Discrimination In 1930s America

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In 1930, there were 123,202,624 people living in the United States, and every single one of these people were affected by the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the longest and deepest economic downturn of the history of the Western industrialized world, lasting from 1929 until 1939. During this historic event, the poor of the United States were discriminated against. This affected schools and students and everyday life for many Americans.

In the 1930s, the poor of America was greatly discriminated against. The poor were looked down on since they did not own a home. In this time period, if someone did not own a house, they were looked down on greatly. Most people did not own a home at this time because they could not afford one. The process of “filtering,” a route where high-class families went to find new homes and left their old homes behind, housed a lot of families and individuals, but the houses were deteriorating, peeling, and almost collapsing. So the only options for the poor were to live in these falling homes, or on the street. But, of course, the higher-class people did not care about the poor, they left them behind like they left their homes. The government had too many things to worry about and ignored them, leaving no one to care for the poor but
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The poor were not looked at as equals, causing teachers and students to have a rough time, and the high-class was needed for help and support. The importance of this event is that people, when bad things happen, turn against each other. The non wealthy side of the people were left in the dark, but they pushed through, turning to the few who would help, and their friends and family. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch explains, “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your