... occupant speaks to African Americans attempting seeking help in their due equity, however at the same time being turned around by whites. Moreover, the African American knows he is strolling a scarce difference in belligerence with the white proprietor, and he intentionally crosses that line when he says, "You ain't gonna be able to say a word/If I lay my fist on you ... ...
... Cereno and the black man accompanying him, Babo, is his servant. Throughout his entire experience, he witnesses strange occurrences, but quickly recovers when he sees something that pleases him. "Scarce an uneasiness entered the honest sailor's mind but, by a subsequent spontaneous act of good sense, it was ejected" (25). His optimism is misleading him because little does he know ... ...
... blacks crowded the urban cities, racial tension grew as whites developed fears of black encroachment of their neighborhoods. Also, those of the middle and lower classes feared competition for already scarce jobs and housing would be further aggravated by the influx of southern blacks. Fear and anxiety continued to build as tensions mounted between blacks and whites. The fight for civil ... ...
