Most recent public comments by Caitlin Chen https://nowcomment.com/users/99879 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288313 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288313 They may have thought that he was aiming to be an equal to them. The common logic at this time that Black people could never be equal to White people in any form is completely disgusting. White people would deny education to Black people as some kind of method to ensure that White people were "superior". Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:26:18 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288307 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288307 This scene also shows how much more corrupt the police were at the time. He watched White men drag a Black women screaming and crying into a shop and abuse her, and then waited for her to come out knowing what state she would be in and arrest her. He most likely did this for no other reason than thinking that she, as a Black woman, was not a human and was below him. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:21:45 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288270 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288270 The two White men knew that they could say whatever they wanted to get Richard out of the factory, and no one would contest them because no one would believe a Black man's word over two White men. But was there ever anything that Richard did to make those two men hate him? Probably not. They hated him for the fact that he was Black. This discrimination and prejudiced power dynamic didn't just exist in the workplace, it existed everywhere for Black people. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:07:43 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288252 White people didn't see Black people as equals. They didn't think they deserved the training and education that White people did. This also ties into the Jim Crow schools, in which they segregated the schools by race and didn't allow Black children to learn at White schools, which had overall better teaching and education quality. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:01:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288202 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250943?scroll_to=2288202 This reinforces the idea that in a situation where a Black person and a White person are at odds, people will never side with the Black person. No matter who instigated it, people will see the White kids as the victims. A fight like this could endanger Richard's life, his family, and their jobs, even if it was unfair and prejudiced. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:58:50 -0500