The Crisis: The Perception of Race in WWI
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| − | [http://dl.lib.brown.edu/jpegs/1292362409523500.jpg ''The Horizon: Ghetto''] | + | When most people think of the word "ghetto" they think of the definition telling about a place in a city or town. But in [http://dl.lib.brown.edu/jpegs/1292362409523500.jpg ''The Horizon: Ghetto''], the word Ghetto actual means to be put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group. This section of the magazine is designated to showing readers how segregated and how different the whites treated the blacks. One instance tells about how a white woman and a black man were then allowed to get married by permission of the parents, but the state of Missouri refused to issue them a marriage license. Another instance is more of a positive encounter telling readers how the "Negro policeman" were "restored to duty in Philadelphia, Pa." This seems to be a positive thing for the African Americans in the day because they were given a chance to redeem their dignity and prove they will and can be just like the white people. |
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