Tuesday, October 18, 2011

blog assignment three lynching

 Lynching was very controversial act against African american in the 19 century to the 20th century. Lynching was a tradition white people had with hanging blacks from their neck to a tree. Even though African Americans were given their freedom, their rights were still being violated on the daily bases. No matter who it was, from adults to seniors and even innocent children.
  According to Southern Horrors, the anti lynching campaign of Ida B, Wells edited by Jacqueline Jones Royster states on pg 64 how a bloody riot broke out after the whites felt that African American were disrespecting them. This is what I would call raging racism. Its when using racial motivating anger to commit horrific unfair crimes (against African American). In the bloody riot many African American were assassinated because whites believed that blacks were conducting themselves in an inappropriate and rude manner towards them. African Americans were being treated unfairly because the whites were furious that their voices had to be heard and that they were allowed to pursue their dreams and goals. When blacks actually became someone in life the whites felt that they were taking over.

1 comment:

  1. Your blog is good but could be great with a few corrections. At the beginning of each of your sentences you didn’t use capitalizations. At the start of the blog you mentioned Lynching, you should define this word. Also give more contexts so the reader knows what it is you are trying to convey. The third sentence might be a fragment you should revise it. You need to change the word in to from in the first sentence. The blog is quite unorganized consider placing sentence six directly after sentence four. Remember to mention who it is you are writing about in the second sentence. You must capitalize names as well. The last two sentences are vague you need to be more clear. You didn’t cite your quote correctly. This blog is interesting because you gain an understanding of how hatred can develop into negative actions. Also how one race claims superiority over another through fear and injustice.

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