Harassment In Warriors Don T Cry

In the book “Warriors Don’t Cry” Melba Pattillo Beals and the rest of the Little Rock 9 were faced with racism as they were trying to go to a all white school. They all had courage

For example in the book “Leon's Story”, Leon says that when African American kids would be walking back from school the white bus would come by and all of African American kids would start running looking for a good place to hide. But if they could not hide and the bus driver stopped the bus it was not a good sign,that meant the white kids would get off of the bus and start throwing anything that they could throw at African American kids and calling them names. They did this because they were taught that African American or Negroes had no feeling and you could not hurt them. The older African American kids would be standing in front of the little kids protecting them. Another example of violence was that on leon's 15 birthday his parents were walking to get something when a car with a teenage boy driving headed straight for leons parents. Leons dad shoved his mother into the ditch, but sadley car plowed over Mr. Tillage then while he was trying to get up the car turned around and ran over him again, this time Mr. Tillage got stuck under the car they

In the 1950s to the 1960s, there were 3,959 lynching of black men, women and children, the brutal deaths took place in only 12 states in the south of America. All of which were mainly because of racism. Melba Pattilo Beals wrote Warriors Don’t Cry to share her experience of racism when integrating into Central High. This book is to show the harsh reality of the suffering African Americans had to go through when battling racism. It shows that you should do what is right even if it is against society’s standards. In the novel, Warriors Don’t Cry, the importance of historical events greatly impacts the course of the story and the lives of the people in it.

Nine African American kids were prevented from entering Little Rock Central High School. They weren’t able to be let into school; they were threatened as they walked towards the school, people would throw things at them like rocks so they could try and hurt them. They would hurt them not just mentally but physically; people would throw things and say mean things to them.

In the book Warriors Don’t Cry, the children of Little Rock were greatly influenced by the society on how they should treat people of color. For example, the students of Central High School were considerably shaped and groomed by their parents racist views. Link’s father told him “colored folks are used to doing without, and i ought not spoil them” (282). These comments have caused children to believe that people of color don't deserve to anything, which led to the verbal and physical abuse towards the nine students at Central High School.

In early October, the Mother’s League of Central High and racist white students planned to have a “walk out” of school, to protest integration. Almost 200 kids participated, but some of them had gotten a bad feeling about it when they saw not many people were joining in. The ones who left the school went to a park near the school, where they hung up a black-looking straw dummy. They all took turns beating the dummy, kicking it, stabbing it, and then eventually burning it while other kids cheered. Some boys held Confederate Flags while they burned and beat the black dummy. None of the hostile kids were questioned by the police or in trouble by the school.

So when the first day of school for the integration has come, there have been riots, crowds of segregationists, just a bunch of people rioting. The first day was horrible, as soon as the LR9 came in, it wet crazy. They had been bullied throughout the day, physically, mentally. Every way that the whites could do, they did. It was like this for almost all the way through the year. Sometimes Melba came home crying, bruised, and many more things. Her mother and

We had to go through training just to be able to handle the mental and emotional torment we would endure, going into this school. It was finally time to enter. We were removed among heavy riots the second. We were going to enter successfully the third time. We were determined. We walked into the school, surrounded by the U.S. federal troops, white people rioting all around us, yelling, cursing, even throwing things. “You don’t belong here!” I heard someone shout from the crowd. “Go back to picking cotton,” I heard from another. All we wanted was an equal education and this is how we are treated. We are ridiculed and tormented for trying to be productive members of society. Everyone stares at me, laughing because they don’t believe in me, frowning because they’re angry. None of them know us or what we’re capable of. We knew we weren’t welcome here but that didn’t stop us. Nothing was going to stop us from achieving equal rights for African Americans. We will open the door for all young African Americans who want equal education just like us. This moment of walking into chaos will change the world for us. This is one victory we can’t do without. I see the gates to hell opened, and walk into the belly of the

The years of the 1950’s and 1960’s were a time of pride for the American people. Great accomplishments occurred in those twenty years, including Neil Armstrong’s space landing, women’s roles in were changing with feminist movement, and there were government efforts to ease discrimination against minorities. But America was not perfect in every aspect. Discrimination and racism against minorities survived throughout the civil rights movement, although there were major efforts to stop it. One accomplishment, documented by Melba Pattillo Beals, was made in 1957 following the 1954 Supreme Court case that began desegregating schools. In her memoir, Warriors Don't Cry, Beals explains the horrifying year she endured while integrating a white school,

The purpose of this study is to identify the most prevalent forms of bullying on a high school campus and identify which strategies are most effective to prevent or respond to bullying. The study will also identify the most effective strategies to improve student achievement and attendance for those students who have experienced bullying. Students must feel safe to learn. Students who are bullied have a propensity to avoid the bullies; therefore, they choose not to attend school. Poor attendance often will result in poor grades and even dropping out of school.

Children in learning settings may come across various types of experiences like bullying, cyber-bullying, discrimination, etc. These types of experiences where perpetrator could also be a child or a group of children can disturb the process of learning. It also has long term effects on the child being bullied and the child/ group of children who are bullying.

Racism has been an emotional and hard topic that has been occuring in our society. Racism dates back to the Holocaust when jews, blacks, homosexuals and others were taken into camps because of something they cannot control. Although racism was more public in the past, racism is neither solved nor a thing of the past, racism nowadays is more silence and just as deadly. As we move forward in history, the Civil Rights Era was a shocking and important part of history, “Together, but separate.” Whites had more privilege and gave the blacks the, “leftovers.” In Warriors Don’t Cry, an uplifting, motivation and profound book, the main character Melba Pattillo battles integration as she makes her way through an all white school, who they are not happy to have her and eight others. Currently, while racism is not as public, I believe racism is just as bad as the past. Today, in our world, racial profiling and media have all been a way to express racism in a way that is just as hurtful.

I was nearly sexually harassed by a security guard who gave each student a very thorough body search, but that wasn’t nearly as traumatizing as seeing young black men fight over territory that inner-city kids call “hoods” leading to very serious injuries that left blood evidence in the school halls. It was then I realized what poverty is and how these “hoods” were poisoning the mentality of the black youth. Instead of thriving academically and putting forth effort, many students skipped class religiously and never came to school with as much as a pencil .

Bullying is a very serious and present issue in today’s society. Those who are “bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues” (“Effects of”). These children are also “more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school” (“Effects of”). Annually, there are about “5.4 million students skip school” due to being bullied (“The Effects”). Victims

Brown, E.C., Haggerty, K.P., Low, S., & Smith, B. H. (2011). Outcomes from a school-randomized controlled trial steps to respect: A bullying prevention program. School Psychology Review, 40(3), 423-443. Retrieved from: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edswss&AN=000296892700006&site=eds-live&scope=site