Social Inequities 1930's: race by Sarah Le (Student FVHS) https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9 Sarah Le and Faith Luu en-us 2019-10-22 16:22:11 UTC 2026-01-30 07:55:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.) What was the primary race that was negatively affected by social inequalities? fluu100 https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400974762    African Americans were the primary race that have been incessantly and negatively inflicted upon by the harsh social inequalities presented upon them. An interview conducted and published by The History Makers in 2019 demonstrates these restrictions. Amelia Boynton Robinson, a Civil Rights pioneer, stated during the interview,” They're satisfied by the way we live. Yes, they were satisfied because they knew nothing else. Their children couldn't go to school--three months in the year. They had no recreation or anything; it was just work, and then two and three of them would sleep in one bed because they didn't have any space there for them.” Due to these social inequalities, people of color were robbed of their opportunities. African Americans were unable to afford basic necessities such as beds and children were only able to go to school 3 months a year. With these inequalities, African American work wages were unable to match those of other races, especially whites. As a result, they had to constantly work and had no leisure activities prevalent in their lives. They were always satisfied because African Americans were unable to experience the luxuries others of different races could because of the discrimination and segregation they received from others.

A play written by Amelia Robinson in 1936 further demonstrates the difficulties of living under this compression through the eyes of a man, while also portraying her own life. In the play, the writers address slave auctions and how social inequalities prevented people of color to vote, have an education, and how they were given uninhabitable places to sleep, drink, and eat due to their history of being slaves. Another well-known activist, Ruby Hurley, was a part of the National Advancement of Colored People. The article mentions,” the institution was dedicated to training teachers, particularly African American educators...she was employed by the Industrial Bank of Washington, an African American owned financial institution...The school, which was based in DC, focused on providing law degrees to African Americans.” This quote discretely addresses the tyranny of the whites, forcing African Americans to create their own buildings specializing to their race and their needs to avoid discrimination and social inequality in schools and jobs. This article also addresses the fact that due to social inequalities, the chances of renting a house, buying a house, searching for a job, or getting a promotion was much lower than whites. Therefore, they had to create their own communities to avoid being compressed by others.



]]> 2019-10-22 16:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400974762 3.) Which race benefited the most from social inequality? fluu100 https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400976031   Social inequalities often affected the different classes purely based on how they are respected or how they are represented. Certain races and genders were affected differently due to the inequalities. The class that most benefited was white, for many reasons that we learned through the years they were always more respected and trusted. People of color were also discriminated against despite their talents or hard work. White women and men typically received better quality or higher end of everything. Schools were segregated to ensure that white children would receive a better education from more educated teachers compared to African Americans who often didn’t even have the proper funds to give students books or supplies. In a magazine article about the first black aviators to fly from coast to coast, it states,”...no flight school in the country would admit a ‘colored’ man…” (Worman, 2017). 
  The article had already shown the social inequalities that people of color faced during those times that whites didn't. There was no difference in teaching a white man to a “colored” man. James Banning was eager to learn and become a pilot despite what he was told, and he found an independent pilot who was willing to teach him. White men and women always benefited more from social inequalities. Amelia Earhart was the first woman pilot, who was born around the same time as James Banning. They both started flying in the same decade, Amelia just several years before James. However, they received different recognition and praise. When Earhart flew to California from Hawaii in a 14-hour flight, thousands of people came to departure and arrival. In the newspaper article Amelia Earhart Record flight, it states “...a crowd of 10,000 met her in Oakland, California…” (1935)  Now it is incredible that she had such a big turnout, but what about James Banning? Who turned up for him and his partner’s grand flight? In the same article it states, “When the real Banning took off from Los Angeles’ Dycer Airport on September 19, 1932, just four people came out to watch, a small turnout for the start of an epic flight.” (Worman 2017) This flight that Banning set on, took him and his partner over 41 hours to complete. Not to mention that the two aviators flew in a 14-year-old sputtering plane which Banning quoted, “the Eaglerock was ‘put together [with] various cracked-up airplane parts.’” Barely enough money was set to the plane or even for them to fly with between stops. With only $25 dollars to begin with between Banning and his co-pilot, they made stops between flights and raised money by charging others to write their names under the wings of the Eagle. Amelia's flight was sponsored for only a 14-hour trip while Banning's flight around mountains and weather storms was rattled together by scraps and spare change.


]]> 2019-10-22 16:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400976031 2.) How did social inequalities reflect each class differently? fluu100 https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400977213   Social inequalities are often reflected in each class differently due to how they were represented or treated. Examples of different classes were whites and blacks. Discrimination between the two classes was apparent. One was education. A social inequality that came were the different types of education that each class received if at all. Often the schools for children were segregated. The white schools were often more funded and supplied with books or common materials, while the "colored" schools would be extremely underfunded and without proper tools such as textbooks or school supplies. The schools were also very often crowded. After basic education, the opportunities for the classes were different. African Americans' opportunities were much smaller than Whites. 
In an air and space magazine about a Black Aviator, James Benning, it states "...no flight school in the country would admit a “colored” man, he found a white pilot willing to teach him..." An educated man, who was willing to put in the effort and time to achieve his dreams, but unfortunately, due to social inequalities that discriminated against their race, he was rejected. However, schools were completely open to teaching White men and women. Amelia Earhart around the same age as James Benning, just slightly older, had similar goals and dreams about becoming an aviator. However, unlike Benning, she hasn't turned away from schools because of her race or the fact that she was a woman. She was actually more praised and received much media attention because she was the first woman aviator to achieve so many "impossible" flights. Amelia worked several jobs to save for her first plane after learning to fly, Banning, on the other hand, flew in a broken down and scrap together plane. He and his co-pilot, Allen had absolutely nothing when beginning one of the most spectacular trips. Nothing but $25 dollars and a cracked up airplane. Taking place during the great depression they knew it would be difficult to raise money at every stopped as they had planned, and being black they couldn't rely on media or other to help them raise money, so they planned to raise just enough for the next flight and maybe a meal. Stated by Worman, "But the two men had no alternative; they would have to rely on the support of segregated black communities that lay along the course Allen had mapped" (2017) Having to rely only on their communities, who were also rather poor, they raised just enough money to get to the next checkpoints and finish their jobs. Amelia, on the other hand, was able to receive offers from people for opportunities to fly to certain places and accomplish her missions. And after her first mission, Earhart was even greeted with "... a ticker-tape parade in New York and a reception held by President Calvin Coolidge at the White House." (Biography 2017) But Allen and Bannings didn't receive that sort of attention for their coast to coast trip, they didn't even have many supporters to see them off. This reflects just the difference in respect for each class from details like supporters and publicity to flying conditions. African Americans also received unjust treatment regarding jobs. Compared to whites, African Americans received considerably less money for the same amount of work regardless of skill. Amelia Robinson addresses this in her play Through the Years. In this play, a slave, although hardworking, had to work harder to receive the same opportunities. His race reflected upon him as poor, worthless, and as an object only to be pushed around. As a white, your race reflected upon yourself as pristine, educated, and proper. Due to these social inequalities, these adjectives eventually became the truth as they were forced upon each race. 


]]> 2019-10-22 16:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400977213 Notes and Works Cited fluu100 https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400980403 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ILyb4VlfzvM48C6skDgwNSVgTo7XpAhj5QE0Uj4aass/edit]]> 2019-10-22 16:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/skle101/v89vg5yykll9/wish/400980403