Phoenix Jackson Thesis

Beth Henley has always been aware of the problems that occur around her. In an interview with Dan O’Brien, Beth was asked, “With the Jacksonian [which takes place in 1964 in Jackson, Mississippi], do you feel like you’re dealing with this history of racism in a more head-on way?” Beth answered, “Yeah, more head-on definitely. It’s a really horrifying issue to deal with, and you don’t want to do it. I think it’s so dark for me to go to that time in my life because I was young then, and I was so confused. Because here was your governor, people you were meant to look up to, teachers, politicians, family members, people that fed you and cared about you—who were virulent racists. And you knew it wasn’t right but you couldn’t figure it out when you’re

The saying, “white men rule”, has been around since the founding of the United States of America and continues to this day. This country was built and controlled by white men. Not only were blacks frowned upon, but women too. Back then, a black person never received justice. “...our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal” (Lee 274). Atticus Finch is saying how a courtroom is a place where there should be equal justice. Tom was not being treated equal therefore, this so called “place of equal justice” was not abiding to what it should be. In St. Louis, Missouri, June 2017, a white police officer shot and wounded an off-duty black police officer. In an article from the New York Times, it states, “... the off-duty officer, a 38- year old black man with 11 years of service, was inside his home nearby when he heard the commotion. Taking his police issued weapon, he went outside to help. When he approached the scene, two of the officers told him to get on the ground but then recognized him and ordered him to walk toward them. But another officer who had just arrived, a 36- year old white man with more than 8 years of service, did not recognize the black officer. That officer “fearing for his safety,”...fired a shot”. It continues to say, “... in the police report you have so far, there is no description of a threat he received,

“That’s high, he just may have missed it, I don’t know Bo Jacksons back, leaps and he makes the catch Bo Jackson timing that high drive by Jack Clark perfectly, robs him of a home run and that retires the side.”(Bo Jackson Robs Jack Clark of Homer.) This was just one of Bo Jacksons many highlights from his years with the Kansas City Royals. Bo Jackson was active in baseball from 1986 to 1994. (Bo Jackson Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com). Of those nine years he played five of them at the Kansas City Royals. Based on his personal stats, the titles and awards he has won with the team, and his activities off of the baseball field throughout those years makes Bo Jackson

In the story, the main character, Lily, ran away to a household of black women. As a white girl running away with her black caretaker to a family of black women, Lily was looked at as a someone who did not get the racial divide, especially during the 1960s. At the beginning of the book, Lily’s caretaker Rosaleen was beaten by white police officers after she spit tobacco onto a couple white men’s shoes after they harassed Rosaleen about registering to vote. This shows how the southern was unwilling to change their views of black people because they were previous slaves. The southern white still viewed the black community as inferior. They treated the blacks still as if they had no rights; the white community beat them, yelled at them, and segregated them. For a police officer to beat a black women on such a little infraction it shows that the white police officer thought he had to break the law to put a black woman “in her place”. This is completely relevant to society today because there are still acts of racism and hate crimes towards blacks. Recently on March 20, 2017, a black homeless man, Timothy Caughman, was fatally stabbed by a white army veteran, James Harris Jackson. Caughman’s murder was later deemed a hate crime. (CBS News) This tragic event happened very recently

(Topic sentence) 3.2 million students across America are bullied each year. (Attention grabber) Is it really justified? (Background info) In Ashland, Wisconsin, Jamie Nabozny endures horrific bullying. A group of students torments him, starting with words, but quickly escalating to become something much worse. Jamie is no longer safe at school. Eventually, in the middle of freshman year of high school, Jamie ran away to Minneapolis. There, in a youth center, he finds hope, and decides to sue the Ashland school district for turning their back to the merciless bullying he has endured. (Thesis statement) The documentary Bullied conveys a message of support to all people that are being bullied; by doing so, it shows how the victim can win at the end. The documentary showed that by providing details on how Jamie Nabozny was bullied but ended up suing the school district and winning.

Anne Moody saw the true hideousness of racial violence shortly after beginning high school. Emmet Till was killed by a group of white men for merely whistling and showing interest in a white woman. Anne was surprised at how unaware she was to the things happening around her. I don 't remember if anyone was murdered, but back when I was in high school it was almost as if whites viewed it to be cardinal sin for an African American male to be with a white woman. This too was a time where I saw the true reality of what it was to be an African American versus a White American. Anne 's mother informed her to continue throughout life as if nothing happened but understandably she couldn 't. While working Anne could not focus and her rage began to display. Mrs. Burke made an attempt to talk to Anne concerning Emmet Till 's death but Anne acted as if she didn 't know what Mrs. Burke was speaking of. Mrs. Burke told her that that is what happens when black people step out of place with whites. It was at that point Anne began to fear for her life now learning the true outlook of being an African American. I see on a daily basis where African Americans accept injustice and move on with life as if it doesn 't matter. Instead of standing in the gap for what could very well hit home African Americans tend to turn a blind eye to the corruption and cruelty we face.

She stood, the dog extended toward me, silent to my questions, her eyes bulging nearly out of her head. I took a cursory look around, nodded, and bade her good night.” (Ackley, page 187), the proprietor humiliated him, she rushed to the conclusion that he is a bandit just because his skin color is black. Her actions and behavior have shown contempt toward him; she might think that a different skin color translates to a different level in society. She killed his self-respect. I’m pretty sure if he is a white man, she would have changed her attitude and greeted him properly. When people discriminate others, they think they are in a higher social position because, in their opinion, the low class is poor and made of rapists, murders and gangsters. She felt unsafe when he entered her store.

Walking into a silent courtroom, it is quiet. All you can hear is the footsteps you are making as you approach the jury to do an opening statement. You feel anxious and excited all at the same time, because at the beginning of your career, you were the jury. This is what Kellie Howell experiences everyday as she walks into a courtroom. Kellie Howell started this profession with intentions of helping people when nobody else will. Although there are many moments of excitement, there are also difficulties. This is what makes Kellie continue to push forward in this field. Kellie Howell, a defense attorney of Del City, Oklahoma, was motivated to pursue this career because she felt it was necessary to represent others in their darkest hour.

I knew Jem and Scout would find out about my defending of Tom Robinson. I didn’t make a big deal out of it because I wanted them to think it was a normal case, but I knew better. I don’t want my work to affect my kids but I know this case will. Scout, more than Jem is still young and naive. When Scout asked me if I was defending a nigger, I first told her never to call people that and, second, yes, I was. She asked me why I was doing such a thing. I told her that if I didn’t take the case, I wouldn’t be able to hold my head up in town.

caught up in looting, because she respects black rage. I respect black people’s right to cry out,

Have you ever seen someone that was getting mistreated in a community? In To Kill a Mockingbird, it happened a lot. Tom Robinson, a convicted rapist, was tried for raping a white girl. The entire community voted he was guilty, although most of them knew he wasn’t. It was a white community, and most black people that lived in that community were treated unfairly.

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Upon sitting down with Maddie for the first time, I initially asked her the infamous ice breaker, the dreaded and somewhat daunting question of: if you could describe yourself in three words what would they be? She, without hesitation, detailed herself as “creative, outgoing, and bold.” After only a short conversation with her, it was clear that these three seemingly simple adjectives truly do capture the complex personality, achievements, and life goals of Maddie Jackson.

Of course, the way African American person would envision a work dealing with racism would be different from the way a Caucasian author would visualize it. For one having to deal with the subject matter first hand, and the other second hand only. For minorities, the situation is not just about writing a book, but it is about denouncing actual stories that happened to real people. For Rita Dove, the perception of the American public about the African American Scientist was blurred and double sided. On one side, the innocence of his actions prevails while one the other, the relentless racial prejudice follows his actions. When the Astronomer was observing the stars, “The good people of Baltimore” said “he took a strong drink. Why else would he stay out under the stars all night and why hadn’t he married?” Mark Twain explains in his autobiography that growing up he did not have any idea that racism, or being racist, was not normal, he did not think anything was wrong with it, even his local church taught him it was recognized by God. We see the same reaction in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, when Huck ripped up the letter he wrote to Ms. Watson about Jim’s whereabouts and said, “All right then, I’ll go to hell.” Huck thought he was committing a sin and that God will punish him by sending him to hell, if he decide not to tell about his friend Jim, the

I thought to myself, what will it be like all summer if she stays here. Will she be nicer to me or will she just be the same as always. Why do the white people think they are better than us and have more power. Atticus treats us like normal people and supports us. The black community appreciate Atticus because of how he is defending Tom Robinson. Not many white people would defend a black person in Maycomb. I was thinking back to when I took the children to the church. I overheard people around me and they were talking about how I had brought Atticus’s children to the church. They didn’t think that it was good that I brought the children to the church. People were starting to whisper louder about how I had brought white children into a black peoples church. They were saying things like why should they be allowed in a black peoples church when we aren’t even allowed into a white peoples church. I think that people in Maycomb should change the way they treat people just because of their skin colour and their background. People shouldn’t have different buses to ride on or different areas in court to sit, people in Maycomb should be able to things as a community not by skin