1 - I know some things about racial relations in the America. Some of that things a heard and saw from movies. Other things I learned during the school, in the History classes. I know that many years ago the U.S. was a slavery country like Brazil. At that time white people used to think they were superior than colored people, and this took a long time to be changed. I could see how black people were treated before in the recent movie “12 Years a Slave”. I also know that even when the slavery was made illegal in U.S. white people continued to discriminating the African-Americans. The segregation between white and black people was very strong, and it last so many years. The African-Americans did not have the same rights as white people for a long time, so it led the black to fight for their civil rights. The strongest manifestations took place on 50s and 60s. They were very important for the black people in this country, as we can see in the musical movie “Hairspray”.
2 - Amy Vanderbilt’s essay was the most interesting to me because I can see how sensible she was. She taught her child to treat people as equals even at that time. It makes me restore my belief in good people in the world, and it reflects on nowadays too.
3 - I did not know there was so many white people fighting and supporting the African-American’s civil rights during the segregation period, like Dan Gediman said in the audio. It is very interesting because I only saw the racial segregation in America from a different point of view. I never thought there was a lot of white people who really cared about how black people should be treated as equal.
Fabricio, you have done well to put racial relations in a historical context. So much has happened in the past 50 or 60 years, and progress is slow. Yes, there were many, many white people fighting for civil rights in those days. There were demonstrations and marches as well as quieter actions.
ReplyDeleteI too agree with Amy Vanderbilt, as I mentioned in an earlier post. It does give one hope.