Pardon me for laughing when a southerner accuses the north of practicing segregration.
Segregation and Discrimination
Though accepted in the Union Army, these men still had to face segregation and discrimination. “The army was extremely reluctant to commission black officers — only one hundred gained commissions during the war. African American soldiers were also given substandard supplies and rations. At the beginning of black enlistment, it was assumed that blacks would be kept out of direct combat, and the men were paid as laborers rather than as soldiers. Black soldiers therefore received $7 per month, plus a $3 clothing allowance, while white soldiers received $13 per month, plus $3.50 for clothes. (The Civil War and Emancipation).” In 1864, the War Department eventually agreed to pay for African American soldiers equal to that of white soldiers. The differences between African American soldiers and the white soldiers can be seen in the photos. These differences include status, pay, and dress. African Americans rarely were promoted in the Union army. This is illustrated through many political cartoons and can also be seen in a number of photos. Overall, despite being allowed to fight African American men were not viewed to be on the same level as white men fighting in the army.
http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/?q=site/african-americans-union-army-during-civil-war
Thought you’d like a liberal link........
The northern mind is a funny thing. Your “laughing” points out the incredible difference between our cultures.
Both cultures understand that there was segregation in the South...so it goes unsaid. Southerners have to point out that northerners were, and still are, segregationists, even as they pretend that it happens naturally. (And even as they pretend to hold some sort of moral high ground in the matter.) Meanwhile, people in the South live in mixed neighborhoods and have largely dealt with the its segregationist past.
Pointing out that there is segregation in the north is not funny, it is a necessity in such discussions. Laughing “when a Southerner ‘accuses’ the north of practicing segregation” demonstrates profoundly demonstrates the false position you have constructed so as to wrongly look down upon Southerners.