The book ties into an article called Racism Harms Children's Health, survey finds. The article states, Anderson tracked answers to this question, and compared them to the prevalence of various health issues that children were reported as having, including obesity and ADHD....She also found that children who had been exposed to racism were also more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression (Paragraph 5-6). This quote shows kids feel closed minded and dehumanized in society. Which can eventually lead to mental disorder and behavior issues. This could explain why Byron had terrible behavior. African- Americans faced the struggle at all ages. Even kids.
Kenny finds this out through out the book. According to the book, “Watsons Go To Birmingham”, it prints, “We'd seen the pictures of a bunch of really mad white people with twisted-up faces screaming and giving dirty finger signs to some little Negro kids who were trying to go to school. I'd seen the pictures but I didn't really know how these white people could hate some kids so much (Curtis 122-23)" While Kenny hears this, he observed the other African-Americans kids and he notice they soaked it in and believed they were meant to be treatbed like that. Which was totally off. This could lead up to the kids devolving mental issues.
MLA:
Jackson, Reginald André., and Christopher Paul. Curtis. The Watsons go to Birminghan--1963. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing, 2011. Print.
Panko, Ben. "Racism Harms Children’s Health, Survey Finds." Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, 05 May 2017. Web. 12 May 2017.
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