Praying For Sheetrock Summary

Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Faye Greene is about a corrupt town called Darien, Georgia in McIntosh County in the 1970s. This County was not a typical southern county; whites and blacks got along but remained separate. However, the population was about fifty/fifty between whites and blacks. Also, almost all blacks were registered to vote. This somewhat progressive town was among the Montgomery, Greensboro, and Birmingham’s experiencing the civil rights movement. McIntosh County changed slower than other towns in the South. Blacks were used to the separation among themselves and the whites, so when other southern cities were rebelling against “separate but equal” McIntosh County did not want to follow suit. It wasn't until the unlawful
I believe welfare and affirmative action are beneficial when used correctly. As an overall, minorities make less money and have worse school systems then whites. Therefore, the communities that are at a disadvantage deserve federal help in order to level the playing field. Praying for Sheetrock generated some new insights for me into the way I view civil rights. In popular media today, blacks are portrayed as criminals. This is portrayed in the mass incarceration of the black population. This book shows how this trend was prevalent during the civil right movements as well. Thurnell is arrested as the commissioner and Sheriff Poppell is not. Thurnell goes to jail for his crimes, but Sheriff Poppell, who is white and committed crime during his entire time as sheriff, receives a slap on the wrist instead of jail time. Whites receive preferential treatment from law enforcement and the government. I am white, and I understand that I have white privilege. This is not a right that I should just be born into; however, I should earn the privileges that I gain from being white. I have never found that the justice system is ever truly just. There has been reform since the ‘70s, but as was seen with the zoning issue in Jefferson County there are still