History may not always be accurate and often portray events and people incorrectly. Rosa Parks is often depicted as a quiet, old lady who did not care much activism, when in reality she worked hard in order to help push for equality. In her article “How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong,” author Jeanne Theoharis expresses that Rosa Parks was a lifelong activist, rebellious, and also a women’s rights activist through the use of various pieces of evidence to contradict the misconception that Parks was a quiet woman who was only involved in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In the article, Theoharis shows Parks’s lifelong commitment to activism by using descriptive word choices and evidence from a collection of personal, written artifacts. The
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Parks is described by the author as somebody who refused to live under societal norms. Against the racial inequality and discrimination present in her community, the author writes that Parks “refused to normalize the ability to function under American racism” (8). In order to depict Parks’s dedication to her activism, the author uses the word “refused” to show how Rosa Parks chooses to defy the existing status quo. Theoharis describes Parks’ struggles being a rebel in her community. In her article, Theoharis writes “She [Rosa Parks] lyrically described the difficulty of being a rebel, the ways black children were ‘conditioned early to learn their places’ ” (11). Despite living in an unforgiving society, Parks still manages to protest and speak for herself and others who are being oppressed as said by Theoharis. The reader sees Parks’ true commitment to her cause, regardless of what she has been told to do. In addition, the author uses specific word choices to show how Parks chose to defy the law multiple times. When Rosa Parks decided not give her seat to a white passenger, the bus driver James Blake “chose not simply to evict her from the bus, as he had done in the past, but to have her arrested” (14). The author uses the phrase “as he had done in the past” to help show the reader that Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus multiple times before she was arrested, this not only accurately portrays Rosa Parks’s dedication to racial activism, but also her rebellious
Parks is described by the author as somebody who refused to live under societal norms. Against the racial inequality and discrimination present in her community, the author writes that Parks “refused to normalize the ability to function under American racism” (8). In order to depict Parks’s dedication to her activism, the author uses the word “refused” to show how Rosa Parks chooses to defy the existing status quo. Theoharis describes Parks’ struggles being a rebel in her community. In her article, Theoharis writes “She [Rosa Parks] lyrically described the difficulty of being a rebel, the ways black children were ‘conditioned early to learn their places’ ” (11). Despite living in an unforgiving society, Parks still manages to protest and speak for herself and others who are being oppressed as said by Theoharis. The reader sees Parks’ true commitment to her cause, regardless of what she has been told to do. In addition, the author uses specific word choices to show how Parks chose to defy the law multiple times. When Rosa Parks decided not give her seat to a white passenger, the bus driver James Blake “chose not simply to evict her from the bus, as he had done in the past, but to have her arrested” (14). The author uses the phrase “as he had done in the past” to help show the reader that Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus multiple times before she was arrested, this not only accurately portrays Rosa Parks’s dedication to racial activism, but also her rebellious