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    Racism was strong in the 1930's, but if you were a ranch worker, you would be treated the same as other ranch workers, no matter your race. In O f mice and men, Steinbeck illustrates this style of treatment when he talks about the only African American in the novella, known as Crooks.

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    Racism was strong in the 1930's, but if you were a ranch worker, you would be treated the same as other ranch workers, no matter your race. In O f mice and men, Steinbeck illustrates this style of treatment when he talks about the only African American in the novella, known as Crooks.

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    EmmaPetersen

    Mrs.House/Ms.Smart
    English2H,Period5
    16December2015
    Prompt1:
    EqualbutSeparate
    Inthe1930s,AfricanAmericansweresegregatedfromwhites,howevertheirtreatment
    wasequalwheninasimilarsocialclass.InO
    fMiceandMen
    ,Steinbeckillustratesthisstyleof
    treatmentwhenhetalksabouttheonlyAfricanAmericaninthenovella,knownasCrooks.
    Allof
    thelowerclassranchworkerslivedinsharedbunks,whileCrookswaslivingbyhimself,
    Crooks,theNegrostablebuck,hadhisbunkintheharnessroomalittleshedthatleanedoff
    thewallofthebarn(Steinbeck33).A
    lthoughC
    rooksisconsideredpartofthelowerclass,
    alongwithhiscoworkers,heisstillrequiredtostayinaseparatelivingspaceduetohimbeing
    anAfricanAmerican.
    Theracismwasstronginthe1930s,
    butifyouwerearanchworker,you
    wouldbetreatedthesameasotherranchworkers,nomatteryourrace.Thisisproventruthful
    becausethroughfurtherresearchitisshownthatthe
    JimCrowLawsdemand,
    Allrailroads
    carryingpassengersinthestate(otherthanstreetrailroads)shallprovideequalbutseparate
    accommodationsforthewhiteandcoloredpeople..T
    heselawsallowed
    coloredpeopletohave
    fairtreatment,butstillbeseparatedfromthewhites.
    Itisimportanttonoticethat
    African
    Americanswereprovidedwiththeequivalentroomsandservices,howeverwerenotpermitted
    tostaywithanyofthewhitepassengers.WhenthetreatmentofAfricanAmericansinthe1930s
    iscomparedtoJohnSteinbecksO
    fMiceandMen
    itcanbeconcludedthatSteinbeckportrayed
    thiscertaintreatmentsimilarlytohowittrulywasinthe1930s.

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