In the poem, "Incident",
by Countee Cullen is about an incident that had happened in old Baltimore.
Racism is an issue in this poem and shows how people will be affected by it. A
young boy, eight years of age was a victim of racism and was
hurt. People can be hurt just by saying words, but in this case, the little
boy spoke one word and the victim was hurt. This poem made me realize how racism
is building up and racism is falling upon younger kids.
Racism shouldn't be caused by anyone
no matter what age they are. In "Incident" it shows
that racism is being caused and affected by younger kids. In the poem it states
"Now I was eight and very small and he was no whit bigger..." This
shows the age of the suspect and how small he is. Racism
is falling upon younger kids and they are being hurt. The little boy is
having a nice day and enjoying it, when he says, " Heart filled, Head filled with Glee", then this
other boy comes along and says one word to make his day horrible.
Racism
hurts and when somebody is affected by it stays with them for their whole life.
For example, " I saw the whole of Baltimore from may until December, of
all the things that happened there, that's all that I remember". This
quote shows that when he was affected by racism , he was very hurt by it. Everything
that had happened there, that is all the things he remembers. The words stuck
with him his whole life and was very hurt.
This text made me realize how people
all over the world are causing racism and it should be stopped. The age doesn't
matter, nobody should be causing it. Racism could lead to other big things that
the other victim is feeling. The victim was feeling very bad and if I were in
his shoes I wouldn't feel any better. I would be sad and hurt because somebody
is judging you on how you were born, and where you came from.
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