Of course the name Maginot Line seemed to hold special significance as not only was she the one singled out by Claudia, “But the Maginot Line. China, Poland and Maginot Line, what did these names mean? They seemed too planned out to truly be simple nicknames. Not for perverse reasons, but because of their names. When trying to determine why it seems that minority groups have a difficult time earning truly “equal” status (that is equal pay and truly equal opportunity) to white Americans I think it is useful to discuss one of Toni Morrison’s witty allusions in her novel “The Bluest Eye.” Upon first introduction the prostitutes perplexed me. So despite all this effort that America has supposedly put in to equalizing the lifestyle of African Americans, why is it that a black family is three times more likely to be in poverty than a white family? According to the National Census blacks still maintain the highest poverty rate at 24.7%, followed by Hispanics at 21.9%, Asians at 9.8% and Whites at 8.2%. One hundred years later, the Negro still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.” (King 325) So now, forty years later, after the Civil Rights Act and Affirmative Action, we have to ask whether or not we have truly changed the status of African Americans in this country. said in that historic speech “One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. Two score and six years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, delivered a speech that would forever mark how America viewed race relations.
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