POLITICAL CARTOON
This political cartoon shows two sides in the society during the 20th century. It shows the segregation between whites and blacks. On the left hand side, it displays a seemingly wealthy man holding a cup of wine with a bright, sunny background. It also shows the features fit for a white man.
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On the right hand side, it shows a factory in the background with empty bottles. It shows how black men are like skeletons, showing inequality and representing African Americans as really poor and inferior.
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When we compare both sides, we can clearly see how white men are far more superior and wealthier than the black man. When the suburbs have new subdivisions, the urban core has new prisons. When the economy is growing, black men are developing or suffering from cancers and asthma. All these comparisons demonstrates the inequality in the society and exactly why the African American Civil Rights Movement occured