Ku Klux Klan Essay

IntroductionIn this essay I am going to compile a piece of text which will involve the tension of Segregation. In the 1930s, although 50% of the population of Southern towns were black, they had no vote and could not marry whites. as well as in the 1930s, many black people lived in the southern states.During that cartridge clip, racism reached its highest point. For instance, the whites treated the blacks very poorly because they thought that the blacks were lower than them. Therefore, the blacks had to fight for the right to be treated equally. As a result, black people had to face the Jim Crow Laws and the Ku Klux Klan. In my own opinion I think that the 1930 was a turbulent time for race relations in America. Paragraph 1The first racism incident that I have spotted out and chosen to write somewhat in my essay is when the Wallaces poured kerosine over Mr Berry and his nephews and lit them on fire. One of the nephews died, the other one is alive but has the same nail down as Mr Berry. The reason why the Wallaces poured kerosene over the Berrys was because they caught them flirting with a white woman which wasnt allowed back then. In fact, it was not even true The Berrys didnt even flirt with her.They lied about it. The quote that goes with this event was when mama ( mimosa bushs mum) said to her kids, The Wallaces did that, children. They poured kerosene over Mr Berry and his nephews and lit them afire.Everyone knows they did it, and the Wallaces even laugh about it, but nothing was ever done. At this right moment I feel excite and baffled that people could actually do this in the 1930s. The sympathy for the Wallaces has decreased because setting fire to someone is arson and that makes Mr Wallace and his clique an arsonist. Also it makes us feel that the Wallaces are black-hearted and atrocious people, because who would want to set a person on fire?Then laugh about it. The sympathy for the Berrys has definitely increase because of what happened to both M r Berry and his two nephews is utterly excruciating and the fact that there is no reason behind why the Wallaces did it, makes the reader feel more bitter for them. On the other hand in the book it says, Disfigured man lying in the darkness In that quote you can see how monstrous his injuries were. He was even camouflaging with the darkness see that is real bad? Paragraph 2The second racism incident that I found very of the essence(p) was when royal poinciana bumped into Lillian Jean Simms by accident but Lillian Jean still DEMANDED for a sorry and for Cassie to get on her knees instantly. As well as this was racism, it was also bullying in some kind of way because Cassie didnt want to get on her Knees but she still got forced. Kicking at the sidewalk, my head bowed. It was then that I bumped into Lillian Jean Simms. Cassie really didnt mean to bump into Lillian Jean at all but she took it over the twinge& reacted to the bump by saying, why dont you watch were youre going? Well apologizeThat aint enough. Get down in the roadThis right here is what you call racism. Cassie didnt intend to bump into Lillian Jean, it was just an accident but because Cassie is black they didnt plow at all. Cassie even got pushed around by Mr Simms. Mr Simms was even sticking up for his daughter even though she was in the wrong. Lillian Jeans father was saying to Cassie that when Lillian tells you that you should get off the sidewalk, you get off it.The sympathy towards Lillian Jean Simms has totally decreased because what she did was just too dramatic and it was just a bump. In my opinion Cassie did not have to go on her knees because she didnt deliberately bump into her all that should have been done was an apology to Lillian. My sympathy towards Cassie has increased more. The reason why I said this was because she was intimidated and forced to get on her knees even though she had already shed a tear they didnt care, they just wanted an apology from her. ConclusionTo sum up I think that Racism is totally unacceptable and utterly inglorious. In this raw I think that Taylor was trying to put across the fact of what the black people had to go through in the 1930s every day of their lives, and how their wouldnt even be an us our even a peaceful world if racism was still occurring. I also think that Taylor is trying to compare todays life to the 1930s and too see how much the black people suffered.