Tuesday, August 10, 2010
It still never seems to amaze how back in the early 1900s racism was a huge issue. Do not get me wrong people are still discriminated today by the way they look it just was not as harsh as it was back when slavery was barely abolished. Seeing as how this book was made in the 60s I feel that the racism is very much so necessary. Not because it is cool to be racist but because there was still high prejudice against African American people. The racism definitely makes me want to keep reading the story because I would like to see a town changed by one African American man.
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I feel the same way! I never knew it was that bad. If anyone were to talk like that these days, they would be considered extremely ignorant and rude. But in this book, the majority of the people were racist. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that racism is very much cruel and unneccesary, but I do agree that in the book, the racism was neccesary to capture the desired ambiance and reaction of the readers.
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