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Inside the first half a dozen chapters of “I Find out Why The Caged Chickens Sing”, many events happen. One function in particular was your poor light children, also called the “powhitetrash” children, disrespected Momma.
When Marguerite was ten-years-old, three “powhitetrash” children approached their grocer. As they strolled closer, Momma told her to move inside. The youngsters mocked Momma by imitating all her body actions and position. They also reported Momma by her 1st name, that has been very fresh considering the fact that the lady was an elder.
Marguerite showed more anger on the situation than Momma did. Marguerite wished Momma to fight back. Even though the poor white-colored children extended to make fun of Momma, she explained nothing. The sole thing she do was sound gospel hymns. When Momma entered their grocer after the complete incident, Marguerite was still mad.
After a couple of moments, the girl finally recognized what Momma was performing. Instead of fighting back with anger, your woman fought back again with kindness. Momma’s reaction towards the 3 white kids shows that you will discover other ways to fight back racism. She declined to show virtually any sign of anger mainly because she experienced no need to think out of place. The children’s strive in planning to threaten Momma’s authority failed because your woman showed them that the girl was significantly better and more robust than them.
Despite the disrespect she received, she was still being respectful towards the “powhitetrash” kids. She collection an example on her behalf grandchildren, Cromwell and Marguerite. This experience shows how racism was in the 1930s. Though slavery was abolished in the late 1800s, there is still racism and segregation in the following decades forward.
In the To the south, blacks are not considered visitors to the whites. The whites saw all of them more because animals so , they mistreated them. They will felt as if they had more authority than the blacks.
The white children also believed they may disrespect blacks, no matter if these people were another kid or parent.
