One More River To Cross

This was a easy to read in places but I feel it got very repetetive. The author did get his point across that the Brown V. Board of Education case was not a complete victory. When he points out the wording used in the case such as " segregation generates a feeling of inferiority" or " a sense of inferiority". The courts talked about it as if it didn't really exist but like it was how the blacks saw it. Charles Lawrence reminds me of Johnson because Johnson says that you have to not be afraid to say the words. The inferiority was not just a "feeling" it was a harsh and evident reality in every aspect of the black persons life.

1) " Once blacks are labeled inferior, they are denied access to equal societal opportunities". The resulting inadequate educational preparation, poverty of cultural backrounds, and lack of experience constitute real limitations on their ability to contribute to society, and the prophecy of their inferiority is fulfilled. The label of being inferior fuels the opression of the black people. Desegragation of the schools was only one small step to breaking the stigma attached to being black.
2) The same people who controlled the schools controlled the jobs for which the school was preparing its students. CULTURE OF POWER.
3) The injury inflicted by a segregated school system is inseperable from the injury inflicted by segregated housing or public accomodations because each reinforces the other and because the removal of one will not heal the injury without the removal of the others. This points out how the black people could lok at the Brown V. Board of Education case was like a small step toward equality or somewhat of a bandaid on a much larger problem. You cant just fix a portion of the problem and expect the wounds that it left behind to disappear. Today more than ever we as a nation can see that steps like this one have lead us to a much better place of equality than ever before, we have a President who represents the black community for the first time ever. The issue of being under represented in positions of power has forever been an issue for the black people and this new representation we have in our nation is a great step forward for all people not just black people.