fight racism with racism

            Growing up as a black in the south marks use as the bottom rung of the social order and society. This on its own is difficult to understand and deal with on a day to day basis. As a small child, it can be particularly difficult to grasp and fully comprehend. By providing a group, particularly much smaller and able to be blamed by a religious institution that many people, not just blacks turned to especially in rural areas, they can feel above at least one more class or group. It’s building yourself up to at least provide yourself with the assurance that you are not as bad as “those others.” This can be something mental for all who were treated as second class citizens, but as a small child it is especially hard to understand why things are the way they are. He was never explained to why whites and blacks were treated differently, but he grows up with an innate fear. This fear carries over into every interaction he has with a white. By having a group of people you fear interactions with and aspire to go down fighting against as with the case of the woman and her dead husband, it pays to have a group you can vent your frustrations and hatred against. As a group who understand and knows racism so well, it is forced into their culture and, unfortunately, gets carried over into interactions with groups they think they’re above.