Real World Connection Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/opinion/vanessa-barbara-in-denial-over-racism-in-brazil.html?_r=0
Barbara, Vanessa. "In Denial Over Racism in Brazil." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Mar. 2015. Web. 26 Mar. 2015. Summary (brief) of Current Article on Racism: In Brazil, three black teenagers were talking in front of their houses during the night. They started running, and policemen shot them. The police say they found two guns at the scene and confronted them to charge them with resisting arrest. One of the boys who was not killed was handcuffed while on his hospital bed. However, the fifteen year old in the incident (who died) recorded everything on his cellphone and there was no proof of guns, confrontation, or resistance.
Story elements that relate to the book—Similarities AND Differences Some similarities between the book and the current article is that people sometimes assume that a Black person committed a crime when the didn't. In Let the Circle be Unbroken, Mrs. Barnett assumed that T.J. who was black, had been the one who killed her husband. However, R.W. and Melvin were the ones who actually killed Mr. Barnett. Another similarity between the article and the book is that White people cause harm to Black people for not doing anything. In the book the Berrys were burned for accussed of flirting with a white woman (they didn't) and in the article the three teenagers were accused of having guns so they were shot (they did not actually have guns). Some differences are that more people (of all races) would have cared about this because racism is not as normal today as it was in the 1930s. Another difference is that they have proof that no crimes were committed (by the teenagers) because it was recorded. in the 1930s they had only the evidence that witnesses gave them (which was not always trustworthy) because (obviously) they didn't have cellphones that could record things.
How has racism changed since the 1930’s? Racism has changed since the 1930's. People are now more aware of it and willing to stand up against racism. Another way it's changed is that people make sure they have proof of a crime before punishing them. The teenagers had proof that they didn't commit the crime because of the cell phone recording, so they weren't punished in the end. The Berrys, for example, had no proof and so they were burned. Racism had not changed in the way that some people still believe white people are better than black people, the way Mr. Simms thought he was better than the Logans and the way the police automatically assumed the Black people were doing something bad just because they were Black. Racism has changed because people are more willing to stand up against it and people have more proof of racism. A way it has not changed is sometimes white people still think they're better than black people.
Notes: sharecropping There area will be used for any notes that you take as you read the articles—you can just copy and paste from word if that is easier for you.
Definition of share cropping….. a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land ("Sharecropping." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.)
How this effected African Americans how did this effect the owners… -African Americans were given rights of citizens, however many preferred to work as sharecroppers. -Most sharecroppers were unable to pay landowner because they couldn't pay for the tools. -Only a few sharecroppers were able to get enough money and stop sharecropping. -Most went into debt. -most were forced by violence and poverty into unfair labor contracts
(http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sharecropping)
"Sharecropping." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
-landowners would have a store on the plantation where necessary objects could be bought (e.g. seeds, clothing, food)
-laborers would often sell their cotton as soon as they got it because they needed to get out of debt (sometimes they would sell it back to the landowner)
-Since many could not read, landowners would trick the sharecroppers into working more than they need to
-many fled and went to work on a different farm often
- "Fewer than 16,000 farms were operated by black owners in 1910, while during the same year African Americans managed 106,738 farms as tenants."
-"For black Georgians in particular, this labor system was a major obstacle to being fully able to realize and enjoy the social and political rights granted to them at the end of the Civil War." Giesen, James C. "Sharecropping." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 05 June 2014. Web. 18 March 2015 -sharecroppers started an organization called the Share Croppers Union -made to get help from government http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/sharecropping.htm
"About Sharecropping." About Sharecropping. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
-"Between 1910 and 1970, six and a half million blacks went north, leaving the sharecropping behind."
"People & Events: Sharecropping in Mississippi." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
-Picture: https://americanhistory4travelers.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/sharecroppers.jpg
-Picture: http://histclo.com/imagef/date/2007/07/share36s.jpg
Citations:
"Sharecropping." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
"Sharecropping." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Giesen, James C. "Sharecropping." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 05 June 2014. Web. 18 March 2015
"About Sharecropping." About Sharecropping. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
"People & Events: Sharecropping in Mississippi." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Authenticity:
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, is authentic when it comes to sharecropping. The Logans worked on Mr. Granger's plantation and had to pay him. Sharecroppers had to pay the owner of the land. In the book Papa says, "...That cotton is for living on; the railroad money is for the taxes and the mortgage." This implies that the Logans get money for their cotton that they use to buy the things they need to live and they don't have enough money from just the cotton, so Papa has to work on the railroad. This is authentic because most sharecroppers didn't have enough money and due to that they were in debt (so they would have to find another job). Another reason the book is authentic is because in the time period, sharecroppers could be both white and black and Jeremy, who was white, was a sharecropper. The last reason Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is authentic is because on most plantations there was a store for the sharecroppers. The store on the Granger Plantation was the Wallace's store. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is authentic because the Logans worked on the Granger plantation for money, just like sharecroppers did, and had to pay Mr. Granger. However, both white and black sharecroppers were often in debt, just like the Logans and the Simms. Sharecroppers also would go to a store that was on the plantation, and in the book the sharecroppers go to the Wallace's store (until the boycott).
Real World Connection
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/opinion/vanessa-barbara-in-denial-over-racism-in-brazil.html?_r=0
Barbara, Vanessa. "In Denial Over Racism in Brazil." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Mar. 2015. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.
Summary (brief) of Current Article on Racism:
In Brazil, three black teenagers were talking in front of their houses during the night. They started running, and policemen shot them. The police say they found two guns at the scene and confronted them to charge them with resisting arrest. One of the boys who was not killed was handcuffed while on his hospital bed. However, the fifteen year old in the incident (who died) recorded everything on his cellphone and there was no proof of guns, confrontation, or resistance.
Story elements that relate to the book—Similarities AND Differences
Some similarities between the book and the current article is that people sometimes assume that a Black person committed a crime when the didn't. In Let the Circle be Unbroken, Mrs. Barnett assumed that T.J. who was black, had been the one who killed her husband. However, R.W. and Melvin were the ones who actually killed Mr. Barnett. Another similarity between the article and the book is that White people cause harm to Black people for not doing anything. In the book the Berrys were burned for accussed of flirting with a white woman (they didn't) and in the article the three teenagers were accused of having guns so they were shot (they did not actually have guns). Some differences are that more people (of all races) would have cared about this because racism is not as normal today as it was in the 1930s. Another difference is that they have proof that no crimes were committed (by the teenagers) because it was recorded. in the 1930s they had only the evidence that witnesses gave them (which was not always trustworthy) because (obviously) they didn't have cellphones that could record things.
How has racism changed since the 1930’s?
Racism has changed since the 1930's. People are now more aware of it and willing to stand up against racism. Another way it's changed is that people make sure they have proof of a crime before punishing them. The teenagers had proof that they didn't commit the crime because of the cell phone recording, so they weren't punished in the end. The Berrys, for example, had no proof and so they were burned. Racism had not changed in the way that some people still believe white people are better than black people, the way Mr. Simms thought he was better than the Logans and the way the police automatically assumed the Black people were doing something bad just because they were Black. Racism has changed because people are more willing to stand up against it and people have more proof of racism. A way it has not changed is sometimes white people still think they're better than black people.
Notes: sharecropping There area will be used for any notes that you take as you read the articles—you can just copy and paste from word if that is easier for you.
Definition of share cropping….. a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land
("Sharecropping." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.)
How this effected African Americans how did this effect the owners…
-African Americans were given rights of citizens, however many preferred to work as sharecroppers.
-Most sharecroppers were unable to pay landowner because they couldn't pay for the tools.
-Only a few sharecroppers were able to get enough money and stop sharecropping.
-Most went into debt.
-most were forced by violence and poverty into unfair labor contracts
(http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sharecropping)
"Sharecropping." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
-landowners would have a store on the plantation where necessary objects could be bought (e.g. seeds, clothing, food)
-laborers would often sell their cotton as soon as they got it because they needed to get out of debt (sometimes they would sell it back to the landowner)
-Since many could not read, landowners would trick the sharecroppers into working more than they need to
-many fled and went to work on a different farm often
- "Fewer than 16,000 farms were operated by black owners in 1910, while during the same year African Americans managed 106,738 farms as tenants."
-"For black Georgians in particular, this labor system was a major obstacle to being fully able to realize and enjoy the social and political rights granted to them at the end of the Civil War."
Giesen, James C. "Sharecropping." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 05 June 2014. Web. 18 March 2015
-sharecroppers started an organization called the Share Croppers Union
-made to get help from government
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/sharecropping.htm
"About Sharecropping." About Sharecropping. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
-"Between 1910 and 1970, six and a half million blacks went north, leaving the sharecropping behind."
"People & Events: Sharecropping in Mississippi." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
-Picture: https://americanhistory4travelers.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/sharecroppers.jpg
-Picture: http://histclo.com/imagef/date/2007/07/share36s.jpg
Citations:
"Sharecropping." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
"Sharecropping." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Giesen, James C. "Sharecropping." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 05 June 2014. Web. 18 March 2015
"About Sharecropping." About Sharecropping. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
"People & Events: Sharecropping in Mississippi." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Authenticity:
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, is authentic when it comes to sharecropping. The Logans worked on Mr. Granger's plantation and had to pay him. Sharecroppers had to pay the owner of the land. In the book Papa says, "...That cotton is for living on; the railroad money is for the taxes and the mortgage." This implies that the Logans get money for their cotton that they use to buy the things they need to live and they don't have enough money from just the cotton, so Papa has to work on the railroad. This is authentic because most sharecroppers didn't have enough money and due to that they were in debt (so they would have to find another job). Another reason the book is authentic is because in the time period, sharecroppers could be both white and black and Jeremy, who was white, was a sharecropper. The last reason Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is authentic is because on most plantations there was a store for the sharecroppers. The store on the Granger Plantation was the Wallace's store. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is authentic because the Logans worked on the Granger plantation for money, just like sharecroppers did, and had to pay Mr. Granger. However, both white and black sharecroppers were often in debt, just like the Logans and the Simms. Sharecroppers also would go to a store that was on the plantation, and in the book the sharecroppers go to the Wallace's store (until the boycott).