Yusuf Chapman (Chapman, Y., Cash'e)

Posted by Cashe Chapman in AFRICAN AM HISTORY - Roy - E on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 2:36 pm

Abstract

In this interview I asked my Grandfather general questions about the Civil Rights Movement. He shares something that I was very surprised to here not only from my grandfather but from and African American. My Grandfather is Yusuf Chapman born March 31, 1949. Which means he was between the ages of 6 years old and 19 years old in the Civil rights movement.

Research

In my interview my grandfather mentioned a number of things. A number of interesting things. Some of these things were about his feelings towards MLK, his use of the word Cracker, and the useage of camouflage for segregation today. S I researched these things that grasped my attention and bolded the question in my head “ How different were blacks and whites mentality when really analyzed?”, and through research and experience of this interview being raised the same in different elements creates the same monster of a attitude. The article “ Would you “like” MLK today does not only judge your opinion on MLK but the society as a whole. Which did not help me agree with my Grandfather ,however it gave me a glimpse of his perspective. In the article “ The history of the word “ Cracker” taught me that it was used more than we thought and less approved than the word “ Nigga”, and with that information it only enlighten me on the intensity of the word and use of it from my grandfather’s vocabulary. Lastly the article “ Is There a Such Thing as Voluntary Segregation?” supports my Grandfather's statement that segregation is camouflaged.

Sources

Would you “like” MLK today

http://www.dnj.com/story/opinion/2015/01/19/like-martin-luther-king/21999739/

The Secret History Of The Word ‘ Cracker’

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/01/197644761/word-watch-on-crackers

Is There a Such Thing as Voluntary Segregation?

http://globalsegregation.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-voluntary-segregation/

Transcript

CYC: How much segregation have you experienced in your life?

YC: All my life I just don't pay it no mind

CYC: how intense have the events of segregation you experienced been?

YC: they are much stronger than they were today because we have come so far to get here today

CYC: What do you remember about the following events Murder of Emmett Till, Lunch-counter sit-ins, Freedom Rides, murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson, Bloody Sunday”?

YC: Please tell me what happened with them

CYC: Bloody sunday was a march on a bridge to ballot

YC: Bloody Thursday.

CYC: No sunday.

YC: Oh only that it happened.

CYC: How involved were you and your family in the civil rights movement?

YC: I guess We were very active we all played out some more than other I was the more kind of guy.

CYC: Can you give an example

YC: Militant because whatever it took i was done with it as long as it was for the proper cause

CYC: Do you see a difference in segregation from back then and today

YC: oh most definitely it's much lighter than now because it got a bit better now and they camouflage it more so.

CYC: can you explain what you mean by camouflage ?

YC: They didn’t care if people knew or not

CYC: So you feel as though segregation still exist but it is camouflage?

YC: Right.

CYC : How do you feel as though it is camouflaged ?

YC: Crackers are different now thats all because they were more aggressive with it now they try to posses it off

CYC: Other races besides caucasian and hispanic participated in the civil rights movement

YC: They do because weather the participate or not they are people of color and people don't like to realize that a lot

CYC: Is there one story about segregation or the civil rights movement that you would like share

YC: It would probably be life of MLK , because i didn't like him until after he was kilt isn't that strange but i didn't like for women and kids to get hit . hosed down and dogs stuck on em you know they use to stick them dogs on them people and I tell you it was so vicious I still think it's vicious

CYC: So you feel as though it was MLK fault?

YC : Not at all he was for the right cause they was for the wrong cause.

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