Reflection On Black Like Me
The United States during the time of this reading, "Black Like Me" African Americans had been abolished from slavery for almost a full generation. They may have not been classified as slaves in the south during the 1950's and 1960's, but socially they were still treated horribly. Griffin experienced a great amount of that social inequality that was still present during 1959. The language that the white people approached him with was terrible. Griffin felt a complete change on how white society in the south viewed African Americans. Right from the beginning of changing his skin color his whole life changed, he went from being something superior in society to the bottom of the barrel. The fact that Griffin was so frightened in Mississippi
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In certain areas there are definitely social inequalities and racial tension still alive but as a nation I believe we are in the right movement to social equality to all people and minority groups. The population in diversity has drastically raised just over the last two decades, and there has been many social movements that have made an impact on continuing to increase social diversity in our nation. 2014 was also still under the presidency of Obama and that changed many things throughout our nation when it comes to minority groups. The racial tension was still there but the presence of having a African American as our nation's president was a huge impact. If Griffin were to do the same experiment he did in 1959 in 2014, I believe he still may have felt social injustice and inequality but not to the extremes that they were in 1959. What happened in 1959 was crazy to see and the fact that our grandparents lived during this time shows how it still exists. The ideas for our generation were raised completely different as compared to the earlier generations. The ideas are obviously still represented in places but for the most part it is getting better since the overall diversity in our nation is climbing every day. The impact of athletes and celebrities also have been a major role in our nation at this time because the finally have the platform to express their ideas and to be
In certain areas there are definitely social inequalities and racial tension still alive but as a nation I believe we are in the right movement to social equality to all people and minority groups. The population in diversity has drastically raised just over the last two decades, and there has been many social movements that have made an impact on continuing to increase social diversity in our nation. 2014 was also still under the presidency of Obama and that changed many things throughout our nation when it comes to minority groups. The racial tension was still there but the presence of having a African American as our nation's president was a huge impact. If Griffin were to do the same experiment he did in 1959 in 2014, I believe he still may have felt social injustice and inequality but not to the extremes that they were in 1959. What happened in 1959 was crazy to see and the fact that our grandparents lived during this time shows how it still exists. The ideas for our generation were raised completely different as compared to the earlier generations. The ideas are obviously still represented in places but for the most part it is getting better since the overall diversity in our nation is climbing every day. The impact of athletes and celebrities also have been a major role in our nation at this time because the finally have the platform to express their ideas and to be