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Summary Of Hale's Essay 'Deadly Amusements'

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Johanna Ortiz
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September 12, 2015
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Is the existence of a negro the same as the being of a white human being? It is now, but years ago the response to this would be no. Lynching was utilized in a period of time, it was an expression that was defined to put to death an individual without any wrongdoing and no legitimate authorization. In Hale’s essay “Deadly Amusements”, she stresses on how lynching was seen as a social norm or public entertainment and self- justice. Lynching was used because individuals viewed it as a social norm. Public spectacle lynching was the most recurrent in the south and it was used to entertain the people. “The well-choreographed spectacle opened with a chase or a jail attack, followed rapidly by the