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.

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.

Falconmaster · Answer

@YoursTruly @ThisGirlPretty

YoursTruly · Answer

Discrimination means the difference in treatment of white man and African-American man.
In the excerpt, it reads "black sharecroppers were being evicted by white farmers for trying to vote." That shows that African-Americans weren't treated as equals to white people.

YoursTruly · Answer

Change "Discrimination means the difference in treatment of people of different races". Discrimination isn't limited to just African-Americans and Caucasians.

Falconmaster · Answer

shanks ill change some words around becauyse you use smarter words than me