Wright’s essay: “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow” highlights some of the shameful details of our history. The manner in which black Americans were treated in this era was terrible. Wright’s personal account makes their mistreatment feel even more real for me as a reader.
Check out this video I found online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oPe8s-4PE
In this video part of the essay is read and some of the scenes are reenacted. It’s interesting to listen to the story again while watching this. The characters in the video (especially at the end) were so detached about the crimes against other blacks. It made me realize how individuals living in the Jim Crow era had to simply accept their fate and hope for the best. It seemed that anyone who spoke out against the injustices that happened were silenced, beaten, or worse. Therefore, many blacks were forced to tolerate these inequities for so long.
Richard Wright spent much of his life combating social injustices in the US and abroad. His writings and portrayal of the struggles of African Americans undoubtedly helped further his work.
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It was a neat idea to add the Youtube to your blog.
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