Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Beforehead Research :: Warriors Don't Cry

     This story is about nine black teenagers at year 1957 in Arkansas, called the Little Rock Nine. They were the first black integrated students during that time period. The main character Melba was one of the teenager and their way to integrated was difficult with people like national guards trying to stop them all the times. Eventually, she successfully went to university and she have learned that "we are all one" between different races. However, during that time, segregation is happening and many unequal treatments are being legal.
   It is a memoir of Melba. She is already in the front line of civil right movements when she's only sixteen years old. These nine students are risking many challenges in the society just to recieve a better education.
   On the Bushnell website, it metioned that it is a one-woman play, which rises my curiosity on watching the show. The website also tells that this play with will be providing questions and issues about hate speech and bullying for us students to discuss afterwards. So it is a beforehead warning for me to pay attention, too.
   Some quotes I found about Warriors Don't Cry that I could listen to carefully tomorrow during the performance.
“Change the rules of the game, girl, and they might not like it so much.”
“They’d think I was crazy.”
“They’d think you were no longer their victim.”

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