Out of Darkness by Lindsay Smutka https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative by Ashley Hope Perez en-us 2017-11-16 18:15:01 UTC 2025-05-09 17:33:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png The Main Character(s) 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/211996901 In "Out Of Darkness" the chapters switch between many people and their perspectives, but there are two main characters out of everyone. Some of the people that are characters in chapters are Naomi, Wash, Beto, Henry, and The Gang. Out of all of these people the main two are Wash Fuller and Naomi Vargas. Both of the main character experience racism and difficulties because of their skin color and fall in love, despite the fact that a Mexican girl and a Black boy are not allowed to be together because of strict racial beliefs in Texas at the time.]]> 2017-11-30 18:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/211996901 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/212015504 Perez, Ashley. Out of Darkness. Carolrhoda Lab, 2015.]]> 2017-11-30 18:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/212015504 Racism Today 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/212114320 Everyone knows about the abolition of slavery at the end of the Civil War, but racism did not die with slavery. It is something that exists today and that is a real issue that many people face. Even though there have been many influential people who called for equality for people of all races, like the famous Martin Luther King Jr., it is still a major problem today. There are many major organizations,  Black Lives Matter being a prominent one, that fight for the rights and equality of black people.

"Policymakers and white supremacists have promised more death, disenfranchisement, and deportations" (Black Lives Matter).

(Central Press)
]]> 2017-11-30 23:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/212114320 Racism in the Past 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/212114337 During the early 1900s racism was a very large issue, with there being different bathrooms and water fountains for colored people than white people. Some people were denied jobs and education simply because of the color of their skin, while others were  given those things based solely on their skin.

"The Southern states were very effective at limiting the political power of the black populations in their boundaries" (BBC 2).

(Bob Greene)
]]> 2017-11-30 23:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/212114337 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213426712 "BBC - Higher Bitesize History - Race Relations Between The Wars : Revision, Page2." Bbc.Co.Uk, 2017, http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/usa/race/revision/2/.]]> 2017-12-05 18:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213426712 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213434763 Black Lives Matter. (2017). Programs. [online] Available at: https://blacklivesmatter.com/programs/ [Accessed 5 Dec. 2017].]]> 2017-12-05 18:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213434763 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213440392 Central Press. "Black American Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Addresses...." Getty Images, 2017, http://www.gettyimages.com/license/2674125.]]> 2017-12-05 18:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213440392 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213442364 Bob Greene, CNN Contributor. "Signs Of America's Racial Past - CNN." CNN, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/22/opinion/greene-racial-signs/index.html.]]> 2017-12-05 18:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213442364 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213443435 Wash is an African-American whose father has always taught him to be quiet and hold his tongue around white people.

"'I know she's a cheat, son. But that's how it is. You can't show your anger. Never show your anger. Otherwise you give them power over you. You don't have to look for trouble for it to find you [...] Remember, son, when it comes to white, 'yessir, yessum' is the only answer you know'" (Perez 22).

It was instilled in him when he was younger to fear white people and to avoid showing himself to them, which shows how racism was very prominent in the time period his character lived in.
]]> 2017-12-05 18:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213443435 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213443611 Naomi is Mexican and has experienced blatant racism, such as being told she cannot shop at a grocery store.

"'So there's brown ones and black ones, that don't matter. What matters is that they don't sully up my store [...] You're greasin' up my floor just standing there'" (Perez 45).

Naomi is in an interesting situation because she is not black, but she is also not white, so she still experiences racism, but people are unsure how to go about her and her presence. She still runs into racism because she is not white so there are still stigmas around her, but it puts many people in an interesting situation.
]]> 2017-12-05 18:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213443611 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213538356 You can only control yourself and your thoughts, not others.

Change starts with you and everyone else, but you can only change yourself. People need to understand that we are all the same thing, we just have different packaging. Some people are short, tall, round, skinny, blonde, black, white, asian, male, female, and that's just the way we were made. We can't control our genes that affect our outward appearance, but we can control how we think about and judge others because of their outward appearance. Everyone should be treated equally and with kindness, no matter their race.
]]> 2017-12-05 23:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213538356 An Everyday Issue 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213839695  Racism is all over the place, whether it was intentional or not. Many people make comments, not knowing how they affect other people and how they are racist.

"Trump made the comment as he stood near a portrait of President Andrew Jackson [...] he is an unpopular figure in Indian Country because he oversaw the forced removal of American Indians from their southern homelands" (Kellman).
]]> 2017-12-06 18:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213839695 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213840434 Kellman, Felicia. "Trump's 'Pocahontas' Jab Stuns Families Of Navajo War Vets." Chicagotribune.Com, 2017, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-pocahontas-comment-20171128-story.html.]]> 2017-12-06 18:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213840434 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213856202 2017-12-06 18:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213856202 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213856517 Amazon.Com, 2017, https://www.amazon.com/Out-Darkness-Fiction-Young-Adult/dp/1467742023.]]> 2017-12-06 18:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213856517 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213950069 Barbezat, S. (2017). Your Guide to the History & Meaning of the Mexican Flag. [online] TripSavvy. Available at: https://www.tripsavvy.com/the-mexican-flag-1588860 [Accessed 7 Dec. 2017].]]> 2017-12-07 00:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213950069 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213950219 (Barbezat)]]> 2017-12-07 00:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/213950219 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750179 Rayna. "Equal Pay For Equal People ." Emaze Presentations, 2017, https://www.emaze.com/@AQLTCIQC/Equal-Pay-For-Equal-People-.]]> 2017-12-09 22:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750179 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750230 (Rayna)]]> 2017-12-09 22:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750230 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750308 Refried Jeans. "New London CT~State Street Monument~Barber Shop~Drug Store~1930S Cars~Linen PC." Hippostcard.Com, 2017, https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/new-london-ctstate-street-monumentbarber-shopdrug-store1930s-carslinen-pc/8754472.]]> 2017-12-09 22:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750308 20smutkal https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750378 (Refried Jeans)]]> 2017-12-09 22:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20smutkal/outofdarknesssummative/wish/214750378