Tuesday, November 27, 2018
response to the in class video
Watching Dick Moss return to his school in the documentary "With all Deliberate Speed" after so many years really puts a light on how the world worked in his time in comparison to why he had to attend. His father made it his decision and because they where good people and not just a god fearing honest American like so many others in his town. Moss went there to help in full support and it wouldn't be long for the protection of being white to wear off which more noble than anything else...
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I agree, Moss did risk quite a bit being white and supporting black people. As you said at the end, it wouldn't be long before his white-ness would excuse him from being ridiculed by other whites. Back in these days, being white and friends with a black person was almost just as "bad" as being black itself. He did shine a light in this documentary of how things worked in the deep south during the segregation era.
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