A Brief Summary Of Don 'T Cry'

Ever since the humans have been separated into different ethnic groups racism has existed on Earth. The idea of racism has existed since the beginning of time but today racism is not as prominent as it once was but it still lives. Racism is kept alive through microaggressions or the eununciating of an offensive and racist comment. During the Great Depression, racism was in its prime, Harper Lee’s renown novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, brings the ideology of racism to light. Throughout the novel, Lee delivers a powerful message on the topic of racism which is the white community’s racist mindsets about black people has caused colored people to be unjustly tried in court, be dehumanized, and receive unnecessary hostility constantly by the white

“The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.” US Representative, John Lewis said this in his return to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial he spoke on 54 years ago, during the March on Washington. Racism has been around since the beginning of time, but it is not human nature. Racism is something that is taught, and given the amount of time that has passed since To Kill A Mockingbird and the March on Washington, one would think that racism wouldn’t be a serious issue any more. Although race relations have improved along with other social issues from the time of To Kill Mockingbird, racism and discrimination are major problems in today’s society.

Growing up in the United States, racism is an issue one cannot help but hear about at one point or another. Racial inequality and discrimination is a topic that comes up every February with Black History Month, and is often talked about in high school history classes around the country. But that is what it is considered to the majority of people: history. Most students are taught that, while there are still and will always be individual cases of racial discrimination and racism, nationally the problem ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. People of color, however, will often tell you differently. At least that is what they told Tim Wise,

I believe the most important lessons that I could learn from this activity and that anyone could learn from this activity is that our mindset on racism can affect an entire race of people. For a good portion of my life I always just assumed, well if you’re in a minority you just have to accept the fact that life is harder, I never thought that something could be done to equalize the playing field. Although, Jane Elliott simply brings awareness to the problem of racism I believe a major aspect that she is fighting for is that we do in fact balance the manner in which we view and deal with people of different races.

Jim Crow was a set of unfair laws that kept African Americans and whites segregated. Jim Crow had started in 1877; The book Warriors Don't Cry is a memoir from the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High which occurred around 1941. In the event of Jim Crow whites were fighting for power and African Americans were fighting for equality. The Little Rock Nine were nine African American students who finally come to possession of integrating with whites. It was the first time any African American students went to Central High with whites, let along any school. Little Rock Nine has more power because after a long time of being segregated and enslaved, they still succeed to integrate schools with “non colored” and it impacted their Community as well as them.

At first, Amari has a view of the world untouched by violence or hate. She is taught not to discriminate, and is a member of a welcoming people. When the men with pale skin arrive at her village,

Her mother was bludgeoned, her father was shot, and her little brother cut down in front of her. This is the first instance of primal human violence in the novel, and shows just what people will do for money or safety in the face of danger. This has become the reality for humans, where personal preservation is put over others pain and suffering. Amari is painstakingly marched to a grimy castle, then a slave ship. Here, she experiences horror the likes of which she has never seen before. Amari sees the men of her tribe stacked up like logs, with no way to relieve themselves other than doing it on each other. This is cruelty at another level. Amari experiences rape, beating, and pain, with her only saving grace being her friend, Afi, whom lets her see the light in every situation, and tells her to find beauty in the

Tidbit was just a four-year-old boy, and he didn’t know how to swim. Tidbit also reminded Amari of her little brother, Kwasi, so she didn’t want Tidbit to get bitten by the alligators. The emotion made Amari explode and tell Clay and his friends to bring Tidbit back. She couldn’t hold her anger in anymore, so she spoke out and told Clay and his friends to stop their inhumane behavior. “In spite of her fury, Amari was amazed at the plaintive tone in his voice.

After a long time spent at the Derby farm, Amari and Polly have now realized that their lives are stringed together from then on. This came to a shock as Polly and Amari try to hide the fact that Mrs. Derby has had an affair with a slave situated at the farm as well, “She realized then how deeply her life was entangle with those of the slaves she had once so despised” (Draper 51%). Polly has been with Amari through one of the worst and unpleasant journeys a character could have gone through, Polly no longer judges Amari by her skin nor does Polly think of slaves as filthy animals. Wesley has always had Buttercup’s love and even after his quest he still has her love, compared to Amari that no longer has Besa or his love. Wesley is trying to explain to Buttercup that their love is unbreakable, “Do you think this happens every day” (The Princess Bride). Amari had once eternal love but all was stripped away from her with every slash of the whip and every unbearable night spent with disgusting men. Many dangers and obstacles have been in the characters paths but now they survive with all that is left, the effects, results and memories.

She never hesitated to help anyone regardless of the wrongs they had committed against her. One example of how much she cared for her son was when Clay used Tidbit as alligator bait. She cried, begged, and pleaded and said she would do anything to keep her son away from the danger (Draper, 157). Although her pleas were not heard, her motherly compassion was plainly evident. Another instance of how caring she was can be seen in the ways she treats Amari. When Amari first arrives at the plantation, Teenie learns that she doesn't speak english as a new transport to the continent. She takes Amari under her wing in a number of ways: Teenie helped her to learn english, taught her how to work in the kitchen, and most importantly constantly found a way to prevent her from getting into trouble (Draper, 96). Overall, Teenie always cared for people, whether it be her son or a strange girl she had just

The book Copper Sun by Sharon Draper is a historical story about Amari’s journey as an African being sold into slavery. She was having a good life in her village until some random milk skin people came. Her family all got slaughtered and she got captured and got sent on the slave ship and was bought buy the Derby’s. In the novel the setting in the Derby’s plantation and Amari’s village have a lot in common and have a lot of differences.

(the rice plantation where she stayed temporarily). There is a diminutive amount of similarities between Ziavi and Derbyshire Farm’s. In both settings Amari and the people around her were very vigilant. Whether it was for a good or gruesome reason. The children Amari was around throughout the story so far were and are able to entertain oneself but they have some responsibility to go along with the fun.

Two weeks later Mrs.Derby has the baby. Mr. Derby is panicked and runs to the next plantation over to get help he also calls for Dr. Hoskins. Mr. Derby leaves Amari and Polly in charge of caring for Mrs.Derby. As a result of this Amari and Polly in the end help deliver the baby. After the baby is delivered everyone is quiet shocked because the baby is a mixed raced. It is later found out that Noah and Mrs.Derby were in love and convinced the baby together. Mrs. Derby, Polly, Amari and Tennie try to keep this a secret but the secret is later uncovered by Clay Derby. His hatred for Mrs.Derby him to find

Throughout many of the reading this semester, we have encounter serious racism. In some cases the individual being a target of racism in turn exhibits acts of racism themselves. The anger that these character feels can cause them to label all individuals in a group as racist, which isn't fair at all. Some of the characters lose themselves due to racism. They try to fit to the ways of another culture that is more excepted than theirs.

     First I just want to say that if I didn’t have to watch this movie for class, then it wouldn’t normally appeal for me to watch it. I didn’t have anything against this movie; I just personally do not like watching movies that have a negative vibe like it did at the end of this movie. I know that this movie was supposed to be based on the true story of Teena Brandon, however, after watching this movie, I looked up the true story and it turned out that the movie was really faithful to the actual real life events that occurred.