American Backcountry In The 1930's

Wrists- Mary is bound by the time period of the 1930’s by the fake history that is accepted by the white officials of Missouri. Mary was told to teach her students that black people were never oppressed, and that slavery wasn’t as bad as it really was. Harlan Granger, the racist antagonist, told her, ‘“Well, if it ain’t in here, then you got no right teaching it. This book’s approved by the Board of Education and you’re expected to teach what’s in it,”’ when Mary was teaching her class about the cruelty of slavery. Miss Crocker changed their behavior by accepting the little white lies told to her, but Mary remained unchanged even if the face of getting fired, telling her bosses, ‘“Because all that’s in that book isn’t true.” Mary is one of …show more content…
Even in the racist 1930’s Mary preaches the truth of her history teaching the kids, “... her lesson for the day was slavery. She spoke on the cruelty of it; of the rich economic cycle it generated as slaves produced the raw products,” which the children needed to know in order to understand their history. Mary espouses the truth of slavery no matter the consequences with her losing her job for the truth she spoke as she realizes, ‘“I taught things some folks just didn’t want to …show more content…
After Cassie has her first contact with racism, she pours her heart and soul out to comfort her daughter telling her, ‘“Baby, we have no choice of what color we’re born or who our parents are or whether we’re rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we’re here.”’ Mary also shows her love by wanting to protect Stacey from the trip to Vicksburg arguing with her husband to let him stay home saying, ‘“David, he’s just a boy.”’ The married couple despite their disagreement do deeply love each other with David saying the reason for their love, ‘““you took one look at big, handsome me and no one else would

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