The African American society has been going through an impressive number of events leading them to suffering, misfortune, and great ethnic loss. It is harsh to judge the past events full of pain and errors that happened with black peoples’ ancestors; however, it is essential to save compassion and humanism towards Black Americans. The modern society of the US lacks ethnic union and cooperation partially due to stereotypes, misbeliefs, and historical events. The current situation of ethnic diversity drowns the United States community and prevents it from efficient and successful progress.
Charlotte Gullick (2020), in the story “The Invisible String,” raises the problem of African American people suffering in US society. The author narrates about her biracial daughter and the difficulties she meets due to harsh events for African American people. Charlotte believes that an invisible string unites the whole ethnic group and can provide support, love, and strength. The reader receives a strong impression from the setting of the story that black people constantly face bad luck, lack of support, and disrespect from modern society.
African Americans were unfortunate to suffer from slavery, stereotypes developed towards them, and facing substantial losses of their people over various decades. Charlotte Gullick mentions Chadwick Boseman’s death as one of the examples of unpredictable and unfair happenings. A young talented actor that was an exemplar, a respected and beloved member of the black community, died at the age of 43 from cancer.
Chadwick Boseman was a source of inspiration for a large number of individuals, and facing a loss of a great man brought them suffering and pain. Owen Dyer (2020), in his research, also proved the higher statistic numbers of black people being transported to the hospitals and facing higher mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemics. That means under unfortunate circumstances, African Americans meet more suffering, loss, and bad luck.
The other impression the reader receives while reading a story is society’s mistreatment of the black community. Gullick (2020) emphasizes the feelings of her daughter about the Kenosha shooting as a “bitter pill” (para. 6). It Seems like the ethnic diversity of the US society accumulates in this child struggling to comprehend the inequity and unfairness of the modern world. The Kenosha shooting is a bright example of racism, cruelty, and lack of humanity coming from the organs initially aiming to keep balance and provide justice and protection to society. Policemen showing such behavior and staying with no punishment give a relevant pattern of attitude to the young generation.
Judging all the tough events and oppression the black community has met, white people must develop tolerance and sympathy towards them. Respecting the other one as yourself despite skin color or other external indicators should be the primary aim of every American citizen.
Thus, the story by Charlotte Gullick immerses the reader into an impression of the African American people facing bad luck and inadequate, racist attitude from society. All the brutal historical events cannot be changed; nevertheless, people can unite all ethnicities by an invisible string and help each other in tough and happy periods of life. Judging individuals by their appearance is a method of past, dark, narrow-minded times. It is hard to be proud of the prior events, but all the actions are in the US citizens’ hands to be fully proud of themselves now. Moving forward, developing as a nation altogether, Americans can achieve greater progress and better interrelations, ignoring racism, judgment, and stereotypes.
References
Dyer, O. (2020). Covid-19: Black people and other minorities are hardest hit in US. The BMJ, 369, m1483.
Gullick, C. (2020). The invisible string. Web.