The Night The Cubs Win The World Series By Kevin Coval

In 1954 the supreme court outlawed segregation where African-Americans were separate from Whites,but were still considered “equal” every race had its own little bubble they could never cross or they would be punished. Whites were the superior race and were seen as more important than Blacks. In 1964 the segregation law ended. Today in America in a ways segregation still exist there are schools that mostly white, there is still racist people in the world. America still cares more about how they look and being ‘’Great “ even if the process as President Donald Trump says of “Making America Great Again” negatively impacts certain races. In the poem “ The Night the Cubs Win the World Series” Kevin Coval uses blatant commentary to convey the

Coval uses juxtaposition in his style of writing to show how America is propitiating its people to hide real world epidemics. In North Dakota there was construction that needed to be done on a pipeline. This caused many people to lose their homes from the Sioux Tribe. The people of this tried were fighting so they could stay in their homes. “All week long the minstreled indian smiles from the arm of Cleveland hitters as Natives are mauled by dogs and gas in Cannon Ball, North Dakota defending their home base and water supply.” The mascot of the Cleveland baseball team is a smiling Indian caricature. We see this Indian smiling,but in reality the are fighting for their homes. In Chicago there has been many shootings,gang violence,police cruelty and many lives lost to lack of

It was really only a game for white people . The north side is a predominately white community and has a lot more higher class people than most parts of the city.”though the north side celebrates its constant win. Its distance from south and west. A delight, a dream team that’s not, but reads so white, a side so white they’re dumping beer on each others heads to metaphor the excess.” The word white is extremely repetitive the lines if this poem. Beer is a drink you drink during parties and fun nights. The excess of beer is is a symbol of so much winning. The people of the north side,primarily white people they have an advantage that people of color do not in society. In America today the black lives matter movement is a huge progression for black lives everywhere, and it is gives hope for all the black people in America for better times. “The blue flag flying the W stands for whiteness and blue lives.” The flag essentially means that white lives matter more than others, blue lives is a mockery to the Black Lives Matter movement. The name “Blues lives matter” became a movement shortly after Black Lives movement. Police officers are the ones killing many innocent blacks, but America wants to hide the huge movement and overshadow the bigger problem in