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

From the two short stories you have get word what do we learn about whatit was like for American obscure spate to live in Americain the 1950s?From the two short stories The specie Cadillac by M.D. Taylor and 1955by Alice Walker, both set in 1950s America and both written by blackfemale writers we learn about the segregation, racialism 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 sulfur in a gold Cadillac. 1955is written from the signify of view of a black woman who has experiencedthe racism her strong life.America in the 1950s was segregated in the Deep South it was dividedinto black ghettos. Even radio place were divided into stationsplaying only black music and ones only playing innocence music. BeforeElvis Presley black music would not be contend to a fresh audience soit did not get the quotation it deserved, but Elviss music wasplayed on all(a) stations and democratised music. opaque people did nothave the freedom that white people had and were discriminated all over they went, black people could not use the same buses andcould not sap in the same restaurants as white people and werediscriminated by guard because the law was nearly completely run bywhite people, they were false away at shops and were discriminatedagainst in nearly all other 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 save 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(prenominal) respect because they were seen asmore important than black people. The American civil war took place in1865 and slavery was abolished in the Deep South, but 90 years a fterthere is still 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