World's Highest Standard Of Living Margaret Bourke-White Summary

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America does it seem clean most of us have cars driving everywhere, some of us got jobs too but what happens to the others who don't have the same opportunities."World's Highest Standard of Living" by Margaret Bourke-White, gives us a picture of what others are experiencing in America which is supposed to have a “high standard” of living for everyone. The author, uses the color gray, the relationship between the black people, and the lighting to shows us the poverty in live’s of black people and prosperous live of caucasians.

In Margaret Bourke-White, “World’s Highest Standard of Living” the color gray is used to show the differences between two races. The color gray on the billboard is used to project gives a feeling of sadness. The African Americans are seen walking beside a gray billboard with a picture of an white family driving to destination they are all smiling. Some of the african Americans are turning to look at the image while they walk to their destination. The color gray is used to show how privileged the white family is compared to their racial counterparts as they are the one’s walking while they dive to their destination. The color gray gives the billboard beautiful image of …show more content…

The relationship that black people have gives a feeling of bitterness they are all grouped together in a line waiting to enter to some destination nation maybe some American city. Ye you can see they are all bitter waiting around in some line turning their heads and fidgeting with their feet. It doesn't seem that they are bitter at each other just the situation they are in. The people seem very tired and fidgety waiting in a line for something, carrying bags that range in size the people must be tired. There image gives an ugly picture of how some black people are underprivileged to their white