Social
After two years of debates, vetoes, and even threatened vetoes, President Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act of 1991, strengthening existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination. This lead to many more opportunities for the blacks to have, job-related wise and socially. By 1992, the number of black owned businesses had grown to 621,000.
In the 1990’s, around 43% of the adult population in inner cities was no longer in the paid labor force. Many of these people survived by doing a very diverse group of activities. For example braiding hair, childcare, collecting and selling recyclable bottles and cans, catering food, auto repair, moving, producing and selling crafts, etc. These activities were mostly taken place in inner cities such as the South Side of Chicago, East New York in Brooklyn, etc.
One major issue in the 1990's socially was racial tensions between ethnicities. The 1990's is arguably the "most racially charged decade since the 1960's". The Los Angeles Riots for example, grew to symbolize how bad the race relations were in the late 1990's. Many of these riots proved to Americans that they society was still deeply corrupted with racism and that there has to be a change to that. Although riots were starting to end in 1992 after the racial issues were improving and reforms such as the Hate Crime Enhancement Act of 1994 took place, the riots only just started. In 1995, 36 black churches were destroyed and nobody knew who did it and why, which only proved to Americans that racial tension was only heightening back then and that society was still defined by intense racism. However, as the era grew, more and more laws and reforms helped racism calm down.
One major issue in the 1990's socially was racial tensions between ethnicities. The 1990's is arguably the "most racially charged decade since the 1960's". The Los Angeles Riots for example, grew to symbolize how bad the race relations were in the late 1990's. Many of these riots proved to Americans that they society was still deeply corrupted with racism and that there has to be a change to that. Although riots were starting to end in 1992 after the racial issues were improving and reforms such as the Hate Crime Enhancement Act of 1994 took place, the riots only just started. In 1995, 36 black churches were destroyed and nobody knew who did it and why, which only proved to Americans that racial tension was only heightening back then and that society was still defined by intense racism. However, as the era grew, more and more laws and reforms helped racism calm down.