If I was to reflect back to this chapter I would have to say that even though racial discrimination in the law has lessened over a long period of time it still exists and is a long way away from being solved. Some thing that really amazed me was the Dred Scott case. How could someone live in a free state for so long and still be considered a slave. I know that slaves were considered property at that time, but in free states shouldn't they revert back to humans. Many products change their orientation when they go from one country to another such as gum is illegal in some countries, but not ours. If we go by that logic if a slave goes from the south to the north they should have automatically become free.
The slaves were freed with the emancipation proclamation, but for a great number of years and even today they are discriminated against. However, I believe that discrimination has lessened over the years because of the work of the people of this nation. African Americans choose not to take the discrimination, so they stood up and made the government give them their rights. A lot of the changes though actually came because of court cases such as Smith v. Allwright in 1944 which made it so states could not deny black people the right to vote. This case started a chain of other cases that gave black people a lot of the rights they have today. I was really amazed by how just one case can start something so big and I really wish it could happen more often.
If you would like to know more about how African Americans gained their rights please watch Martin Luther King's speech "I have a dream". The speech can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk.
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