From the two short stories you have read what do we learn about what :: English Literature

From the two short stories you have read what do we learn about whatit was desire for the Statesn black tidy sum to live in Americain the mid-fifties?From the two short stories The Gold Cadillac by M.D. Taylor and 1955by Alice Walker, both coiffe in 1950s America and both written by blackfemale writers we learn about the segregation, racism and poverty of1950s black America. Both these stories are set in the deep south ofAmerica. The gold Cadillac is about a young black girl who knowsnothing about racism and discovers it for the first time as shetravels with her family into the Deep South in a gold Cadillac. 1955is written from the point of view of a black woman who has experiencedthe racism her whole life.America in the 1950s was segregated in the Deep South it was dividedinto black ghettos. Even radio stations were divided into stationsplaying exclusively black music and ones only playing white music. BeforeElvis Presley black music would not be played to a white earreach soit did not get the recognition it deserved, but Elviss music wasplayed on all stations and democratised music. Black people did nothave the liberty that white people had and were discriminatedeverywhere they went, black people could not use the same buses andcould not eat in the same restaurants as white people and werediscriminated by police because the law was nearly completely run bywhite people, they were turned away at shops and were discriminatedagainst in nearly all other(a) places. In M.D. Taylors The GoldCadillac the family are driving through the Deep South and the girlsees signs saying White only coloured not allowed In Alice walkers1955 Gracie Mae tells her hubby J.T. to put his shirt on becauseTraynor who is a white man comes to the door, this is because whitepeople had to be treated with more respect because they were seen asmore of import than black people. The American civil war took place in1865 and slavery was abolished in the Deep South, but 90 years laterthere is button up resentment from whites towards blacks.The two short stories are all about the prejudice against blacks inthe Deep South and how it affects peoples lives and freedom. In TheGold Cadillac the family is trying to aspire to be rich as they live