Wednesday, March 6, 2013

A Portrait of Racism

Chapter 4 in Of Mice and Man, paints a very realistic portrait of racism in the 1930s.  Discuss at least two ways in which racism is explored in this chapter.  Include quotes and your own analysis of key moments in this chapter that clearly demonstrate the racism that existed in the American 1930s.  What do readers understand about racism as a result of reading this chapter?

Check out this article titled, "Racial Segregation in the American South: Jim Crow Laws"  to gain a better understanding of the timeline of racial segregation in America.  




 There are parts in the book where racism is discriminated against. In the 1930s black people didn't have as much freedom as white men. Today people come to America for freedom. This picture shows how much people discriminated against the black in the 1930s. But if someone where to put up a sign like that today the people responsible would be the ones discriminated against. Because, they would be labeled as racist which in the United States black people have rights against people who do that. As do white men if it were the other way around. I would understand that after reading this chapter that people really have to learn so manners and be respectful to colored people, whether they are black, yellow, or white. 

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