What Is The Setting Of Roanoke Times By Beth Macy

Beth Macy initially came to Roanoke in 1989 as a reporter to co-author a story/ article series in Roanoke Times, resulting in the publishing of Factory Man, Pregnant and Proud, and eventually Truevine. The intended audience when she wrote this literary piece would undoubtedly be to residents of Roanoke, Virginia, of which happens to be one of the many racists and presently segregated cities in the south. Filled with rich history of racial discrimination, systematic racism, criminal injustice, lynching and the notorious KKK. While Truevine, did expand to become a Nation-wide read, the books roots definitely stem from this city in Virginia. After all, this is the highlighted setting of the book, why wouldn’t the people who currently live there

Those individuals are the ones who have been most effected by reading this book, seeing as how it helped them learn more about their hometown, and its history. Based on identities of featured reviewers on multiple purchasing sites, readers were local residents. “Living near Roanoke and having read Macy since her reporter days with the Roanoke Times, I am a fan who couldn't wait to get my copy of Truevine once it became available. It is a compelling story with local (to me) history and landmarks”, states Beth Bird”. This quote, shows that those who are in the same setting and are familiar with the author, are the ones predisposed to read the book (this story was for Roanoke and its residents). Overall, it can be apprehended that Beth Macy had no specific target audience when writing this book, hence it directed towards a broad and diverse audience. That being said, Macy probably had a specific mind-set she decided to tackle with Truevine, and that would be the minds of the ignorant. Of whom are those people that believe society is now colorblind, and that racism is a thing of the past. Which evidently isn’t the case, as not too long-ago people were lynched, killed and burned for BWB (breathing while black). Nevertheless, Macy probably hopes this book will serve as an eye-opener to those who are ignorant of that past, and its effect on the future. As Ming Young, a fan of Macy’s reiterates, “Who should read this book? Every Southerner, descendant of the South… and transplants to the South. The daily venom and institutionalized insults that African-Americans suffered — and they did suffer — cannot be guessed. It must be told, and it must be read.” In other words, those who are unaware of history, especially as it pertains to Southern History should definitely read this book. In regards to Roanoke residents, it can be inferred that this book is definitely