Jesse Washington's Lynching Analysis

Seeing these images and reading the descriptions fill me with such sadness, terror, shame, and it almost feels like I’m looking at a fictional nightmare. When it finally sets in that these pictures are actual events that occurred and are not just some horror in a fantasy setting I can’t even comprehend my emotions anymore. To see these people just like me and everyone else I know tortured, humiliated, and murdered breaks my heart in so many different ways. One image that really resonated with me led me to google search Jesse Washington. Reading the background behind his lynching and what occurred during his lynching is just unfathomable. They literally sold his charred body parts on the street as trophies or souvenirs. What kind of barbaric
mob mentality occurred for that to be allowed? It is impossible to understand how people thought this was ok back then and even more astounding to think that pictures were made for postcards. How could our ancestors think that any bit of this was morally right? These images should be remembered, so that nothing like this can ever be repeated or found to be allowed in our society. Humans are humans regardless of skin tone, ethnicity, language, looks, etc. We should embrace everyone with tolerance and love and not shun people who may be slightly different. History is a wonderful thing to learn about but it can also be an eye opening heart wrenching experience. But the key is to remember this horror so that we can prevent anything like this happening again.