Question

Read the following excerpt and answer the question. Voting rights discrimination was widespread.... black sharecroppers were being evicted by white farmers for trying to vote. In Mississippi, names of new voter applicants had to be published in local newspapers for two weeks before acceptance, and voters had the right to object to an applicant's "moral character." (from The Need for Change, www.nps.gov) Using context clues, explain what discrimination means in regards to excerpt above. Be sure to write your answer in complete sentences referencing the excerpt above.

Answer 1

In this excerpt, discrimination means that black people are being told they can't vote by white people. This is because they are black.

The definition of the word discrimination is: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Answer 2

In this excerpt, discrimination means that black people are being told they can't vote by white people, just because they are black. If a black person tried to vote, a white person could kick them off their farm, and in order to even try to vote they had to put their name in the paper. If a white person did not like them, they would be allowed to take away their chance at voting. Because of these details the reader can see that discrimination is a way a group of people is being treated by another group of people which is unfair.