No Shade is Better Than the Other E-Book

Debbie Lacy

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

A young girl experiences racial prejudice growing up and along her journey, she tries to decipher the reasons for hatred and violence between black and white ethnic groups.

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Debbie Lacy

No Shade is Better Than the Other

To my family, friends, readers and fans, thank you for your support! I hope you enjoy this short story and may God bless!BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Racial Prejudice

It was the year of 1943 during World War II, hard times and poverty was at an all time high due the rapid declining economy immensely felt in the black community.  Unemployment was slightly less than fifteen percent, jobs were very scarce, at least for Black Americans and due to hunger, the cheese assistance line briskly expanded.  There was much turmoil in the small town of Port Arthur, Texas as much violence emerged involving police brutality and underlying conditions including segregated housing and schools stirred angry black rioters. Blacks Americans were not pleased in the way that they were treated and wanted justice and equality but the bitter riots transformed and racial riots elevated.  There was arson to small town businesses and looting, some businesses were burned to the ground. It wasn't long before a group of white supremacist from prominent communities formed “The White KnightsParty” also known as the Ku Klux Klan, a group civil rights activist who enforced racial segregation.  I remembered that night like it was yesterday, I was 8-years old and it happened on Stern Avenue. A sufficient street name suitable for the character of people who lived on that block. They were all strong, tough and stern women who meant business and sadly they were conditioned to be that way as most of their men were sent off to combat, some never returned because they were killed in that senseless war.  They were left to raise and guide the family and they continued to do so with everything that God gave them to survive.  They had to be the mama's and the papa's and diligently worked as maids, nannies, cooks and gardeners but they did what they had to do for their families.

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