Desegregation. As remembered by a 72 year old in 2019

What do I remember
about desegregation? I recall Macon being very peaceful before the civil rights movements and during the desegregation years of the 50's and 60's.  When that era was ending the news showed the rest of the country rioting but not in Macon, Georgia. I caught an old beat up red bus to ride to and from work. It was me and one or two other white people that would ride the bus; the rest of the passengers were black.  No one moved nor was anyone assigned to the back seats.  I did not feel I was in any danger and I got no sense the black passengers feared or hated me. During and before that era it seemed black people, or negros as they were called back then, were always very quiet, respectful and presented a humble attitude towards other people as were most white people.  It was a time that a white persons first impulse was to trust and confide in a black person. I have a lot of pleasant memories of talking with the  woman who was the janitor at furniture store I worked at. I never realized she could hate me because of years of black oppression. Maybe black and white people, in day to day life, had to be taught those facts by someone else. I think a lot of whites got their feelings hurt when they found out of the perceived reality of  white and black relationships. Or could it be that the "reality" was manufactured by the sponsors of the civil rights movement? It was and still is in some cases individuals from far away places coming into communities and stirring up things, protesting and starting riots. People with agendas that favor neither blacks or whites.
.A group of blacks came into the furniture store in which I worked and harassed an old salesman till he said "make up your damn minds". They went to the court house and swore out a warrant because he said damn. The salesman got arrested. Our boss fired him. I think too many negative things were done to whites during that time. Injustices in the name of past injustice does not work out too well. Especially if it is based on propaganda.I got sick of the situation where I worked with a black individual, I would complain they were not doing their job and their response would be that they believed I was picking on them because they were black. Now days, in my opinion, kids are getting killed because on that basis.  They challenge cops and actually have the misconception they are entitled to threaten and there will not be consequences.

Then there is the time when, during prom week, a group of Afro American high students came to a restaurant I worked in and filled it every seat. They made no reservation; I was the only waitress and I worked as hard as I could to give them good service. I remember they were very quiet and respectful. But when I went back to pick up my tips each plate had a penny beside it. 

During that time if a black party entered a restaurant the white customers would get up and walk out. But could that kind of thing been caused by the publicity about the civil rights movement? I wonder. I know when I got on the bus the black people kept their seats. White customers did not leave the furniture store if a black person came in to shop.

The injustices and inequality that effected American Southerners did exist I am not denying that. Our country was very gradually dealing with it. I suspect they may have died a natural death.   A lot of Jim Crow  law was a response to post civil war events. The reconstruction was poorly handled by the union after the civil war.  Power to govern, people's property, were taken from white southerners and given to blacks and Yankees. After many years pasted  whites regained control of their possessions and regained control of ruling the governments in portions of the south. 

To understand all the issues you have to go back and study the time before and after the civil war. You also need to know what the real issues were. Was it money, power, human rights?  

In closing I will say as an eye witness; to the events of that time that if I can think of anything else I can remember about desegregation and my point of view on the matter, I will write it down. These entries can be my personal contribution to the history of the south as I saw it and understand it.

Review. What is a paragraph?

A paragraph is made up of several sentences and is set off from the preceding paragraph by its first line. It serves as a physical division on a page and contains a unit of the writers thoughts. It is a method to show which sentences are closely related.

A good paragraph develops only one topic. It helps your readers follow your train of thought.  

The main idea is stated in its first sentence. The following sentences clarify and support the main idea and lead into the topic you hope to explore in the following paragraph.

The first paragraph of the essay has a thesis statement which tells what the whole paper is about.  The final paragraph of an essay restates the thesis and sums up the body of the essay, and leaves the reader with a final impression.

Immigration

The resourse I have is a student handbook edited by the Southwestern Company. This handbook only has information on the subject of immigration through 2003.
Immigration is the act of coming into a foreign country to live. Emigration is the act of leaving ones country to settle in another country.
Today because safe, cheap, fast transportation is available immigration is easier. Asia is the major immigrant sending area. The United States is the chief receiving nation.
During George W. Bushes administration the Immigration and Natruralization Service (INS)
moved out of the Department of Justice and integrated into the Department of Homeland security. This step was taken because it was learned that two 9-11 highjackers who carried out the terrorist attack on the United States had been issued student visas.
As part of that process duties handled by the INS were divided between two bureau's within the the Homeland Security division.  One department handles the oversight of visa petitions; naturalisation petitions; and asylum and refuge petitions. Enforcement of border patrol functions were transferred to the Homeland Security Department of Border and Transportation Security. (BTS) The BTS assumed responsibility for security of U.S. borders and transportation. This includes 3500 official ports of entry and more than 7500 miles of border between the United States and Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The BTS is responsible for enforcing U.S. immigration laws.
In April, 2003 the Supreme Court ruled the federal government can imprison immigrants without giving them the chance to demonstrate that they do not pose a risk to the communities nor are they are likely to flee. With this decision it upheld a 1996 immigration law requiring the government to detain immigrants who have been convicted of drug crimes prior to deportation. Tens of thousands of immigrants have been imprisoned by the law before being deportated. A number of appeals had ruled the law unconstitutional.
A security system called U.S. Visitor has been implemented. It uses photographs, fingerprints and iris ID to monitor business men, students and tourist who travel back and forth between the United States and other countries. Most healthcarecare workers who work in the country on a temporary basis must get certification that proves they have had training that meet U.S. professional standards.