Ida B.Wells was also a woman that spoke out against lynching and racism among blacks and women. The biggest lie white southerners used as a reason for lynching black people was that it was justice being served to their white women. Black men being the main target of this because they were accused of raping the white women. The allegations were very false because white women were particularly very fond of black men as well as being secretly involved with them. Ida B.Wells spoke on this in many of her editorials, giving different cases of this activity. One of those cases that she mentioned came from the "Cleveland Gazzette" in 1892 where the wife of a white minister in Ohio accused a black man of rape. Mrs. Wells quotes the young lady when she says " He visited me several times. I did not care after the first time and had no desire to resist." (Royster pg.54). The woman confesses this to her husband in court along with the fact that her and the black man were intimate which sparked a marriage. White women knew that accusing a black man of rape would clear them of interracial infidelity, the act of a white person secretly being intimate with a black person behind their spouses back and then marrying them. According to the southern whites the key to gaining back power as the superior race is to humiliate ,degrade and inflict violent acts towards the black community. Accusing them of rape would serve as degradation. I feel that black men should have been more smart back in the 1900's because they knew that conversing with a white woman came with consequences. I don't understand why black men would put themselves in a situation where the attention would be on them, giving the white southerners another opportunity to target african americans.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Blog assignment 3 The superior race jrc
During the 1800's lynching was practiced by poor and rich white southerners It was a brutal execution of hanging blacks from a tree that followed a programme,the act of shooting bullets into the already dead bodies of African-Americans. It was a shocking revalation to white southerners to witness African -American growth in society. Who were once known as black "brutes" had now assembled organizations such as the Freedoms Bureau that established educational facilities and ways for black people to acquire their own land. This of course was unacceptable to white southerners because it meant they were losing power and control over black people. It tarnished their theory of "white honor". In this blog post i will use text from "Southern Horrors"edited by Jacqueline Royster to discuss how white southerners went about gaining back their status as superior over African-Americans.In the book "Southern Horrors" edited by Jacqueline Royster the reader will be introduced to Ida B.Wells , An African-American journalist and newspaper editor.
Ida B.Wells was also a woman that spoke out against lynching and racism among blacks and women. The biggest lie white southerners used as a reason for lynching black people was that it was justice being served to their white women. Black men being the main target of this because they were accused of raping the white women. The allegations were very false because white women were particularly very fond of black men as well as being secretly involved with them. Ida B.Wells spoke on this in many of her editorials, giving different cases of this activity. One of those cases that she mentioned came from the "Cleveland Gazzette" in 1892 where the wife of a white minister in Ohio accused a black man of rape. Mrs. Wells quotes the young lady when she says " He visited me several times. I did not care after the first time and had no desire to resist." (Royster pg.54). The woman confesses this to her husband in court along with the fact that her and the black man were intimate which sparked a marriage. White women knew that accusing a black man of rape would clear them of interracial infidelity, the act of a white person secretly being intimate with a black person behind their spouses back and then marrying them. According to the southern whites the key to gaining back power as the superior race is to humiliate ,degrade and inflict violent acts towards the black community. Accusing them of rape would serve as degradation. I feel that black men should have been more smart back in the 1900's because they knew that conversing with a white woman came with consequences. I don't understand why black men would put themselves in a situation where the attention would be on them, giving the white southerners another opportunity to target african americans.
Ida B.Wells was also a woman that spoke out against lynching and racism among blacks and women. The biggest lie white southerners used as a reason for lynching black people was that it was justice being served to their white women. Black men being the main target of this because they were accused of raping the white women. The allegations were very false because white women were particularly very fond of black men as well as being secretly involved with them. Ida B.Wells spoke on this in many of her editorials, giving different cases of this activity. One of those cases that she mentioned came from the "Cleveland Gazzette" in 1892 where the wife of a white minister in Ohio accused a black man of rape. Mrs. Wells quotes the young lady when she says " He visited me several times. I did not care after the first time and had no desire to resist." (Royster pg.54). The woman confesses this to her husband in court along with the fact that her and the black man were intimate which sparked a marriage. White women knew that accusing a black man of rape would clear them of interracial infidelity, the act of a white person secretly being intimate with a black person behind their spouses back and then marrying them. According to the southern whites the key to gaining back power as the superior race is to humiliate ,degrade and inflict violent acts towards the black community. Accusing them of rape would serve as degradation. I feel that black men should have been more smart back in the 1900's because they knew that conversing with a white woman came with consequences. I don't understand why black men would put themselves in a situation where the attention would be on them, giving the white southerners another opportunity to target african americans.
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Hi jayson. This is jessica from Eng 101. Amazing work. In the beginning of your blog I became interest in learning more and reading the book. Your explanations and citations were on point. I would just advise that you proof read your work and making minor spelling corrections. You also need to add in critical thinking. But overall fantastic job.
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ReplyDeleteI think that you should define what lynching is, if i didn't know what it was the i would be clueless of what you are trying to explain. Before you start a paragraph try and start with the womans name rather then "she". There is no criticle thinking on your part i see you quoted correctly just try and add your oppinnion. other then that you did a great job =]