Gelina Wiles
Parkinson bell: 4
English III
March 14, 2016
Why were people of lower intelligence rejected in the
past?
It wasn’t that the people of lower
intelligence were rejected in the past, it was based more on race. People did
think that if you were African American you weren’t smart, but that is not the
case. In the book Of Mice and Men,
there’s a character named Crooks. He is African American, but he does get rejected
by everyone else he works with. It’s not because of his intelligence, but more
because of his skin color. Crooks admits to Lennie in the book this and says “Why
you ain’t wanted?” Lennie asked. “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there,
but I can’t play because I’m black.” (Steinbeck, 68) Crooks admits that the men
who work with him don’t let him associate with him because he’s black. He has
to live isolated from everyone based on his skin color, because during this
time, people saw black people as slaves and not another equal. So it wasn’t because
he was dumb that they rejected him, it was because of the color of his skin.
No comments:
Post a Comment