Lynching In Childhood Summary

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Lynching dehumanized Blacks, creating this vividly image of inhuman manifestation. Lynching was exhibited towards white children as normal. Mobs inflicted bodily harm and mutilated Blacks for the Black community to see. White Americans ultimately wanted to create fear; Black males should not talk to their women, speak out of turn, or challenge their authority.
Both childhood books vividly displayed dehumanization of Blacks. On one hand, the authors are reinforcing negative images of Blacks while attempting to teach white children how to count and read. White children were exposed to some stereotypical notions of Blacks. Children are usually too innocent to know what is going on in the world, however, white children were conditioned to hate

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