A Discussion of Everything That Rises Must Converge
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.
In this way, Julian is not completely free from being racist himself. The family lacks education about the human race from a biological standpoint. 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. Margaret Wente's article "Black Blame, White Guilt" talks about this. Black babies are cute, according to Julian's mother. Both are racist or prejudiced in their own way. 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 feels guilty because of his mothers racism towards black people. But Julian feels guilty because of his mothers racism, so he treats black people differently from white people. One generation thinks they know better than the other. "The Age of White Guilt" is an essay by Mr. But in reality, both generations continue the prejudice that they struggle to eliminate.
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