In Eyes on the Prize, Emmett Till’s murderers, J. W. Milam, and Roy Bryant, lack of a conviction in court really moved me. We all know that America’s past isn’t all glamorous, and in pre-civil rights America, there was no racial equality between white and black people. Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly saying “bye, baby” to a white woman. Till wasn’t just murdered, he was beaten extremely badly and inhumanely in a way that no human should ever get close to doing to another human. Milam and Bryant, his murderers, were determined to be innocent in court. There were no consequences or repercussions against them. The inequality and mistreatment of African-Americans in the South was incomprehensible. A black child gets killed for saying two flirtatious words to a white woman. Two white men can kill black people, including children, and be seen innocent in the eyes of the law.
This is an extremely important topic because history repeats itself. Things exactly like this have happened many times in the past, with an oppressive group considering an oppressed group sub-human, and then treating them in completely inhumane ways. This is definitely not the first time this had happened, all of us could name many past examples of this, and it for sure wasn’t the last time. As of today conditions like this will likely rise again throughout the world, if they are not already currently going on. It is our responsibility as humans who have the capability to help to do what we can to create a change in their conditions, and to support human rights and equality for all.
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