012.