Beloved

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The ending of the book Beloved relates perfectly to my nonfiction readings from this week. After Paul D leaves Sethe, he contemplates his worth and the meaning of his life. He realizes that his entire life he has been controlled by white people, regardless of how nice his owners were to him. As he is processing these revelations, he starts considering suicide as his best option. Meanwhile in house 124, Beloved has taken over the household and is ordering Sethe around. She is eating all the food in the house and is wearing Sethe’s clothes around. When Sethe attempts to stand her ground, Beloved becomes infuriated and begins to break everything in the house. Concerned about the possibility of Beloved killing Sethe, Denver seeks help from the community. Everyone pitches in to feed Denver and shortly after she is hired by the Bodwins to work. The community is still concerned about the well being of …show more content…

Although the racism that occurs today isn’t as blunt as it was during the Jim Crow era, it is still ever present. Our justice system is a good place to start. Racial profiling has clearly been demonstrated in the law enforcement system. The amount of young, black people who have been shot by police officers in the last decade compared to white people is highly alarming. It doesn’t end there though. There had been a massive increase in incarceration numbers after the Emancipation Proclamation, and this spike is specifically in black people. Police officers are pulling people over because they look suspicious, and then are able to charge them for minor infractions. Once charged as a criminal, these people face numerous challenges such as not being able to vote, find a job, apply for public housing, or receive welfare benefits. Even though most people don’t want to admit it, we have a system that was created to discriminate against black

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