tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post415105782338087014..comments2024-03-19T18:51:58.496-05:00Comments on Cultural Front: The Warmth of Other Suns: (285 – 363)H. Rambsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862209871277442972noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-47413523496263659072016-04-29T16:03:29.228-05:002016-04-29T16:03:29.228-05:00What touched me most was what was written about th...What touched me most was what was written about the children and the way that they were treated. On p. 386, Wilkerson writes "The unequal living conditions produced the expected unequal results: blacks working long hours for overpriced flats, their children left unsupervised and open to gangs.." It would be hard to adjust to a lifestyle or the ways of a community if your children are being treated unfairly. In my opinion, it would result in more deaths because if my child were being mistreated, I would not be okay with doing the job that was asked of me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04485414270036684588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-55444088661642203512016-04-29T15:38:53.008-05:002016-04-29T15:38:53.008-05:00One challenge that they faced that was really stoo...One challenge that they faced that was really stood out for me was right in the beginning of the reading on page 286 about worrying about being accepted or rejected. This stood out for me because although it was nice of the woman to come and introduce herself to Ida and give her advice she also took advantage of her. She took advantage of her by giving her wine which Ida had never had before and by drinking the wine while she was home with her children, something could have happened that she may not have been able to handle.Tashawna Nashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-67862734175425212382016-04-29T14:16:55.199-05:002016-04-29T14:16:55.199-05:00This section of the book talks about many differen...This section of the book talks about many different challenges but one that stood out to me was the fear that migrants held during their trips from the South to the North. They tried to make themselves seem more sophisticated as they acted as Northerners but it still wasn't enough to assimilate them into this new environment. From page 292-296 the author detailed how migrants had to leave a lot of their belongings behind because they simply couldn't take everything. I'm sure that must have been hard for them to leave everything that they once knew to start another life somewhere completely unfamiliar to them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727922972591053716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-40701064957742013522016-04-29T14:15:38.230-05:002016-04-29T14:15:38.230-05:00The most notable challenge new migrants had to fac...The most notable challenge new migrants had to face in my opinion is on page 287. The text states, "In the receiving cities of the North and West, the newcomers had to worry about acceptance or rejection not only from whites they encountered but from the colored people who arrived ahead of them, who could at times be the most sneeringly judgmental of all." I think the irony of it is so surreal, being worried about acceptance of others who not too long ago were in the same predicament as you in addition to already struggling to get acclimated to a place. If anything I would think they would want to help. <br /><br />Tiera W.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528390039024269554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-21416260756042851122016-04-29T14:05:28.836-05:002016-04-29T14:05:28.836-05:00I'd say that one of the struggles that was dif...I'd say that one of the struggles that was difficult to get over was the fact that people were not going to accept the migrants right away and that rejection was almost expected everywhere they went, page 287. Sometimes white children in the cities that blacks migrated to had never seen a black person before and were taught from then on that we were inferior, stupid, disease-carrying creatures that were not and would never be on their level of importance in the world. I can relate to this because even though I am not in the situation they were in, I still want to feel accepted by the dominant race to feel some sort of belonging to this country. It is sad that I and many others feel this way.Alexis Acoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-47289276859551453922016-04-29T13:26:07.251-05:002016-04-29T13:26:07.251-05:00The main challenges of those settling down in the ...The main challenges of those settling down in the big city was the adjustment to a new society and different way of living. Ida Mae had to learn not to be so trusting of city folk(286) and Robert foster was being more exposed to other cultures. Foster needed to learn to come to a compromise with Alice, his wife, as far as the differences in their culinary tastes(298). Getting use to a different culture can be overwhelming at first.Xavier Morrison- Wallacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-63846852213126036942016-04-29T11:53:19.465-05:002016-04-29T11:53:19.465-05:00The attention to overall changes in lifestyle on p...The attention to overall changes in lifestyle on page 285-287 were more surprising to me than the ones that you would come to expect of blacks moving from the south to the north. It was interesting that even though the south represented so much pain in the eyes of black people, they still had a hard time adjusting to the close-quartered city life of the north. There was always part of them that felt as if the south is where they were most comfortable. <br /><br />-John H.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017077870751919059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-33361873817037933882016-04-29T11:47:10.618-05:002016-04-29T11:47:10.618-05:00One of the most notable challenges to me was on pa...One of the most notable challenges to me was on page 386 when Wilkerson says, "The unequal living conditions produced the expected unequal results: blacks working long hours for overpriced flats, their children left unsupervised and open to gangs, the resulting rise in crime and drugs..." I was mainly baffled by the fact that the nobody really cared or paid attention to the children. A community cannot have a positive growth if the kids are exposed to such a malicious environment. And this just only made me feel so terrible that people were okay with that.<br /><br />-Jade H.Jade H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-80493256806084193352016-04-28T02:05:42.019-05:002016-04-28T02:05:42.019-05:00I think the very first section is beginning on pa...I think the very first section is beginning on page 285 to the top of 287 is the perfect example because the biggest challenge when entering a new environment is the people and Ida Mae hadn't become accustomed to that quite yet. Ida Mae was used to the South when on every plantation everyone knew one another and they never had to worry about who their neighbor was. She had the same mindset when she finally made it up North to Chicago and met a woman who lived in the same place as her. While the woman gave her some helpful advice she also took advantage and gave her something she knew would affect Ida because she had never experienced wine before. In every situation that someone is put in they always say that people are the scariest thing because you never know how they are going to treat and how you are going to respond to them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381729118239011375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-23872360856035935142016-04-28T00:16:09.206-05:002016-04-28T00:16:09.206-05:00One of the surprising challenges that the immigran...One of the surprising challenges that the immigrants faced was the fact that black immigrants were discriminated against by colored people in the North. On Page 287, it says “The small colony of colored people already in the New World had made a place for themselves as an almost invisible minority by the time the migration began.” This came as a surprise because colored immigrants would need the support of the Northerners. However, few colored men in the in the New World felt that the immigrants would hurt the image that they worked hard to achieve.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926647560294551516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-25751566882505799882016-04-27T00:54:20.437-05:002016-04-27T00:54:20.437-05:00The challenges that the immigrants faced shocked m...The challenges that the immigrants faced shocked me. I've heard about some of the issues taking place from history classes I've taken, but it is different when you are hearing the story from a subjective view. Usually, in class, the perspective is analytical and objective. This gave us more insight on how much they went through on a personal level. One thing that stuck with me was on page 287. It talks about how some Northern African Americans would treat them poorly. I thought that this was shocking, because you would expect them to sympathize with them. I can't believe that they just disregarded their similar experiences.Aliyah B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-9583660519381395472016-04-26T21:14:10.299-05:002016-04-26T21:14:10.299-05:00The quote that you mentioned on page 287 was parti...The quote that you mentioned on page 287 was particularly notable to me. It is sad that the New Comers had to deal with sneering judgments from people who used to be just like them. It makes no sense that the 'originals' feel like they were better than the others because they were 'first'. That issue is still prevalent today. Many people do not want to help others out, they just want all the benefits to themselves. Ashley Bassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-732841347221310942016-04-21T23:33:50.162-05:002016-04-21T23:33:50.162-05:00I think the biggest challenge the migrants faced w...I think the biggest challenge the migrants faced would be acquiring a job. Ida Mae and her husband were unskilled and migrants from the south and Ida Mae was a woman so that just made it that much harder. On page 315 it says how George was having trouble keeping a stable job. He was kind of bouncing around and making what he could. Ida Mae said time and time again she needed to find work if they wanted to keep their family afloat like on page 318. Kelsey Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-12527962824656411502016-04-16T20:26:20.754-05:002016-04-16T20:26:20.754-05:00The challenges they faced were not all that bad ex...The challenges they faced were not all that bad expect for Ida Mae who had the most challenges out of the three. Even then near then end of the section all of the challenges seemed to have resolved pretty easily but I wished Wilkerson had given more focus to Ida Mae. Around page 336 when things could have quickly gone south for her, the notion of her refusing to have sex with the employer/husband was the pretty much the apex of her struggles. It did show how black woman where at the bottom of the barrel and how people would bend over backwards so they wouldn't employ them. Her struggles didn't really stick with me how her challenges where fixed in about a page or two when she got her hospital job. Although I knew it was hard for Black woman to fine work and support themselves it really broke the immersion for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627403164666024375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-92166919689389127282016-04-13T21:23:45.690-05:002016-04-13T21:23:45.690-05:00I think the most notable thing about this chapter ...I think the most notable thing about this chapter is how newcomers had to worry about acceptance from whites and blacks. The blacks of the North were not as accepting as one would think and they were more judgmental. On page 290 the author quoted a woman saying "Yes, some colored people are very disgusted, but as far as I'm concerned, the first thing I give them is getting out of the situation they were in...Maybe they don't know how to dress or comb their hair or anything, but their children will and THEIR children will." I think that the most challenging thing for the southerners coming to the north would be just to fit in physically and behave like a "northern" black.<br /><br />-B. NigedaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790728637953897177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-51278106360787365842016-04-13T17:11:19.282-05:002016-04-13T17:11:19.282-05:00On page 287, "In the receiving cities of the ...On page 287, "In the receiving cities of the North and West, the newcomers like Ida Mae had to worry about acceptance or rejection not only from whites they encountered but from the colored people who arrived ahead of them," is the most notable quote that portrays the challenges immigrants faced during the Great Migration. Not only were they faced with more racism from which they were leaving, but they also were criticized by their peers who should have been more of a helping hand. Shardai J-H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-25461954015552245252016-04-13T15:06:33.726-05:002016-04-13T15:06:33.726-05:00The challenges that the newcomers had to face seem...The challenges that the newcomers had to face seemed like it was rude and very degrading the way it was presented but in a seemingly helpful way. On page 291, there was a list of rules for the newcomers to go by like "Get a job at once" or "Don't keep your children out of school". The community seem like they wanted to help guide the newcomers to having a better life for them and their families, but the way they went about it was wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544297765751655480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-33071267325917180922016-04-10T21:08:09.726-05:002016-04-10T21:08:09.726-05:00I thought it was terrible that the African America...I thought it was terrible that the African Americans who already lived in the north treated the newcomers so bad. No one should be discriminated toward because of their skin color, but I really do not understand why people who shared the same skin color of the new migrants would be so rude. How could they think they were any better?<br />The part that really stood out to me was the list that "The Defender" made on page 290. The Chicago Defender wrote rules to try to "correct the country people," as if they were animals. Instead of having to abide by a list of do's and don'ts, which most of them probably could not read the new migrants should have been probably educated.Persephone C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-286911731930178012016-04-04T17:12:00.191-05:002016-04-04T17:12:00.191-05:00A challenge that stood out to me is located on pag...A challenge that stood out to me is located on page 290. It says, "It turned out that the old-timers were harder on the new people than most anyone else." This really surprised me because I did not expect the other colored people to judge the newcomers so harshly. If anything, I thought that the old-timers would be understanding since they had similar history.Samiya Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982331782270432788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-5598101832558445282016-03-20T19:17:26.911-05:002016-03-20T19:17:26.911-05:00a challenge that was notable to me was between pag...a challenge that was notable to me was between pages 287-289. This passage talked about how the new black immigrants from the south were trying to find a place for themselves. It talked about how the black people who were already in the north welcomed the immigrants and their money but how the immigrants couldn't find a place that was truly comfortable for them, forcing them to create things apart from the already present blacks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364118790520755134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-45346420273673792062016-03-20T18:52:55.427-05:002016-03-20T18:52:55.427-05:00The most difficult challenge noted by me was also ...The most difficult challenge noted by me was also one of the most obvious. I think that the sheer difficulty that came from the adjustment to a change of lifestyle was the hardest obstacle that the migraters had to face. They had to obtain new jobs in a foreign land in order to survive. "A good portion were in the servant class." This shows that despite their recent freedom, African Americans were still forced to take jobs similar to the enslavement that they previously overcame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05339612151937986474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-92034574403929067372016-03-20T13:35:42.959-05:002016-03-20T13:35:42.959-05:00What was notable for me is how they were treated. ...What was notable for me is how they were treated. Even though they were capable of taking care of themselves, people still looked down upon them. They were still being discriminated against, it was them against the world at that point.Kaine C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-215829155584057092016-03-20T10:35:35.570-05:002016-03-20T10:35:35.570-05:00There were many challenges the immigrants had to f...There were many challenges the immigrants had to face not only from the whites but from blacks as well. I think one of the hardest challenges in life is to be accepted by any race, gender, etc. It's sad that being accepted by their own people is hard but this is still prevalent in todays society. I think the biggest problem they faced was on page 291 where they were told the "Do's and Don'ts" of the new society. It was like the old-timers saw the new-comers as inexperienced dogs that needed to be trained to fit in. Everybody wanted the same thing, a better life, so nobody should look down, or belittle anybody back then and today. <br />Tayler G. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455689380241936290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-50714505286883796372016-03-19T22:15:16.523-05:002016-03-19T22:15:16.523-05:00As an immigrant myself, I very much related to thi...As an immigrant myself, I very much related to this topic. On page 291, where it talked about the Do's and the Don'ts when immigrating to a different country and or moving to a different location in the same country. Moving from Ghana, Africa to Carbondale Illinois, was such a culture shock for not only me (I was 4), but for my parents, especially my mom. Things that we were used to were so much different from what people were used to, in Illinois. The lingo, the values, and just everything. It is challenging when moving to a different country. I think the most important thing is to not lose yourself, in trying to please and fit in. Yes, try to adjust to the culture, but don't forget your own heritage.<br /><br />-Asher DenkyirahAsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165764499862953077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-34821795419131057412016-03-19T18:40:01.323-05:002016-03-19T18:40:01.323-05:00I think that one of the hardest challenges is find...I think that one of the hardest challenges is finding one's place in the world. This specifically refers to page 287 where Wilkerson states that "the newcomers like Ida Mae had to worry about acceptance or rejection not only from whites they encountered but from the colored people who arrived ahead of them, who could at times be the most sneeringly judgmental of all" (287). This is common among blacks and whites today, which is also stated to be a factor in black on black crime. Despite all of the progress towards equality, humans still dislike each other for their seemingly ignorant or amazingly logical reasons, such as those in the novel. <br /><br />-Joshua J.Joshua Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16487824883643081031noreply@blogger.com