Theme Of Racism In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
In both readings racism can change a person for the worse. This still continues to happen till this day and probably will never change. “..Said three black boys robbed their store and knocked out her and her husband”. In the book “Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry” a group of white men go to confront T.J for robbing the Barnetts store. The wife, who is the owner, automatically assumes it was 3 black boys not because it was dark or them wearing masks, but simply because they believe R.W and Melvins word instead of T.J all because they were white. Because of this you send an innocent boy who is only a teenager to his death all because racism leading you have a whole nother idea of a person because of their skin. “You so smart I expect you'd best
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“ Till's face was mutilated beyond recognition..”. All because a young African American boy said the words “Hey baby” to a local white women she automatically tells she was harassed. And of course because Emmett was black and she was white everyone believed her. Emmett just several days later is beaten, stripped, and more until his death. He was beaten so bad that his face was out of recognition and only was confirmed by the ring on his finger. “on September 23 the panel of white male jurors acquitted Bryant and Milam of all charges.” When the case of Emmett till was taken to court the charges pressed on the men who committed the act were dropped. All of them. With no clear evidence that they didn’t commit the act the only reason a murderer of an innocent child was released was all because of the fact that the jury was made up of white men. Racism lead to a group of people to release two murderers out to the public all because their skin was the same. As this clearly shows racism has no good turnouts. Although these events had occurred decades ago they still continue to happen. Police brutality has caused many African Americans to hate police men too. Racism has changed people but also society leading people to the wrong conclusions about one
“ Till's face was mutilated beyond recognition..”. All because a young African American boy said the words “Hey baby” to a local white women she automatically tells she was harassed. And of course because Emmett was black and she was white everyone believed her. Emmett just several days later is beaten, stripped, and more until his death. He was beaten so bad that his face was out of recognition and only was confirmed by the ring on his finger. “on September 23 the panel of white male jurors acquitted Bryant and Milam of all charges.” When the case of Emmett till was taken to court the charges pressed on the men who committed the act were dropped. All of them. With no clear evidence that they didn’t commit the act the only reason a murderer of an innocent child was released was all because of the fact that the jury was made up of white men. Racism lead to a group of people to release two murderers out to the public all because their skin was the same. As this clearly shows racism has no good turnouts. Although these events had occurred decades ago they still continue to happen. Police brutality has caused many African Americans to hate police men too. Racism has changed people but also society leading people to the wrong conclusions about one