I believe that the overall theme of the passage and video was segregation, and I found both sources to be very interesting. In the passage, William and his father had to wait to get water because they were stopped by 2 white men. According to the passage, “They told him that he’d have to wait until all of the white people were finished.” This quote from the passage explains why William and his father had to wait to get water. During the time of segregation, black people were ranked a second class citizens. Therefore, William and his father were forced to wait in line to get water. When his father explained to the two white men that he would just come back the next day to fetch water, the two men didn’t let him leave. They told his father that he and William and are going to stay here and wait until all the good white people were finished. …show more content…
This act led William’s father, after finally getting their water, to say, “What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. William’s father said this to point out what discrimination against one race looks like, otherwise known as prejudice. Right after telling this to William he included that, “... there’s gonna come a day when this won’t be anymore.” What William’s father meant by saying this is that there will be a day when segregation disappears in the US for good. This statement was also presented in President Kennedy’s video message, President Kennedy’s Finest Moment. John F Kennedy’s later expressed what he said through actions after the scenario at Alabama