Racial Prejudice In 'Separate But Equal'

Racial prejudice is portrayed in the still image, ‘Separate but Equal,’ which was taken in the 1940’s, through the use of composition and props. The still image uses these conventions to show how 1940’s America was racist; like how they segregated black people from whites. Public toilets, schools, drink fountains and housing estates were all segregated, which is portrayed in ‘separated but equal’. Composition portrays racial prejudice by using the rule of thirds and background. The Rule of Thirds uses the margins to symbolise segregation, because when the main elements of the image aren’t in the centre of the grid, this symbolises the segregation in the image. The sinks also show the differences in races. The white sink looks significantly