Is The Theme Of Mississippi Trial 1955 By Christopher E. Crowe

Today the impact of racial issues are still present. Even though the Civil War ended in 1865 and people of a different race were finally given freedoms and treated with respect by the 1960s there is still issues present today. There are issues with police arresting more African Americans than other races. Some African Americans don’t even want to call police in situations because they don’t trust them. According to The Theory Toolbox “Differents” chapter “the number of black men in prison… has already equaled the number of mean enslaved in 1820….” (qtd. in Nealon 193). In school, racial comments are said. In the world today racial comments are said. Even though every person is now free and no one is a slave, there is still tension. “What the

Crowe is a story about Emmett Till and how he was killed by white men. This story is a popular read and can have an influential impact. This story gives insight into what times used to be like. This once again allows the reader to feel empathy and “relate” to how the character was treated. The problem is, the author was a white man. Some could say this book isn’t credible or acceptable to be sold because the author is white. The author couldn’t be “empathic” or “relate” to what happened to Emmett because he has no idea what it is like to be African

The painting was painted by a white artist. This artist is getting a lot of blowback from painting it. Many people requested it to be taken out of the museum and destroyed. Since the author is white, others feel she had no place in painting it, because she can’t relate to the situation. The people on The View discuss that the painter painted it because she is a mom and felt empathy for Emmett Till’s mother. The ladies on The View talked about art being a form of expression. Everybody needs everybody to express and communicate about tough situations. One of the ladies talked about a white artist during the Civil War who created paintings that showed how the African Americans were being treated. The Theory Toolbox “Differences” chapter discussed this idea too.
As long as they share a common language, of course a rich black man can read and engage the texts of a poor white woman. Certainly they don’t share the same field of experience, but, when you think about it, none of us does. There is after all a great deal of difference even among people who seem technically to fit within the same category or ‘subject position’; contrary to popular belief, not all people of African descent think the same way, nor do all straight white males (Nealon