Data Analysis The Impacts Of Segregation And Discrimination Reflected In Kathryn Stockett’s Novel The Help

3.3 Data Analysis

Data analysis is applied when the data which concern to the social problem and it’s impact in 1960’s in Southern such as segregation and discrimination are collected and selected.The first step is to explore the data that found and analyze it according to sociology concept of segregation and discrimination. This step will help to find the data about segregation and discrimination in Kathryn Stockett’ The Help. The second step is focused in analyzing the data to find the kinds of segregation and discrimination that happened in the society described in Kathryn Stockett’ The Help. The third step is divided the impacts of segregation and discrimination, it is kinds and causes in the Kathryn Stockett’ TheHelp with some information or references. The last step is the conclusion based on the whole analysis. Finally, the conclusions are acquired to complete this thesis. Universitas Sumatera Utara BAB IV ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS THE IMPACTS OF SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION REFLECTED IN KATHRYN STOCKETT’S THE HELP Based on those objectives of the study, this chapter is divided into two parts. In the first part is to present and analyze the data collected from Kathryn Stockett’s The Help. Second is to explain the kind of segregation and what is the impact of segregation on black people, and then then explain the kind of discrimination and what is the impact of discrimination on black people. In the history, segregation and discrimination is one critical problem in Jackson Mississippi during the dawning civil right movement. Beginning in the late 19th century, state and local governments passed segregation laws, known as Jim Crow laws, and mandated restrictions on voting qualifications that left the black population economically and politically powerless. The sense of superiority among others created the concept of segregation; the legal or social practice of separating people based upon their race or ethnicity. The segregation and discrimination does continue to affect the allocation of contemporary opportunities and contributes to the poor social and economic outcomes of minority groups. In dea l ing with the question of the impacts of segregation and discrimination , it m u st be recognized t h a t these impacts d o not t akep l a ce in a vac uu m , but in a social context . T he segre g ation of Negroes and of ot h e r groups in the United States take s p l a c e in a soc i a l milie u i n which r ace p re j ud i ce and discrimination exis t . Universitas Sumatera Utara T h e imb e d e dn es s of segrega ti on in s u c h a context m a kes i t d i ffic ul t to d ise nt ang l e th e effects of segregation from the effect s of a p attern of socia l diso r ga n i z ation c ommo n ly a sso c i a te d with i t an d reflected i n high d isea s e a nd mo r t a lit y rates , crime and delinquenc y , poor housin g , di s ru p te d family life a nd ge neral s ubstan d ar d l i v ing condit i on s . It happens because the minority groups believe that they are inferior and cannot struggle against the whites’ power. And as the result, the neighborhoods, schools, and other public facilities for the dominant group are both separated from and superior to those of the minorities.

4.1 Segregation