The character Crooks from the novel, is an old black man with a crooked back and he is probably the most discriminated against since he is black and disabled, which means he can’t do as much work as the others. He works as a stable buck at the ranch, but although he has a job, we can assume that he gets the lowest wage on the ranch because he is black. This is shown in the novel since he doesn’t have a proper bed; instead he has ‘a long box filled with straw, on which blankets were flung.’ This is probably because of his low social status and therefore doesn’t get the same as the other workers on the farm, which includes a proper bed. Another thing could be he is secluded and cut off from the other men as he lives alone in a room in the stable. Crooks isn’t allowed to sleep in the bunk house with the other men and this means that he is often alone and is resentful of the other men who live
Notably it was the weakest in society who were hit most hard by the hostile environment. This is shown perhaps most predominantly through Steinbeck’s only black character, Crooks. He falls victim not only to the problems of the great depression and the dust bowl but most significantly to the extreme racial prejudice occurring at the time. Fundamentally, from his first mention in the book Crooks is referred to in a derogatory manner ‘ Stable Bucks a nigger’ the fact the they call him a ‘ nigger’ which nowadays is an extremely derogatory and racist term unacceptable within modern society however in 1930’s America was socially accepted and used frequently. he also mentions the fact crooks has ‘ got a crooked back where a horse kicked him’ metaphorically , this could represent society as the horse that kicked him as it damaged him and changed his life for ever , and the fact he is crooked could expose that he carries the heavy burdens of his life on his back.
Overall, Crooks is an important character to the novel as a whole as he shows racism on the ranch and how black people were treated in the 1930’s. Additionally, he shows us the main themes of loneliness and dreams. The way Crooks behaves and speaks is important to the novel because it shows us how there was racism on the ranch in the 1930’s. For example other characters always refer to him as ‘nigger’. Another example is how he must live away from other workers.
The black population of such cities was concentrated in ghetto areas, where homes and schools for blacks were inferior to those for whites. Because of their lack of education, blacks had fewer job opportunities than whites. Outside the south, whites were just as unwilling as southerners to mix with blacks. You can change the laws but you can’t force to change the attitudes whites felt towards them. Whites did not
People aren't willing to accept change and theirs not much you can do in the 1930's to change that because it was "sociality acceptable" not to. Racism was given to its full potential in this novel by displaying that of Tom Robinson being charged on a crime that he did not commit. He is accused of raping a white women by one of the most untrustworthy people in the town. This was just another accusation in this time but ended as most did, with the wrong outcome chosen because of social inequality. Differences in social status are explored largely through the overcomplicated social status.
to criticize the radicalism. Hughes tried to enlighten the poor black men likewise Mrs. Jones would teach Roger “right from wrong” in this novel. When this novel was written in 1959, the problems of the poor black men were very serious in a racial society. Although they are eager to have the American Dream, it was frustrated by racial discrimination. As the result, the poverty was inherited to next generation repeatedly.
The American blacks were victims of racism, segregation, discrimination and furthermore poverty in their community. They were neglected by the government. Nonetheless, they were neglected by fought for their rights and equality. The black people in America had their own separate communities away from the whites, because they were neglected by white people and the government. For instant they couldn’t vote in their country.
In Harper Lee’s compellingly poignant novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ we witness various forms of racism and injustice. As the protagonist, Scout exposes the bigotry present in Maycomb County and what the characters endured because of it, particularly the African Americans. We also observe the discrimination that certain characters, such as Atticus Finch and Mr. Dolphus endure because of the racial stereotypes who couldn’t comprehend their belief for justice for all. Racism in Maycomb was the norm. Most of the people of Maycomb were unjust and ignorant when it came to the most basic rights of the African Americans.
Cry, The Beloved Country In Alan Paton’s Cry, The Beloved Country, the black and white perspectives are not balanced within the society. Blacks are allowed to own land in South Africa, but not as nice land as whites. With the black land becoming corrupt many young blacks move to cities where they are involved in gangs. Whites then lose any sympathy towards blacks due to gang crime. With the help of motifs and symbols a change is forming in the balanced portrayal of whites and blacks.
After dealing with the hardships and finally escaping those times, they had to deal with racism still in the early 20th century. Even to this day, although not nearly to the degree but still prevalent enough to notice, racism is everywhere. In the story Native Son by Richard Wright, Bigger Thomas, a 19 year old African-American male, is under the pressure of the racism in the 1930s- where this story takes place. His goal is to go against the mainstream idea of the typical “negro”-a good-for-nothing useless corpse walking the earth. At the time, in the 1930s, there were two distinct groups, as seen by society.