Other Suns Reflection

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The Warmth of Other Suns is the epic story of the Great Migration. It was based on thousands of immigrants’ interviews, but only followed the journey of three African-Americans from the South. I liked how Wilkerson talked about structural forces, such as discrimination, segregation and inequality. With me coming up in the generation I live in today I never had to deal with those things as much as people did back then. An example from the book is when George Gladney would meet with Mr. Edd every settling time. This is when they talked about how much George had done for Mr. Edd and how well George did that year. Mr. Edd would come up with so many excuses on why George didn’t deserve his correct pay. George wasn’t stupid, so he would take the …show more content…

Those parts brought on thoughts and questions and that’s why I feel like I enjoyed the book so much. One of my thoughts came from Foster. I couldn’t understand why out of all the characters why he wanted to prove his worth so much. In the book, he even threw a Christmas party for himself. Then the morning after he got on the phone trying to brag to his old friends. It was if he wanted to make them jealous or impress them in a way. To me the Jim Crow Laws were still haunting him. For somebody that had a good life, went to college, and was one of the best surgeons back then. To me, I just felt as he should’ve been trying to bless others to keep receive more blessings, but instead he rejected his southern roots and the people there. Another thing that affected my thinking was I didn’t realize the struggle during the Great Migration. Life during those times were really rough and unfair. My thoughts before this book were really typical, but now after reading the details from this book I can imagine in my head what might have happened. I can’t imagine myself growing up in those times I would have never survived. So I salute the brave, intelligent, courageous people who made it possible for the life I live

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