Prejudice, Discrimination, and the Okies #2

1) Answer the Content Question (What were some of the root causes for prejudice against the Okies during the Great Depression)? One of the main causes for prejudice to happen agaisnt the Okies was that most of the population of the Panhandle in Oklahoma left to California. The Californians were really mad, because out of nowhere these people started pouring into their state and started taking all the jobs the Californians had. Since there was a shortage of food in California when the Okies came in, the Californias had no other duty but to blame the Okies for coming in and taking their food. The Okies soon felt prejudice and discrimination against them, but they could not return bak to Oklahoma, because all that was left back at home was nothing. The Californians wanted to kick the Okies out, but how could they if was free for anyone who wanted to come in. The Californians saw the Okies as thiefs who came to do no good to their state, but only to take theif jobs, food, and state.California

3) Discuss efforts, either in the past or in today’s world, to stamp out prejudice. Do you think the efforts have been/are successful? What have you done in your life to eradicate prejudice? What COULD you do? Many leaders of different organizations have tried to stamp out prejudice, and sometimes their effort to clear it out of the way fails. But, many leaders are also able to make a change about discrimination. One of these important leaders was a man that went by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. King Jr. fought for the rights of blacks and those of color that were not able to do many of the things the whites could do. He achived many of his goals many of one of them was that those of color also had to have the rights of being able to sit in the front of the bus and not be sent to the bus. Martin Luther was able to achieve this and more. But, even when Martin was around trying to make change there was still discrimiation happenning all around.When I hear someone around me insulting somebody else from a different race I ask them how they would feel if someone else talked about their color and made them feel bad.Maybe one thing we could all do to stop discrimination would be to start with ourselves. What I mean by starting with ourselves is that we need to not say rude comments about someone else that would make them feel as if we were discriminating them. i think the efforts that the past leadres have done to try and end discrimination have been a succes for some parts of the world, becuase even when we don not realize it someone is being discriminated and hurt. Yes, the effort to stop discrimination has worked, but it only works for a certain time of priod, because it still continues to happen in todays world as well as prejudism.

Day in a Life of a Teenage Hobo

What does myself look from the outside? Still am I that medium sized girl I was before? I was starting to loose track of not only the dates, but of my own very self. I cant' seem to get the image of ma telling me to leave the house to find a job, she made it sound as if she dont' want me no more. I understand other teen hobos who leave cuz they moms and dads dont got enough money or food to feed a lotta mouths, but it aint like that with ma. I only got two younger sisters. But ma decided to make me leave to find my own life and learn how to survive. i guess we was that poor that ma and pa could not feed one more mouth. Right now am in the train with 3 other hobos. (2 boys and 1 girl) They all seem bout the same size as me (about 15), but i too shy to ask they name or age. I wonder if they too got same ma's and pa's like i who cant have them under their roof no more. i stare at the small bag i packed. Inside i got a small mug of water, a few loaves of bread, and just another pair of shoes. But shoes that probably wont be able to fit on my feet pretty soon cuz of all the sores i might have from running an jumping. i plan to get off on indiana and start my life there. ill look for a job til i find something. if not i will have to be a begger on the streets just like i was back with ma and pa. myself is letting fears attack me. what if they find us on the train? what if i never make it to idiana? what if die from starvation? all these questions go on my head minute by minute. but i try to forget it and move on, but they soon come back to me minutes later. i myself feels sad cuz i never wanted to leave home or my sisters or ma or pa. right now i feel like i will throw up from how much i feel i have starved.today was the first day of my nightamre jumping into the train at first i thought i was never was gonna make it, but ma told me to have faith in me and my legs will function just exactly how i want them to function. i heard the choo choo of the train far off into the distance, and before i knew it my stomach starting pounding so fast i felt as if i was going to faint. it came closer and closer, and soon it was right in front of me and i told myself i was doing this for my good, not for ma's or pa's. i set my feet apart and leaped out towards the train. at first i thouht in my mind i wont gonna make it into the train. i landed on the lower stair of the way to the top of the train. the 3 other threw themselves on too and they boy told me to get inside of the inner of the train. i knew that once jumping into that train i would be leaving not only my family, but my childhood.... all those good childhood memories have gone to wasted. and now im going into a new world, were i dunno what my god damn future holds. hopefully i can come back to ma and pa and show them that i can come back to them and show them wrong that i can live independently. just hopefully.....

Image of the Great Depression

I was walking through the street, when suddenly I see someone (or something?) huddled up in a bench. As I get closer I notice that it is a man. It is not unusual to see someone laying on the streets. I took out my camera and took a picture of this man. He looks like if he were wearing fancy clothes, but they are pretty dirty and his smell is not so good. It is chilly out and all he does is huddle up in his own clothes. He must be someone out of the many who lost his home, and doesn't have a place to sleep in. He must be a bum. I found this picture on: http://irrelevantaxiom.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/the-great-depression.jpg