It is difficult to empathize with a person if you have not experienced a single day in their lives. For example, how could a white person possibly say they understand what it is like to be black? However, that does not mean you cannot sympathize with that person and feel a sense of compassion for them. I feel like many people who were pro slavery lacked this term, which resulted in hatred and racism toward a group of people. The articles written by Mary Kay Ricks and Adam Goodheart portray a period where African Americans were inferior to Whites. Yet, as time progressed, the United States of America began to grow, bringing the slightest hope of freedom for African Americans. Goodheart’s article took place in 1865 almost two decades after Rick’s
