Shocking
Story
William Bradford Huie’s article, The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in
Mississippi was indeed shocking to read. I have read this story of Bobo
Till in a book called The Mississippi
Trial. Still I am appalled at what the two white men did to that 14 year
old boy. It’s horrible that the men took what Bobo did to extremes and murdered
him. I find it absolutely heartbreaking that things like this happened back
then—and still happen today.
“I’m tired of ‘em
sending your kind down here to stir up trouble… I’m going to make an example of
you—just so everybody can know how me and my folks stand” (page 606). This quote I feel has so much emotion hooked
on to it. The first obvious one is hatred and racism since one of the white men
said this, but from Bobo’s point of view, just to hear “your kind” has so many
different things feelings to it. It sounds like people are alienating them from
the human race and calling them animals. “Your kind” could even be the sticky
and messy gum from the bottom of a shoe. So many negative thoughts and feelings
can be brought up by that phrase.
I wish people’s
feelings could change towards ethnicity. I have just always thought it was
interesting that people don’t like one another based on races because we all
share the world with each other. Everyone is going to encounter meeting with
someone from a different ethnicity at least once in their lifetime. I know that
many people aren’t going to change, and there’s really nothing we can do about
that. Sure you can influence them by being an example, but it really takes the
person’s efforts to have a change of heart.
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