An Account of an Experience with Discrimination
Sojourner was mistreated because, during the era of
slavery, African Americans were treated inhumane. Slave owners, or anybody for
that matter respected African Americans, and treated them cruelly. Since the
idea of slavery was so prominent, people treated slaves horrible; because that’s
the way they thought African Americans were supposed to be treated. Nobody knew
African Americans should be treated like humans, because they believed African
Americans were property.
Sojourner’s
document differs from a reporter because she lived the event. She remembers every
part that took place; she doesn’t need to interview anyone. Reporters have to
base their stories off the information they gather; in this case, Sojourner is
the key to the story. Diaries, letters, and journals are more efficient than
reports because the community will get to know the author better if it is wrote
and experienced by the author.
Here is New York
White wants to show the reader the uniqueness of New
York by contrasting it from other popular cities. People native to New York
appreciate the city, while travelers would look at the same city and name
numerous flaws. A traveler may think New York is overcrowded, depending on
where they are from. Some problems in NYC are: subways, schools, hospitals, and
playgrounds are overcrowded, the expressway is feverish, and there isn’t enough
air, light, and usually too much or too little heat. The city makes up for its
hazards by supplying citizens with massive doses of sense of
belonging to something unique, cosmopolitan, mighty, and unparallel.
White
says that neighborhoods within NY are like cities within a city. This could be true
because I also feel this way about Chicago. Neighborhoods in Chicago have their
own name, such as Fifth City, Englewood, Douglas Park, Greek town, Hollywood
Park, Homan Square, K-Town, and numerous others. These neighborhoods are very
different from one another, no matter if they’re all in the same city.
