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Little Rock 9 is a prime example of social expectations during the 1960's.

"Somewhere along the line, staying at Central High became an obligation. I realized that what we were doing was not for ourselves" (Elizabeth Eckford).

Defying what was socially expected of her, Eckford realized that her bravery in participating in an all white school, was for all of society.

#makingachange #changingtheworld

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A movement dragging black heritage by using racial slurs emerged during this time, putting more expectations on how African Americans should be treated and perceived.

"Whites would turn this cultural arts component of an experiment into a circus act by trying to orchestrate how blackness should be portrayed to the world"(Smith 5).

Because whites chose to put African Americans in a negative light, they were socially inferior to the whites and therefore were treated without respect or kindness.

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Brown v Board of Education

"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Although the court ruled with the statement above, society was still unwilling to change their social expectations to allow blacks to be equal.

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The Civil Rights Movement, though still came with negative effects towards African Americans was, in whole, a push for their equality.

"America is a nation-not a private club. The privileges no less than the duties of citizenship belong of right to no separate class of the people but to all of the people, and to them as individuals" (Treanor 54).

The overall goal of The Civil Rights Movement and what it strived to create throughout America.

#socialinjustice #pushforchange

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When the right to vote was granted, a large pushback was prevalent.

“And voting registrars. Among others there is the story. . . of John Hardy-the student who was pistol whipped by the registrar when he tried to help two Negroes register in Walthall County, Mississippi" (Treanor 81).

There was an expectation for African Americans not to register to vote, even though they were legally allowed to.

There was also an expectation for whites to do anything in their power to prevent blacks from voting.

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Extreme violence towards progressive African Americans.

"On may 8, 1763 a gasoline bomb was thrown into the home of a leading Negro citizen of Holmes County, Mississippi, who headed a voter-registration campaign"(Treanor 80)

The movements success was taken back by social tradition and expectations of how African Americans were "supposed" to act.

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The Secret Life of Bees

Lily accompanied Rosaleen as she went to register to vote but on the way they encountered some white men who did not appreciated what Rosaleen was about to do. The men made racist and insensitive comments which pushed Rosaleen to pour her snuff spit onto the men's shoes. This act came with quite the consequence.

"By then Rosaleen lay sprawled on the ground, pinned, twisting her fingers around clumps of grass. Blood ran forma cut beneath her eye. It curved under her chin the way tears do"(Kidd 33).

The men had brutally beaten Rosaleen.

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"Women were to strive for beauty, elegance, marriage, and a well-run home" (Schulman).

Women in the 1960's, during the Civil Rights Movement, were expected to be caretakers of their family and home.

#hardwork #poised

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"Women who did not get married were evicted as unattractive, unfortunate spinsters, and those who asserted themselves were dismissed as nagging shrews" (Schulman).

If a woman did not get married, they were seen as unfulfilling to the role that society picked out for them.

They did not have much freedom in their role and some became unhappy with these limitations.

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The Secret Life of Bees

A major focus in The Secret Life of bees is Lily's search for her mother's presence.

"You have to find a mother inside yourself" (Kidd 288).

Her family dynamics were different than what society expected a “normal family” to be.

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The Secret Life of Bees

Towards the end of the novel, it was written that Zach would begin at an all white high school.

This shows the progression that is happening throughout the novel.

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Small businesses in the 1960's such as farming, sales, and manufacturing were done by men.

These jobs mostly included the need of physical skills.

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The Secret Life of Bees

The Boatwright Sisters defied social norms with their successful honey business.

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White people were seen at a higher social status than blacks were.

"They had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

It was expected of whites to treat blacks as though they were subordinate.

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The Secret Life of Bees

"Rosaleen narrowed her eyes, letting me know that I'd done it again, speaking for her like she wasn't even there" (Kidd 72).

Upon their arrival at the Boatwright's house, Lily speaks for Rosaleen as if Rosaleen can't speak for herself.

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Racial injustice was prevalent through many aspects of society, including the government.

“Race crimes in the 1930s and 1950s had left a bitter taste in blacks mouths concerning the three branches of government” (Smith 5).

Social expectations often did not change as the times did, there was still systemic racism impacting the lives of people at the time.

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The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing by the 1960s but past circumstance and current disadvantages led to a lack of opportunities.

“Blacks were still at a disadvantage economically and politically since they lacked the class status and office positions needed to redress their predicament”(Smith 5).

Even though change was all around them, socially African Americans could not rise because they forced and expected to stay as lower class citizens because they lacked opportunities socially.

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At the time African Americans were expected to stay out of white schools, which prevented them from being able to excel even if they wanted to.

“Access to higher education remained largely segregated throughout the country”( Smith 5).

Segregation in schools held African Americans back from professions such as a lawyer.

#equalrights #educationforall

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The Secret Life of Bees

Zach Taylor had dreams of becoming a lawyer, though he and Lily had never even heard of a African American lawyer.

“I’ve just never heard of a Negro lawyer, that’s all. You’ve got to hear of those things before you can imagine them.”
“Bullshit. You gotta imagine what’s never been”(Kidd 121).

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While society was starting to integrate, there were still lingering feelings of African Americans being inferior.

“I spent a weekend with a a white family there, and they were very nice, but they kept reminding me in subtle ways that they were being unusually nice-in other words, they didn’t have to do this; it was just a favor”(Treanor 187-188).

There were still expectations that African Americans were not subject to any unmotivated kindness.

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"Redefining Black as something positive brought the system to its current evolutionary turning point"(Smith 5).

Though the 1960's brought social hardships for African Americans, especially those living in the south, it ultimately created systematic change by the end.

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"After 1965 many Black activists became convinced that whites would never accept them as equals"(Treanor 27).

Though the Civil Rights Movement was progressing, the social expectation that African Americans are inferior to whites remained.

#hopeless #justice

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