Wednesday, December 28, 2016
The Lynching of Jube Benson by P.L. Dunbar
We live in a very facile society where it is very diffused to fall into the trap of only(prenominal) looking at the push through with(predicate) of population, things, and ideas without taking the time and grounds to delve deeper into them. Everyday commonwealth are judged solely on the color of their skin. Race is an political theory that was nominated by society because of how people perceive ideas and faces that they do non normally see. For years, African Americans nominate experienced a jolty social structure that dehumanise them, while whites negative attitudes and perceptions of downhearteds served as a mechanism to shrive their oppression. In todays society, a person tends to discriminate against someone who may expect different due to their personal narrow-minded concepts built up through living in a nation that has suffered from unfathomable years of racial segregation. The unawares circuit story, The Lynching of Jube Benson, by capital of Minnesota Laure nce Dunbar, revolves around racial government activity and portrays how the stereotypes people bring in of African Americans not only create an inaccurate picture of how they truly are, but generates violence against them as well. Dunbar utilizes his main character, Dr. Melville, to display the misconceptions and stereotypes that whites have developed towards the African American community.\nThe Lynching of Jube Benson is a short story in which a white narrator, Dr. Melville, describes his involvement in the lynching of his former opaque friend, Jube Benson, who was falsely accused of murdering Dr. Melvilles lover, Annie. Unfortunately, Jube was found innocent after(prenominal) he was already lynched. Dunbar presents the tie-up of the black character through the commentary of the white Dr. Melville. By doing this, the author highlights the kind of grounds that whites have about the black population. Dr. Melville understands the influence of tradition and a false education on his understanding of blacks. As he recounts his story, he observes that at fi...
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