Prejudice And Hatred In 'A Tale Of Segregation'

In the story, "A Tale of Segregation" a young boy named William and his father go out to a spring, a popular place among both blacks and whites. At this time, racism and discrimination against blacks were strong. In the passage William and his father had to wait to get water because he was seen as inferior due to the color of his skin. According to "A Tale of Segregation, they told William's father that he'd had to wait until all the white people were finished. This explains why he had to get his water last and why the whites believed he was below them, because he wasn't white. Also found in the passage, they wouldn't let William and his father leave. The white men explained that he'd be able to do what he wants after all the good white people finished getting their water. This evidence explains that although he was able to get his water, it wasn't the correct solution and they were still treated unfairly. The white men showed no remorse, even in front of a child.

William's father says "This was a real act of hatred and prejudiced." He states this because two white men had discriminated against William and his father.

They had said horrid things in front of a child, that would not be appropriate to say in modern day. I can infer this because there are other signs of prejudice and hatred. In the video, "The Last Words - John F. Kennedy's Finest Moments" it was broadcast that two clearly qualified Alabama student were stopped from registering into the University of Alabama by George Wallace, a racist governor of Alabama, because the two students were black. This piece of evidence explains to me that there multiple acts of prejudiced, not that one incident at the springs where William's father could be deemed to have taken the situation "dramatically", especially when he says "This was a real act of hatred and

prejudiced."
"There is gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.", stated in the passage by William's father. What his father means by that statement was that segregation and racism won't be here forever. There is going to be a day when it will all disappear. The end of segregation can be proven in the video "The Last Words - John F. Kennedy's Finest Moments". In the video President John F. Kennedy protests against the act(s) of racism and says "American consumers of any color are to receive equal service." This piece of evidence explains that segregation and racism should be intolerable. It implies that segregation should be stopped and people of color, like William and his father, should be treated equally and fairly.