The glass casket of Emmett Till showed the world the results of racism in 1955. The sheer hatred over an innocent act of a Negro youth visiting the South showed the world that hatred was condoned by the law. That casket will now be put in the Smithsonian to remind us where we were. It will remind how we got here and how far we still have to go.
The glass casket is really a metaphor for us today. Look at the face in that casket. Look at the face in the mirror. Do you see racism and discrimination based on language, poverty, skin color, sexism, religion, jobs,living condition, education(or lack of).
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