Little Rock Nine Video Response

While watching the video I always knew of the violence and oppression but I could never really grasp how hateful and putrid the community was. I never experienced racial oppression and never experienced rally's or riots that would attempt to stop me from integrating with another race. The concept was not foreign but the feeling was. I couldn't relate but I can related to negativity. When the speaker spoke about gym class it gave a more clear understanding of what this was. Fear and misguided anger. Fear because they have never seen another black student and anger that is miss-aimed because they believe their purity ideology is being violated. When the gym coach who should be a role model told the kids to be a "man" and fight one on one it shows how poisoned the mind was back then and why it took so long to spread. When you act in violence you only ferment it more. The white kid who was being choked to death by his dog tags will live his life in resentment because a black student almost killed him and humiliated him. The cycle of violence keeps the hatred strong and maintains tension. I feel overall the situation couldn't have happened any other way.