Analysis Of No Country For Black Boys

Where is my country?

The poem No Country for Black Boys by (Joy Priest 1988) represents the sorrowful incident which has happened on Feb, 26, 2012 for Trayvon Martin in Florida. Trayvon Martin was an innocent African-American young boy who bought the iced tea and some skittles. On the way back to his father’s home, he got shot by the neighborhood watch and he treated as a victim because of his skin color. Guilt not defined by what did Martin say, also it determined something deep-rooted in the young age. No weapon needed to identify him as a victim. He is a young black boy, so he is already guilty enough to be killed.

People feel unsafe when they see

Therefore, no weapon needed to determine them as a victim. Their backgrounds

make them guilty and represents the dark skin frightening.

Poverty builds insecurity. parents who don’t work and live by government services and help, their

children learn the laziness and they figure how lazy they can be to receive benefits. This issue can

change their life style to demonstrate all the African-American’s people lack of culture. To clarify

Trayvon Martin also has grown up in the poor family. His parents got divorced since he was very

young and he was living with only his mother and his brother. Therefore, poverty defined him as a

lack of culture African-American boy, and leaded him to be guilty.

There is no country for black boys to live. As a matter of fact, African-American people

immigrate to America for a better life. Although they miss their friends or may miss their relatives,

they become more powerful financially by moving to America and they easily get rid of poverty.

Therefore, they lose their country in order to gain a better life. As they move they face with