Emmett Till

The poem was strongly moving. I just learned about Emmett Till's case, and I understand how gruesome this case would be to show too elementary and middle school kids, but I believe that when you get to high school kids should learn about this case during black history month. It’s a shame that not many people know about Emmett Till’s case but I believe that this poem showed more than the mess of Emmett Till’s case it showed him as a person and a different way of viewing the case. Instead of seeing him as a slaughter case, there is more to a human the revenge, hurt, and sorrow. It is easy to hurt, and it is easy to lash out on someone for their mistakes, but I believe that it takes much courage to understand that people have hurt you, and some people do thing that anger you, but what is it to you after you lash out on them, what is it to you to hurt them as badly as they’ve hurt you? The pain never dies, and the hurt inside you will continue, until you bring peace within yourself. The past shows us what we’ve done and what has happen to whites and blacks, but what has happen then only affects how we act now. The hatred in us between the two races is what you make of it, why hate someone for what their ancestors did? And why belittle someone? If you think you are more powerful, stronger and wiser, than prove it. There is no need to make someone feel like they are nothing, because everyone means something to someone, even if they don’t mean anything to you.