tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post4923589670610402007..comments2024-03-19T18:51:58.496-05:00Comments on Cultural Front: The Warmth of Other Suns: 95 - 164H. Rambsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862209871277442972noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-30381971371893073862016-04-29T15:56:38.300-05:002016-04-29T15:56:38.300-05:00I believe that the most touching part about the ne...I believe that the most touching part about the need to migrate was the chance for opportunity that these people would not have otherwise had. People learn to accept less and settle for unfair conditions and chances to become the best that they can be. On p 106, Wilkerson states "people learned to want less and live with whatever they had," which is true but also very sad because until the migration, what they had in the south was all they had ever known.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04485414270036684588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-71556253365867039692016-04-29T15:39:35.558-05:002016-04-29T15:39:35.558-05:00Something that stood out to me when they were trav...Something that stood out to me when they were traveling along the Mississippi River into Arkansas and all the people were packed tightly together and Pershing reflected back upon his experience. He said " Some have endured and that's all they've known...They don't expect anything better, and nobody's demanding anything better" (114). Pershing said he felt he had to submit which demonstrated to me that he was not one to settle or get comfortable with the oppression he was forced to be in.Brianna R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-3249932490275656112016-04-29T15:37:16.934-05:002016-04-29T15:37:16.934-05:00On thing that stuck with me reading this section c...On thing that stuck with me reading this section came from page 104 in the section talking about the Depression and how a white man was stealing from others just to be able to have enough to eat and also about how people learned to want less and live with what they have. This stuck with me because it really shows how much people were struggling during that time if white people had to turn to stealing just to survive.Tashawna Nashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-48520390702345153392016-04-29T13:55:09.117-05:002016-04-29T13:55:09.117-05:00One of the scenes that helped me imagine the great...One of the scenes that helped me imagine the great migration was on page 109 when the author was describing how the men knew the ins and outs to trying to pick the most cotton. People did whatever they could to provide for their family and be able to be selected the next time to be a picker. Another thing that stuck out to me was on pages 108 and 109 when they told the story of how 10 year old Reuben had to help his uncle remove a body that had been lynched, and how this memory made him mentally hard from then on.Alexis Acoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-17878337072250135832016-04-29T13:53:43.346-05:002016-04-29T13:53:43.346-05:00Isabel Wilkerson's references to deserts, fork...Isabel Wilkerson's references to deserts, forked roads, or never-ending darkness created a clearer picture of all the things you face with change. IT also made me think about how change isn't all sunny and rainbows. In addition it makes me think of the Robert Frost wrote, "I took the road less traveled by and that has made all the difference." Foster's road traveled, although tough, would make all the difference in his future. ,<br /><br />Tiera W. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528390039024269554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-54651144048114254722016-04-29T13:41:37.077-05:002016-04-29T13:41:37.077-05:00The lifestyle lead before the migration was hard. ...The lifestyle lead before the migration was hard. Page 98 states, "They picked until they were hypnotized by the picking." This quote is referencing just how much cotton they picked. I couldn't imagine doing such a labor until I was hypnotized. This was most helpful to me for thinking about the Great Migration because it placed me in a real life scenario that I could not see myself settling for. The Great Migration was necessary even if the change just meant not having to pick so much cotton. <br /><br />Tiera W.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528390039024269554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-38484743525527243552016-04-29T00:47:25.277-05:002016-04-29T00:47:25.277-05:00The conditions in the south prior to the great mig...The conditions in the south prior to the great migration was terrible, specially since the enforcing of the Jim crow laws. With such terrible conditions, "people learned to want less and live with whatever they had" (Wilkerson 106). The terrible conditions operated as a push factor that lead to the great migration. The conditions would not necessarily get better once traveling up north which reversed the effect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472530413849370193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-44902786306499967102016-04-28T01:50:08.458-05:002016-04-28T01:50:08.458-05:00On page 103 Ida Mae talks about how she named her ...On page 103 Ida Mae talks about how she named her son James Walter. This was the name of a white man that neither her nor George had met, but they knew that he was successful. That little section does a good job of showcasing part of the Great Migration because many African Americans wanted their children to be successful and in a changing world many African Americans named their children after successful whites in hopes that their luck with success would rub off onto their children.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381729118239011375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-75776972097868703392016-04-28T00:43:21.196-05:002016-04-28T00:43:21.196-05:00A scene that stood out to me, was on Page 158 with...A scene that stood out to me, was on Page 158 with the surgeon Robert Pershing. “He had worked long hours, odd hours, building up his reputation, but it had left him no further ahead. Most southern hospitals wouldn’t allow him in an operating room no matter how gifted he was or what he’d done in the army.” This was a perfect example of why there was a need for the migration to the North. A colored man who with just as much, if not more, skill than the other surgeons around him and fought for the south, was still discriminated against despite his credentials. It was the hope that a better life existed in the North that played a major role in the migration. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926647560294551516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-64997636390054743432016-04-27T11:00:16.341-05:002016-04-27T11:00:16.341-05:00I found it interesting how Isabel Wilkerson fast f...I found it interesting how Isabel Wilkerson fast forwarded to the future (in the Great Depression) and explained how people did migrate up to the north and what gave them the idea. The two examples were George Swanson Starling(p.gs106-112) and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster(p.gs113-122). In George’s case he was well educated but working a poorly paying job. His education made it possible for him to move towards higher paying work even if it is up north. As for Pershing, it was very possible for him to move north to achieve a higher education there, but didn’t. While both of them stayed in the south, their ideas and hopes of achieving a dream and a better life in the north were shared by many. These ideas are what led other African Americans away from the south.Xavier Morrison- Wallacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-46832366442577097212016-04-26T20:46:44.668-05:002016-04-26T20:46:44.668-05:00The scene that helped me understand The Great Mig...The scene that helped me understand The Great Migration best was on page 99. "Many years later, the people would stand up to water hoses and sheriffs' dogs to be treated as equal. But for now the people resisted in silent, everyday rebellions that would build up to a storm at midcentury." I feel like something similar is going on today. After sitting quietly for so many years and allowing police brutality to happen, we are finally standing up. It's crazy and also relieving that all the police that were abusing their power are finally getting caught. Just like many years ago, we are, once again today, standing up to 'water hoses and sherrifs' to be treated as equal. Ashley Bassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-44317794960128613932016-04-13T14:49:57.472-05:002016-04-13T14:49:57.472-05:00The scene in the story that helped me view the Gre...The scene in the story that helped me view the Great Migration started off as quickly as the chapter did. Right at page 95, it is mentioned how the people would go out to work in the cotton field for Mr. Edd. Cotton picking is typically seen as a slave job for the people that weren't able to do anything else. It is connected to the poor and struggling society who are just trying to make ends meet. With those associations, it was easy to see how the Great Migration was.<br />Alona D.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544297765751655480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-14677206141084783832016-04-11T23:33:18.334-05:002016-04-11T23:33:18.334-05:00I thought it was most helpful when reading about G...I thought it was most helpful when reading about George Starling going to Detroit for a short time on page 130. I thought it was interesting because you usually do not hear about people migrating and then going back to the South. He had schooling and thought he could make more money up north which he did but he did not realize how hard it would be to simply live there. Riots started breaking out over rumors and he realized that the money was not worth living in such a dangerous place.Kelsey Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-60953880581734211452016-04-05T21:06:30.434-05:002016-04-05T21:06:30.434-05:00What really put things into perspective for me wou...What really put things into perspective for me would have to be how George Starling, in essence, started a union in the groves. More specifically when his pushing the limits really became an issue around pages 155-157. Even though the other pickers had ratted him, Sam, and Mud out, George was still a positive impact on the in his community. He had changed so much that he started getting the wrong type of attention. Without the kid that he had helped for free his life would have been over like that. The only way the owners could deal with him was to kill him, and seeing that George would not compromise his ideals, he had to leave. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627403164666024375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-45402014997578590812016-03-11T14:29:48.865-06:002016-03-11T14:29:48.865-06:00From page 105, "People learned to want less a...From page 105, "People learned to want less and live with whatever they had," helped me better understand the struggles of the Great Migration. Families began to live in fear of the unknown. What they had planned was out of reach and many could only hope. Unfortunately, still to Whites, being Black still meant obedience. Not many people were trustworthy during the time of the Depression.Shardai J-H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-59141716837451259692016-03-01T19:37:35.471-06:002016-03-01T19:37:35.471-06:00The scene that was most helpful for understanding ...The scene that was most helpful for understanding the great migration was on pages 106-107. George is talking to another picker and he says that there was no point in him going to college because he was still there with everyone else picking cotton. George's rebuttal stood out to me because he said that "when the opportunity presents itself" he can leave and the other pickers can't. I believe that the educated vs. the non-educated was a big factor in determining those who started the Great Migration.Tameah Foleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-52696257771094355312016-02-29T21:16:55.852-06:002016-02-29T21:16:55.852-06:00The scene that helped me understand the great migr...The scene that helped me understand the great migration the most was on page 163-164. It says, "the police tore up the tickets of colored passengers as they stood waiting to board their hopes of escapes." This part helped me because it made it more real to see how difficult it was for the people of the south to actually make it to the north and it was really a risky move.Samiya Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-3412207090251846822016-02-27T16:53:57.511-06:002016-02-27T16:53:57.511-06:00Page 99 helped me visualize the great migration th...Page 99 helped me visualize the great migration the most. This part helped me visualize because it showed how in the future we would still be fighting to be treated equally, and when they mentioned we would have to stand up to the sheriffs with their dogs I thought about the black lives matter movement going on currently and all the police brutalityAlicia Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-78014611333335444712016-02-25T15:04:57.410-06:002016-02-25T15:04:57.410-06:00Pages 104-105 talk about the Depression, and it ma...Pages 104-105 talk about the Depression, and it made me realize how hard of a time it was for everybody. She talks about how people were looking for scraps to eat, and it was not just the poor who struggled, but the rich as well. It depicts a scene that nobody would want to see, or better yet experience. <br /><br />Jade H. Jade H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-47219480433882380882016-02-22T11:34:18.538-06:002016-02-22T11:34:18.538-06:00One part of the reading that helped me understand ...One part of the reading that helped me understand the Great Migration was when Pershing Foster when to Morehouse College. W.E.B. Du Bois came to Atlanta University and the President of the university did not agree with Du Bois ideals since he was from the north (p. 120). Also, Foster's dream was to get out of the South and move to California or go to graduate school in the north. This was seen as a status symbol to go to schools in the north. Barry F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-79298131567527213352016-02-18T19:19:03.673-06:002016-02-18T19:19:03.673-06:00a scene that really stood out to me was found on p...a scene that really stood out to me was found on page 104. it talks about not only is the great migration happen but also the great depression. it brings to light the fact that everyone is struggling even the white people. and how hard it is to eat everyday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364118790520755134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-35550548691758223482016-02-18T11:31:26.118-06:002016-02-18T11:31:26.118-06:00The topic that was the most helpful for me underst...The topic that was the most helpful for me understanding The Great Migration was on page 99 where the author started to explain what it was like picking cotton for the characters everyday. It caught my attention that they would be in competition with each other to pick the most cotton and that they would try to make it look like they had the most cotton picked. They became extremely clever with the ways that they would trick others into thinking they had more cotton than they had. It is interesting to me that they needed to convince others that they had the most cotton. It shows how much they were struggling to earn money.Aliyah B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-61582329772604454362016-02-17T16:45:45.810-06:002016-02-17T16:45:45.810-06:00Page 97 really caught my attention because it was ...Page 97 really caught my attention because it was so heartbreaking. Historian Donald Halley says, "It was like piking a hundred pounds of feathers, a hundred pounds of lint dust." He refers to picking cotton as "one of the most backbreaking firms of stoop later ever known." Accordingly, Ida Mae would have to pick 70 bolls just to make a single pound of cotton. That just seems absurd to me. I can't believe that much work would go into just one pound. It was torture for them and the descriptions Ida uses for when they were in the fields were almost hard to read.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857658587522946401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-54258541749647377852016-02-16T22:44:00.486-06:002016-02-16T22:44:00.486-06:00On page 113, she talked about how Pershing was mov... On page 113, she talked about how Pershing was moving out of the south. The story really grasped my attention where it said that the eleventh grade "was as far as you could go if you were colored in Louisiana." His bus ride was terrible, and he was forced to keep moving further and further back, so the white people could sit ahead of him.<br /> Pershing had a rough life in the south, but he had the privilege of moving to the Northeast. There, he was able to go to college, and live a happier, more humane lifestyle. The Great Migration was a positive movement, and a turning point for African Americans.Persephone C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-77993260420253698632016-02-16T18:03:45.941-06:002016-02-16T18:03:45.941-06:00On page 163, it talks about the steps southerners ...On page 163, it talks about the steps southerners took to keep POC from moving north. "When the people kept leaving, the South resorted to coercion and interception worthy of the Soviet Union." The paragraph goes on to describe different examples of the tactics used. This helped me with visualizing the Great Migration because earlier in the reading they talked about how many people were leaving but this section helped me understand just how serious the migration of all the POC was to the south.Jessie C.noreply@blogger.com