Kaffir Boy

Chapter 30 of Kaffir Boy shows a black African boy realizing what is going on in his society. He is starting to realize that the black Africans work for the white Africans. He also starts to realize that the white Africans think that they are better than the black Africans. This story presents some of the most common stereotypes of black Africans. For example, black people are stupid and black people are poor while white people are rich. There are some countries today that are still like this. Although the United States of American is not segregated anymore, in the past the blacks and other minorities were enslaved to the white people. People like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Abraham Lincoln, the United States of America became an integrated country. Rosa Parks is well known for standing up for the black population. One night Rosa Parks was on the bus coming home from work where she stands on her feet all day. A white person came into the bus and Rosa Parks was forced to give up her seat because there were no more available seats in the white section of the bus. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested for it. Another woman famous for helping integrate the United States is Harriet Tubman. She is well known for the “Underground Railroad.” She created the “Underground Railroad” to help slaves escape and become free. A few years after this was created, Abraham Lincoln was elected president and has passed the law saying that all slaves be free and for there to be no more slavery. Because of these events, the United States of America is not like Africa in the book Kaffir Boy.