All American
Boys
The
current paper is concerned with the racism portrayed in All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. This story
is clearly depicting the condition of Black boys in America. Rashad was a sixteen-year-old
pupil who was mistakenly accused of stealing. His classmate Quinn had witnessed
the entire matter of brutal beating. He was beaten by Police Officer, who is
accidently brother of Rashad’s best friend. Entire story is seen from the
perspective of Rashad and Quinn (Dennis).
For this research paper, quote from Martin Luther King Jr. has been chosen.
Martin Luther has depicted that “If we are to have peace on earth… our
loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and
this means we must develop a world perspective” with the help of this quote, it
has been understood that everyone in the world should maintain peace. Rashad stated
that police officials told his friends the he had been caught due to stealing;
police officer also added that Rashad did not want to surrender and caused
several public annoyances. He was beaten by police officers and his entire body
was covered with vermin. “Police Officer
explained to my Folks that I had been caught stealing. Not only that, but I had
also been charged with resisting arrest and Public nuisance (p.44)”. Rashad stated that he was not only
tortured but also mentally punished for such crime, which was not done by Rashad.
Rashad was harassed physically as well as mentally. When the authors state “Truth is I was feeling two ways.
Physically, I Obviously didn’t feel great, that’s for sure, clearly shows Rashad’s experience in police station
(p.45).
In
addition to this Rashad was in hospital due to several bruises on his face. He
was sent to hospital, because he was severely beaten by police officers. In the
middle of every collision, the only thing that could charm him is the Voice of
Clarissa to which he was fascinated. He liked to have company of Clarissa and
waited for Clarissa. He feels soothing while communicating with Clarissa. Everything
moved him. He loved the way she spoke to him, treated him, and respected him.
His emotions are depicted as “Knock,
Knock. The door opened and there was Clarissa pushing my lunch cart in” (p.
86) which also shows his hidden respect and affection for Clarissa. Rashad did
not like to expose his emotion in front of his parents. Therefore, he behaved
stiffly in front of his parents and engaged himself in his daily work. Even, he
did not like Pastor to come in. Rashad had demonstrated the word “exactly”
because media is imprinting wrong information in the mind of the viewers. “Rashad?” my mother called through the crack
in the door”.
From
inside, Rashad wanted to narrate everything in front of everyone but he was
incapable in doing so. News and media are portraying everything wrongly; even,
they are using several racist term against him. He tried to explain the exact
matter of that day. “I knew exactly what
I was drawing. The only thing I could. I was going to re-create the scene, what
had happened to me, what was playing constantly on the news, on the page”. As
Rashad was seeing this news while he was in hospital, Clarissa was present at
that time and being the modest woman, she did not want to hurt emotions of Rashad.
Therefore, she stated that the news was complete out of track. It did not show
any valuable detail. Clarissa was trying to motivate him and distracting him
from the news.
“Clarissa
glanced as the TV again. Then back to me.” When
Rashad was returning from school; Rashad was a genuine schoolboy and he had no
anxiety for anyone particularly. He loved to stay mutually everyone around him.
He had left with no respect for Paul still when Paul waved him he waved him
back. Rashad thought that may be Paul was repenting and thinking that he had
done wrong with Rashad. “He waved me and
I waved him back”. Paul was repenting and telling Rashad that media is
spreading wrong news against him. Anybody should not try believe this. “Paul sniffed again. His eyes were
bloodshot.” His mother is in search of a good lawyer so that his son is
able to get justice. “My mother did
eventually show up with the lawyer she found Wednesday evening”…..“This is the
Lady who was in the store. She was here today”. The storekeeper had come to
meet him and she would be there to verify everything.
From
the above analysis of the essay, it has been understood that white people
torture black people for no specific reasons or causes. Quotation of Martin
Luther has been chosen to understand the impact of racism in the mentality of
Black people. Loyalty should be transcended through race, class, nation and
tribe. People all over the world should be treated with utmost dignity and
respect. This book is about the racism and how black people are treated. With
the help of this book, harassment faced by racist people can be understood well.
Martin has preached that people should live with peace and they should have
respect for every people despite of their complexion and gender.
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