Thursday, May 24, 2012

Shocking Story


Narrative response to The Shocking Story

                I think that there are many different interpretations of this story. But I believe them to be exactly as it is told. A young boy does something harmless and is killed for it, not because of what he did exactly but because he is black. Others may think that what Emmett Till did was extremely wrong and inappropriate and he got what he deserved. And some might think that it was all made up and blown out of proportion or that it didn’t happen at all.

                I actually find this story very interesting because it just shows the great lengths people would go to discriminate. Not only the men that killed Emmett but the people who know about what happened and didn’t tell and did nothing about it. Or the men who heard the trial in court and didn’t convict the men of murder or kidnapping because the necessary evidence was lacking, even after they admitted to everything.

                I looked at the pictures of Emmett’s funeral online and the images where horrifying. How can anyone deny this was a murder of an innocent boy.  After reading the letters to the editor it really made me wonder what goes through people’s minds.  It’s obvious that people can still be extremely racist after hearing stories like this and can either be totally okay with it or can be like Mrs. W.R Prevost and say it is filthy and dishonest.

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