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To What Extent Has Society Taught To Shun African American Society

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Society was taught to shun African Americans. For years African Americans had been fighting for their freedom. They were always left out. Whites found a way to make sure that African Americans would not have the same rights as them. Motivation was a common characteristic among African Americans. They were motivated and determined to stand up for themselves. Some whites also had motivation to stand up for African Americans. Society has taught to shun, but brave and courageous people stand up for what's right. Society has taught that African Americans are bad people and should be shunned. There was a recent study on children and different types of dolls. There were two dolls one black and the other white. Children were asked to hand Clark the nice doll “a majority of …show more content…

She experienced discrimination in many ways. When Ruby would go to school she would have Marshals take her inside and stay with her all day. Outside of the school would be protestors saying hateful and terrible words to Ruby. Many of the families pulled their children out of school because they did not want to risk their child's protection “Even if the parents believed in integration, they didn’t want to put their children in danger by sending them to class” (26, Bridges). Society was taught to shun African Americans but not everyone believed that. While some families refused to send their child to school others didn’t. For example The Gabrielle's were a brave family who sent their six year old, Yolanda, to the same school as Ruby. The Gabrielle's “refused to be bullied by the protesters” (28, Bridges). Society has taught to shun African Americans but families like the Gabrielle's don't care what society has taught. They were brave and courageous to stand up against society and send their child to an integrated school even though many parents wouldn't

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