Blog Assignment Two

The lynching of blacks was a symbol of southern white American unity. we have spoken in class about how the lynchings were used as a means to control the black people through fear and total dominance. This is all true but I feel that this was also an event which brought southern white Americans closer together as a community the same that when the New York Yankees are in the world series all New Yorkers will cheer for them not because they like the Yankees but because a team from New York has made it to the highest level of competition. although the the objective violence was between the white Superior race against the black monster it was a visual symbol that the white people would over come the dangerous menace that were the blacks. the symbol stood for power in the sense that the whites were the dominant species and no one could contest with such power. the body of the  lynched black person shared the same meaning of the trophy that is won by team in sports, it is a symbol of accomplishment and dominance over the competing teams. in the story the red record when the ashes of Henry Smith were collected by the viewing public was just the same as the people who collect ticket stubs from entertainment events, a symbol of pride in the sense that that person witnessed greatness, a souvenir of the white team beating the black team. in a way the lynchings could have been considered the first American past time like baseball is today.