After the war that freed the slaves, life for these men and women did not get better race rage was flowing through white men and lynchings becomes an outlet. In this blog post i will introduce the reading Southern Horrors and Other Writings from the Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells. Through her words, Ida B. Wells was able to bring recognition to the horrendous crimes of lynching and break down the stereotypes surrounding the issue.
Lynching began when the war ended, white mobs began attacking black families by hanging men women and children from trees, cutting men's private parts and then shooting into their lifeless body's. These hate crimes were motivated by race rage the south's white community committed these crimes through a prejudice inspired anger they had for the black race. In a specific passage in Southern Horrors we see how this rage ended many innocent lives. In an article from a white newspaper we read "the white people won't stand this sort of thing, and whether they be insulted as individuals or as a race, the response will be prompt and effectual"(Wells 64). This was written in response to a Mephistopheles Riot that led to 46 African American deaths, 91 African American houses, 12 African American schools along with 9 African American churches. Murder is not a substitute for the law. This sort of "prompt and effectual" procedure does not justify these actions. If the whites felt as though they were such a superior race why did they see it nesesary to torch schools and burn down homes what point were they trying to make? That they had the power to do what they want when they wanted with no repercussions.
Your blog is good but you need make a some corrections. A few grammatical errors, missing a comma in sentence one of paragraph two. Also in that same sentence what war are you referring to? Who are the Slaves? The spelling of the word necessary is incorrect. You have cited the quote correctly but you need to paraphrase directly after. You may want to define race rage. The last sentence to end your writing is a fragment. You should consider reading this blog out loud, to see if you can reword it. This blog is interesting because it gives descriptive details on what African Americans experienced after they had been emancipated.
ReplyDeleteI would like to start by saying nice blog, but there is room for revision. I suggest that you give your readers some more direction in your introduction. You also started your blog with some vague langue. For example in the first sentence you wrote "After the war that freed the slaves, life for these men and women did not get better". I suggest that you state which war you are talking about and what men and women you are talking about.
ReplyDeleteLauren I like the beginning of the paragraph very effective because of the straight forwardness. You have good information on resources found in the article to back up your point on lynching being motivated by race. I really like this thought you had at the end of the paragraph, although there were a few grammatical errors which I’ve fixed in the following quote of your writing-“ If the whites felt as though they were such a superior race, why did they see it necessary to torch schools and burn down homes? What point were they trying to make? Were they insinuating that they had the power to do what they want when they wanted with no repercussions?”. If anything, placing these question more towards the beginning of the paragraph would leave a towering impression over the reader as they continue reading . This demonstrates a great line of critical thinking that could lead to a potentially thoughtful argument while creating a thicker content for your point and also have the reader come up with questions and thinking in their heads. What you should do after you dangle the questions in there faces you should have straight facts from the Wells reading about this "prompt and effectual" procedure of law you mention. Make it a habit to constantly make connections after you quote something to the point you are trying to convey. Explain what “prompt and effectual” is why it enables white supremacists to feel invinsible or more valuable than an entire race because of it/ Don’t be afraid to place blame or the system or whomever, even the Afro-Americans for letting it go on for so long. Also when you state a book or passage reading or anything, remember to put the title in quotations to limit confusion of the reader. You used proper citations but fail to build an argument of some kind which as I said before can be easily possible with some slight changes.
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