Chestnutt is trying to teach his readers how White people want to use their privilege in the town of Welllmington where Blacks dominated most the population.
At the beginning of the book, Captain McBane a man that calls himself captain, he was born poor. And he became rich from exploiting prison labor. Captain McBane does not like how black and white are incarcerated together, in his mind they are basically equal but cannot be together. According to McBane “I propose a toast: No nigger domination” (Chestnutt 37) McBane basically says this because he knows that Black people are coming up in society and getting higher jobs, that white men could get because of their white privilege. He wants to advance white supremacy because most the blacks are starting to take all the jobs and they will eventually dominate if they are not stopped. Not to mention, Jerry he was the runner for Major Carteret. He was influenced by how society treats white people that he wanted to become white. Mentioned by Jerry “Well, I s'pose it all comes f’m being’ w’ite. I wish ter Gawd I wuz w,ite!” (Chestnutt 36) Jerry wishes that he was white …show more content…
Burns he is a doctor that came from out of town to come perform on Major Carteret’s child. He was accompanied by a black doctor known as Doctor Miller. At some point during their travel on the train, Dr. Miller in the black section of the train, Dr. Price decided to go to seat with him but he could not because he was white. According to Dr. Brun “ This is an outrage,” declared Dr. Burns, “ a d----d outrage! You are curtailing the rights, not only of colored people, but of white men as well. I shall sit where I please!” (Chestnutt 55). Has a white man Dr. Burns have the privilege to seat anywhere he wants but he could not sit in the black section of the colored people because during that time period white people were equal but separated. Dr. Burn’s dislikes segregation, still the view of society will not stop him from speaking his
At the beginning of the book, Captain McBane a man that calls himself captain, he was born poor. And he became rich from exploiting prison labor. Captain McBane does not like how black and white are incarcerated together, in his mind they are basically equal but cannot be together. According to McBane “I propose a toast: No nigger domination” (Chestnutt 37) McBane basically says this because he knows that Black people are coming up in society and getting higher jobs, that white men could get because of their white privilege. He wants to advance white supremacy because most the blacks are starting to take all the jobs and they will eventually dominate if they are not stopped. Not to mention, Jerry he was the runner for Major Carteret. He was influenced by how society treats white people that he wanted to become white. Mentioned by Jerry “Well, I s'pose it all comes f’m being’ w’ite. I wish ter Gawd I wuz w,ite!” (Chestnutt 36) Jerry wishes that he was white …show more content…
Burns he is a doctor that came from out of town to come perform on Major Carteret’s child. He was accompanied by a black doctor known as Doctor Miller. At some point during their travel on the train, Dr. Miller in the black section of the train, Dr. Price decided to go to seat with him but he could not because he was white. According to Dr. Brun “ This is an outrage,” declared Dr. Burns, “ a d----d outrage! You are curtailing the rights, not only of colored people, but of white men as well. I shall sit where I please!” (Chestnutt 55). Has a white man Dr. Burns have the privilege to seat anywhere he wants but he could not sit in the black section of the colored people because during that time period white people were equal but separated. Dr. Burn’s dislikes segregation, still the view of society will not stop him from speaking his