According to the source "A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water" William and his father had to wait to get their water because they were the only African Americans, and the rest were white giving the whites more power than them during that time. According to the article it states, "They wouldn't let my father leave. They said "You're going to stay here and until all the good have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want." This evidence shows that they had to wait because the whites forced william and his father to stay and wait until all the whites finished getting their water. That concluding why William and his father had to wait to get their water, because the white men decided to hold them back, since African Americans had very little rights during that time.
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This actions that were made by the two white men were similar to the action Governor George Wallace did. In the video "The Last Word-John F. Kennedy's Finest Moments" states how Governor Wallace stood in front of the University not letting two African American students enter the University of Alabama. These two acts can be considered as prejudice because they were being held back from doing something that wasn't bad. The first example is how they held William and his father from being able to get water because there was a line of white people behind them and they were the priority back then. The second example is how they wouldn't let the two students that were African Americans to enter the University just because of their skin color. Making those two examples an act of hatred and prejudice just because in both situations they were African Americans and during the time those two events took place Africans had very little
This actions that were made by the two white men were similar to the action Governor George Wallace did. In the video "The Last Word-John F. Kennedy's Finest Moments" states how Governor Wallace stood in front of the University not letting two African American students enter the University of Alabama. These two acts can be considered as prejudice because they were being held back from doing something that wasn't bad. The first example is how they held William and his father from being able to get water because there was a line of white people behind them and they were the priority back then. The second example is how they wouldn't let the two students that were African Americans to enter the University just because of their skin color. Making those two examples an act of hatred and prejudice just because in both situations they were African Americans and during the time those two events took place Africans had very little