Analysis Of Gustav Freytag's Debit And Credit

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Frank’s diary, however, wasn’t the first published piece that showcased how German’s felt about other cultures. In Gustav Freytag’s Debit and Credit (1855), the German middle class is shown in a positive light while hating the Polish and the Jewish people. Freytag writes how the Jewish people are seen as inferior and a threat, but the Germans are presented and shown as superior and inferior to the Polish and Jewish people. He also writes that the Polish people have no culture and are not able to create a civilization. The only way that the Polish people will become “real people” is if they were to give up being Polish and become accustomed to German culture. This meant that the Polish people would have to stop using their language and …show more content…

The Other Wes Moore (2010) written by Wes Moore tells the story of two completely different boys with the same name growing up in similar Baltimore neighborhoods. While the neighborhoods that they lived in weren’t that great and they both hung out with the wrong crowd, one ended up joining the military and the other one ended up in jail. One of the schools that the boys attended was an all-white school where Wes #1 (the one who would join the military) and his friend Justin were the only African American kids there. After Wes had joined the military, he and one of his sergeants were harassed by a car of drunk kids. The drunk kids were calling them racial slurs and throwing bottles at them, one even hit Wes #1 in the mouth which broke one of his teeth and cut his gums. He’d realized that he was a lot safer back on the military campus then he was out in the …show more content…

Frederick Douglass said it best when he was giving his speech on the fourth of July, “What do I have to do with your independence?” In the beginning, African Americans were faced with uncertain death because they weren’t sure what was going to happen. They lived in fear because the white people could accuse them of anything at any minute, and there was no way for African Americans to have justice protect them. There was no justice for African Americans, even when slavery was abolished. Without Sanctuary was a reminder as to how violent racism was and the results of the many deaths that happened because of

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