Little Rock Nine Crisis

Certain aspects of different situations have been prevalent in society throughout history. These situations can be similar such as two that distinctly involve racism within school districts. They can also be situations that are different, but have similar aspects such as those involving the mentality of a crowd. Many times, in either case, the latter of the situations stems off the fact that over time, people have not learned from what they did many years prior. Therefore, negative situations that occurred in the past greatly resemble those later in time without people realizing it.
Two similar situations that involve racism within school districts are the Little Rock Nine instance and the problem in which the Normandy School District lost …show more content…
Adults in both situations expressed their opinions through an organized event. On the Little Rock Nine’s first day of school, adults from the community gathered around to make sure that they did not enter Little Rock Central High School. During the town meeting, adults expressed their opinions, and some even introduced ideas to prevent the incoming students from attending the schools. One might say that these adults from the town meeting knew realized what they were saying and what impact it would have on the way they were viewed. While the people of the Little Rock Nine crisis realized what they were doing, the adults in the town meeting began expressing their opinions before they realized what they were saying. One woman in particular walked up to the microphone and began speaking. She spoke of the MetroLink and how the people of St. Charles voted to keep it out of their community. According to her, “the reason we said no is because we don’t want the different areas [INAUDIBLE] coming across our side of the bridge, bringing with it everything that we’re fighting against today” (The Problem We All Live With). Throughout her explanation, her voice became soft and she even began mumbling during the inaudible bit. When the woman speaks of the “different areas,” she is talking about keeping …show more content…
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of trials in which Abigail Williams and a few of her friends were convicting people in Salem, Massachusetts of being witches who were working for the Devil (Brooks). People convicted of witchery would be given a death sentence. Blue Front, a collection of poems written by Martha Collins, is a collection that details lynchings in Cairo, Illinois in the 20th century. One aspects create a relation between these two events: the mentality of the