COMPARING ARTICLES

Comparing Two Articles

Comparing Two Articles

Introduction

This assignment is based on comparing two articles: “What was Jim Crow Legislation” and “The Garbage man: why I collect racist objects?” by David Pilgrim. David Pilgrim is a curator of Jim Crow museum and a Professor of Sociology at the Ferris State University. David throws light on the topic of racism and discrimination against the Black African Americans in his literary works. While we compare the two writings of David Pilgrim, we offer substantial comparison of the major features of the article and comparison of the two writing on the basis of their findings and theoretical underpinning.

Discussion

The article “What was Jim Crow Legislation” is based on the provision of the Jim Crow legislation. Jim Crow is a series of Anti-Black laws that supported discriminatory attitudes against the Blacks in almost all spheres of life. This state law greatly discriminated the Blacks from having a neutral position in society along with the Whites. The author has carefully studied the aspects of the Jim Crow law and highlights the limitations of the law against the progress of the Black Africans (George, 1971). This shows that the author has regard for the Blacks due to which he resents the law provisions and highlights its negative aspects in his work. Jim Crow racist system heavily denies the Blacks' right to normal interactions and activities along with their White fellows. They cannot even shake hands with the White, according to the law. This reflects that the Whites are equal to the Blacks in status, which was not acceptable to the American community at all (Robbin, Leon, Erskine, 1992).

The second article “The Garbage man: Why I collect racist objects?” is an indication of David's commitment towards increasing the level of tolerance among the Black community for the ...