Du Bois Short Story: Of the Coming of John (1903)

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In “ Of the coming of John,” the last act positions John into a negative position in the society. He killed the white John in self-defence and this alluded to the lynching mob, which signified his race as what was looked at and not the act of self-defence. As a black man, he could never rid himself of that prejudice which was brought forth due to his race. “Of the Coming of John” foreshadows racial relations in the modern America. Despite of one`s hard work, non-white groups are still marginalized. They face injustices once they commit acts of self-defence and other positive acts in the society. John saw the hatred and anger in the eyes of the white men. John’s life ends with the whispering of the world in his ears (Bois).
Wells examined accounts of lynching after the alleged rape of white women. She discovered that black people were lynched for social control reasons of failing to pay debts, not giving way to whites, competing economically with whites and being drunk in public. There was little basis on the fact that black men were lynched for sexually abusing and attacking white women (Wells). White Americans had collectively accepted and were silent on lynching and lynching acceptance by those in the educated American community. She concluded that the southerne...