Everything That Rises Must Converge" is a short story, written by Flannery O'Connor, about Julian and his mother and their trip to the Y. One of the threads in this story is generational racism.
             Julian's mother thinks that black people are inferior to white people. Her grandfather owned two hundred slaves to work his plantation. "Your great-grandfather had a plantation and two hundred slaves." she says to Julian. She believes that it is acceptable that the black people rise, but only on their own side of the fence. "They should rise, yes, but on their own side of the fence." she explains to Julian. She does not believe that black people belong in the same society as white people. Black babies are cute, according to Julian's mother. This is an example of Julian's mother thinking black people are inferior: "She thought little Negroes on the whole were cuter than little white children." Julian thinks to himself.
             Julian feels guilty because of his mothers racism towards black people. Margaret Wente's article "Black Blame, White Guilt" talks about this. "The Age of White Guilt" is an essay by Mr. Steele, and Margaret Wente talks about his article as well.
             Julian's mother has the same views of black people that the slave owners before her believed. She still thinks of black people as inferior to white people. Julian on the other hand is of a new, younger generation, that believes that black people should be treated the same as white people. But Julian feels guilty because of his mothers racism, so he treats black people differently from white people. In this way, Julian is not completely free from being racist himself.
             Julian's mother thinks that black people are so different from herself that they cannot get along with white people in the same society. Julian wants to treat black people differently than white people to make up for past discrimination. Both are racist or prejudiced in their own way. The fam...