A Mason-Saxon Memory Analysis

“A Mason-Dixon Memory” In “A Mason-Dixon Memory” a colored boy named Dondre Green is talking about a trip they had to a golfing tournament but the owner told him that he couldn’t play in the tournament because he was African-American, so all his teammates didn’t play either. While telling that story a colored guy named Clifton had a flashback of a time when he went to Washington D.C. but couldn’t go to the theme park because of the Mason-Dixon line, so all his friends didn’t go either. This showed that two colored boys basically went through the same thing, the only difference was where they were at. Some may say that the country club was fair to do that, because it is their club. It wasn't fair for the country club to not let Dondre Green play in the tournament. …show more content…
Since he was kicked out of the tournament his teammates forfeited the tournament so Dondre didn’t feel left out. Dondre was kind of happy that his teammates forfeited the match for him, but he thought it was unfair for the club to do that just because of his race. He was honored to have a team that would do something like that for him.
While Dondre was giving his speech Clifton Davis, a person in the audience, was having a flashback of a time when he went to Washington DC on a fieldtrip to a theme park. When they were at a hotel the chaperone told Clifton he couldn't go to the theme park because of the Mason-Dixon Line. When the chaperone told him that he couldn't go he told his friend Frank Miller. When he told Frank, Frank didn't want to go anymore and neither did the other kids in his class. Clifton was happy that all his friends wouldn't go because he couldn't go. So instead of going to the theme park they went to a movie