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African Americans: The Rebellion Of Colonized People
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African American is a minority group which lives in America. They experienced discrimination, and other prejudice mostly by white people. The most pathetic discrimination happened by black men. In the past, People considered them as unknown people because black men were lack of identities. It did not matter if they are slaves or freeman, fathers or children, religious or not. The discriminations were happened in public places, medical facilities, education and other community services. Seats for blacks, schools for blacks which lack of fund, and sometimes unfair treatment also received by African American people from White. However, The African American oppression was ended a long time ago by the emerging of civil rights movement.
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Casey is described as a brave, strong, and smart girl. In fact, she is braver than her brother Stacey. She has courage to against white man rather than other Logans.
It was explained when, Logans went to town to accompany her Big mama selling goods, T.J went to Mr. Barnnet store to buy something. However, Mr. Barnet ignored T.J’s lists and went to another customer. This ignorance made Casey angry. I was hot. I had been as nice as I could be to him and there he was talking like this. “ we been waiting on you for near an hour,” I hissed, “while you’round here waiting on everybody else. And it ain’t fair. You got no right-“

The way Casey angry is how she expresses her rebellion towards white, because she has been treated unfair among other customer. It was one of the way how colonized people want equality.
Moreover, other rebellion that casey did is when she received books from school which contained niggra in column race of students as I mentioned before. She also refused the book.

“See what they called us” I said, afraid she had not seen.
“that’s what you are,” she said coldly.”now go sit

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