Black And Dark Classroom Analysis

In the memoir in black and white “Darkroom,” by Lila Quintero Weaver, shows the remarkable truth about Lila’s experience as an immigrant. She and her family emigrated from Argentina to Alabama when she was five years old. The graphic memoir reflects her negative experience as an immigrant in America. As she tries to paddle with her negative experience, she has discovered the idea of how only white is matter, and the huge issue of discrimination/segregation and also the issue with language is identity. Due to all of her discoveries, she is trying her best to blend in with all her American friends. When Lila was still in Argentina, she had seen and heard about America as paradise, where rich and fancy people live. Therefore, the nuance of media have a huge impact on her expectation of the “American Dream.” When she and her family got to Marion, she came to met the reality of America, which is not a paradise like the media said. At there, she and her siblings have discovered the “devil,” which they refer to a black man. For them seeing black folks is something that they never experience before. It is like …show more content…
People often fear of him based on his racial’s stereotypes. Staples even states that “[he] was indistinguishable from the mugger who occasionally seeped into the area from the surrounding ghetto.” (page 2) He demonstrates the injustice treatment of society toward black folks and society still have the idea of blacks are violent and dangerous. Even more, he also mentions the “ghetto,” which is the term has been using for blacks because it is a harsh word to describe a dirty place, where most of the murderer and thieves live. Indeed, at the time she sees “them,” black folks, is when she discovered the discrimination and segregation. She feels betray when her expectation hits the reality of society. There is nothing like she ever