Negro Essay

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rest stop,". The whites rose and ambled off.
Bill and I led the Negroes toward the door. As soon as he saw us, the
driver blocked our way. Bill slipped under his arm and walked away.
"Hey boy where are you going?" the driver shouted at Bill while he
stretched his arms across the opening to prevent myself from stepping
down. I stood waiting. "Where do you think your going?" he asked, his
heavy cheeks quivering with each word. "I'd like to go to the rest
room." I smiled and moved to step down. He tightened his grip on the
door. "Does your ticket say for you to get off here?" he asked. "No
sir, but the others..." "Then you just sit your ass down." We turned
like a small herd of cattle and drifted back to our seats. The large
woman was apologetic, as though it embarrassed her for a stranger to
see Mississippi's dirty linen.1(pg 63) Up to this point in the novel
Griffin experiences exactly what he expects to experience. He is
taunted with typical racial slurs, and other ...

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Northern states he probably would never have progressed to this
state of mind. Griffin begins to understand that part of the reason for
the hatred of blacks by many whites is because of the stereotypical
image of the Negro in the 50's.
In Mississippi he confronts racial stereotypes directed towards
him that prompt him to realize how deeply rooted society's
prejudices are. While trying to hitchhike through Mississippi
he encounters white men willing to pick him up only because of
their preconceived notions of Negroes.
I must have had a dozen rides that evening. They blear
into
a nightmare, the one scarcely ...

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