Children 's Knowledge Of Racial Equality

“Sometimes the assumptions we make about others come not from what we have been told or what we have seen on television or in books, but rather from what we have not been told” (Tatum, p. 9). This quote from Beverly Tatums’ article Defining Racism: “Can we Talk?” seems to be an overarching theme in the other articles, Race and Respect Among Young Children and Language, Culture, and the Assessment of African American Children. The prejudices and racism comes from a lack of knowledge. In Race and Respect Among Young Children, when the child said that there were no Black queens, the child simply might not have known that Black queens do in fact exist, and her remark was a result of lack of knowledge. According to Tatums’ article, the reason for this lack

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Well, in the book The Watsons go to Birmingham in 1963 they were in the middle of the civil rights movements, they were fighting to be treated equally. The main theme is stopping segregation here are three examples ,the Watson family couldn't go to the same school as whites, they couldn't use the same restrooms, they couldn't go to the same church in peace.

If they need medical assistance, they cannot go to the same hospital as whites. When they die, they are buried in different cemeteries. Families of color are forced to bring up their children in a humiliating and insulting atmosphere. The state and authorities, as one of social factors, support the racism. The clear examples were dishonest courts and cruel, inhuman actions of the police. Promises to restore justice and equalize the rights of white and colored residents do not mean anything. Church leadership prefers to stay aside the civil problems. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” clearly shows that the church acts in a cowardly manner concerning the issue of racism, supporting the state law, but not the moral one, which claims that all men are brothers. Such a mechanism of society does not function properly because all of its elements are deformed. The deformation is caused by the pressure of state authorities and lack of justice, which was caused by the social conflict. Birmingham can be called a hot spot, where the conflict between the white and colored population was on the brink between the peaceful actions and open battles. The long-lasting conflict influenced the symbolic interactionism. This theory shows that social interaction is based not on the way human beings sense their environment, but on the way they define the environment and each other. In this situation, the colored

Civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., while imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama, wrote his “A Letter to Birmingham Jail” in 1963. In this letter, King addresses eight white clergymen who had previously written to King regarding his demonstrations. The purpose is to inform the audience on ethics/ morality and how segregation is wrong. Through the use of ethos and pathos, Dr. King exposes the cruelty of segregation to justify his protest.

First, ask yourself how would you feel after hearing the news that one of your family members had been lynched? Throughout the chapters 1-8, we can experience and observe the disheartening history of violence and lies. It is additionally an irritating depiction of a partitioned country on the very edge of the social equality development and an eerie contemplation on race, history, and the battle for truth. Throughout history, the conditions of the lynching, how it affected the legislators of the day, quickened the social equality development and keeps on shadowing the Georgia people group where these homicides occurred. During the 1900s until 19600s various African-Americans experienced various harsh conditions of violence, never being granted the right to vote and being segregated from whites based on their race and skin-color from their white masters. In general racism between whites and blacks can be seen throughout the globe during the era of slavery

Both racism and violence are large themes of not just, Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space, but also of America during the mid-1900’s. Unfortunately, there still exists the same themes in today’s world even though the population is becoming increasingly more educated. Hate and discrimination are taught evils, not innate ones, and in order to prevent the need for stories such as Brent Staples’ to be told, society as a whole must band together to eliminate the occurrence of such a destructive, devastating

How to minimize the hurts of non-white children once their belief on the theory of a society is fair and equality is completely collapsed when the reality is happening in the opposite. In the reading “Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color” Mildred Boveda, an assistant education professor at Arizona State University, said: “I will admit that it sometimes felt risky to tackle these difficult conversations, but this [research] underscores why we cannot equivocate when it comes to preparing our children to face injustices.” I agree with her opinion. Because finding the proper solutions to fully empower and equipping the best knowledge that can help children cope better is not easy, but it is the responsibility of the family, the school, and society. The three elements need to act and work together in an effort to dare to speak about the truths mentioned above.

The South was considered the homeland for racial discrimination and prejudice through the use of Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation. Dad Watson sheds light on this social issue in the south with a joke: "Oh yeah," Dad interrupted, "they're a laugh a minute down there. Let's see, where was that 'Coloreds Only' bathroom downtown? (5). While on their journey to Birmingham, the Watson’s stop at a rest stop in Tennessee at night. Every single one of them is afraid of “crackers and rednecks up here that ain’t never seen no Negroes before. If they caught your ass out here like this they’d hang you now, then eat you later” (146).The boys slowly begin to the extent of hate, violence and discrimination in the world around them. They realize that the church in Birmingham is bombed because, “Two grown men hate Negroes so much that they’d kill some kids just to stop them from going to school” (203). Byron objects to his mother’s explanation of the motives of these men. When she says that they did it because they were sick, Byron retorts that he thinks that the men “just let hate eat them up and turn them into monsters” (200). This explanation is not only applicable to the entirety of the Civil Rights Movement violence, but it also remains applicable to hate and violence that exists

The Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. is written to the injustices of the African Americans by the white man supremacy, and to address the direct actions African Americans were making to change the people’s perspective. The books that have been read in this class reflect the same injustices that Martin Luther King Jr is addressing in his letter. The main point of this letter is to address the direct action being taken by the African Americans and how they sacrificing everything for their rights when only little progress is their outcome. The white supremacy is overruling and the direct action needed to be taken is negotiating with non-violent acts to create a tension between the communities to confront the issues. A non-violent act, such as sit-ins, freedom rides, and marches will create the tension to the white community.

Imagine living in our world, but a world in which we are still segregated and there is still so much hate in the world. In The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963, a historical fiction and allegorical story by Christopher Paul Curtis, the Watsons make drastic changes in the way the see life. In the begging the Watsons are a typical family with everyday situations. When the watsons go to Birmingham they experience segregation when the Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church happens. This devastated the family and took away the children's innocence. The Watsons book is a good example of how the real world started to see racism. It tries to get you to see how bad racism was in the time period the Watsons lived in.

In the stories, The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote the common theme found in both stories is courage. In the story, The Watsons Go to Birmingham Kenny was showing courage by running towards the church trying to see through the smoke where Joetta was. In the story Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote, Susan B Anthony, from a young age had been taught that have rights to, and she wanted to bring attention to it. Although, The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote may be similar, but they are also different.

Racism has been a problematic in society since anyone can remember. Even though we have equal rights in this country, individuals still use racism to belittle people who do not fit their idea of what is ‘‘normal’’. In literature, this aspect of our culture is present to show students how to address it. The novel ‘‘Monster’’ is a good example of material the teacher can commonly explore this problem. This essay will demonstrate how teachers can use the crime novel, ‘‘Monster’’ by Walter Dean Myers, in the classroom, to enhance young adults’ critical capacities. It is possible if the teacher makes the students concentrate on a sole theme, Steve’s trial through racism. By going more in depth, this essay will illustrate how the teacher should proceed in teaching the students about racism, how these classes will proceed, and what examples the students should find.Analyzing RacismAnother manner of using the book ‘‘Monster’’ by Walter Dean Myers is to comprehend what is unsaid in the novel. The teacher can use this to teach the young generation about how this injustice called racism is present and that we must put an end to it. He / she must begin by learning about racisms’ effects on students before giving the class. The teacher could use tools such as the book ‘‘Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together? And Other Conversations About Race’’ (Tatum, 2003) to aid in the comprehension of ‘‘racial identity and the experiences of students of different racial backgrounds’’ (Franzak,

Blues for Mister Charlie is a play by James Baldwin in which the segregation between white and black people community is notorious. Emmett Till, a young 14 years old boy, was killed by two white men because he said “bye baby” to a white woman in a store. James Baldwin created the story of Richard based on the case of Emmett Till and the historical events happening between the 1950’s and 1960’s where the racial segregation showed the separation of white and black people, the services, medical care, education, employment, transportation and other facilities. In Blues for Mister Charlie Act II, we can bring to mind the white town discussing about sending their kids to school with “niggers” and how their idea of a “nigger” was that they didn’t have the abilities to learn or do anything in life. This shows the segregation

When talking about segregation many people say, ¨laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color,¨that is very true in the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 which is an allegory of differences by the author and poet Christopher Paul Curtis.. The novel is about a 13 year old troublemaker Byron Watson goes too far by processing his hair Byron and his family then decide to bring him to the only person who can change Byron into a kind and responsible boy, Grandma Sands in Alabama. Within three days of going to Birmingham, Alabama a few white men put a bomb on the doorstep of a sunday school which had young joetta Byron and Kenny’s little sister. Fearing something else might happen to Byron the Watson took him back home to his

From the nineteen twenties to even the two thousands African Americans were treated as outcasts in America’s everyday society. During the sixties several African Americans stood up against the altered laws that allowed segregation in their neighborhoods, providing them with more freedom and privileges. With these privileges came violence and hate from angry whites that went as far as attacking children in a religious setting. The poem, “Birmingham 1963” by Raymond R. Patterson explains how African American children were killed in the crossfire of this hate. The poem starts off with a mother preparing her young daughter for her day at Sunday school.