I live in Georgia and I see it on a daily basis. Of course the Jim Crow mentality exists today. I agree… I visited canada and my grandparents use to live in canada… The culture and mentality is totally different…although it’s not a utopia it’s a wonderful place where people have learned to live together… And like someone else said, especially in the south. Or just look at this graphic and try explain it in any other way than the legacy of slavery It’s all in this book what is happening right now…
America is slower, but it has a nastier history too. But I’m still optimistic and think the world has come a vast distance in a relatively short time period. (Obviously you could argue that but it depends where you’re from.) People who lived through the Jim Crow years, I can’t imagine, can dismiss those ideas altogether. I don’t have a lot of experience with the Southern States (I’m from Canada), but I think as long as blacks and whites lives separately (for cultural/economic/social reasons…whatever) feelings of mistrust and fear will linger, even among younger generations who never grew up with societal racism. That mentality still lingers no matter how much progress and knowledge is available… These are just a few responses to the questions that I felt we’re the most controversial. I posted some of the comments to the goodreads discussion. I want to keep the discussion going on this topic because many people don’t like to talk about it or be honest about how they feel. If you’re not exactly sure what the Jim Crow laws are, here is a brief description,Ī practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against blacks, as in public places, public vehicles, or employment. So the book posed a question about the Jim Crow Laws. Unequal treatment for african american was the norm. Well if you’ve read the book, you know that the referenced to time in the US that didn’t look so well for certain races. It’s almost impossible to get everything in the book within 2 hours of film. I think the book gives more detail about the story and that’s usually true for book to screen projects.
Many people may have seen the movie as opposed to reading the book. I was recently apart of a great discussion on Goodreads relating to the book “The Help”. Those were some of things I read in a discussion I participated in. I was referring to the not so “in-your-face” prejudices and fears of other races – not wanting to associate with others, that type of thing. That is going to be passed down, unfortunately, from generation to generation. There is a problem with being “color blind.” It means there is no racism to see. I’ll go back to reading for understanding and thwarting all anti humanism where ever it shows up in my usual oblique aka cowardly fashion. It turned me off and out of this conversation. Hope it made you feel better, empowered, whatever. Same old ‘White people are stupid, insensitive, unaware…’rant. Your words hurt and not because part of what you say is true.