Willie Lynch Letter Thesis

The Willie Lynch Letter gives modern day people insight on how the slave masters took control of the minds of the slaves they had and used this to their advantage. Even though Willie Lynch had slaves in the West Indies his ways were used throughout the Americas where slaves were held, and it worked. The effect of these letters are still evident in the African- American community today. There are strain relationship between black people with different complexions, hair textures, and many other aspects that can be used to keep up apart as a race. It is really sad to think about the horrid effects it had on our community years later and to ponder on how would we, as a race, would treat one another, now, if Willie Lynch’s tactics were never put
This leads to the females to teach their child to obey the “master” and submit to whatever he asks of them. Therefore, the young men were very weak and fearful, and the females were mentally and physically stronger than the men. Compared to many other cultures in the world this is completely backwards,but even now one can still take notice of this. Another point made in the letter was the language barrier between slave and slave “master”. If one was to control how far someone’s language skills can develop they can control how much someone knows. If the amount of knowledge someone can gain is limited he or she can not prosper and if he or she cannot prosper he or she is stuck in the social, economical, or racial position they are in. This is still evident in today’s society, many majority minority communities are limited with quality educational resources. For example, in many predominantly black schools there are not as many teachers with advanced teaching degrees, advanced placement (AP) classes or international bachelor (IB) classes, and other resources that predominantly white schools would offer to the students. Also, because majority of the black kids in the public school systems in America go to high poverty and predominantly black schools they are less likely to get a quality education as other