Jena

As Lippman has said, pictures are very important in the world. Since the dawn of man, we have used symbols and pictures in order to show a particular emotion or idea. Lippman believes you must "ourselves with some aspect of the picture" in order to understand the idea. Throughout African-American history, the noose has been a very powerful symbol, especially in the United States. Thoughts of slave traders and groups of KKK members are the first thoughts to enter my head, as I would suspect many other people would. This becomes a blatant threat of a time where African-Americans were not as free as they are now, which is what the threatening party is attempting to accomplish. The fact that this is an issue still absolutely amazes me, but this is a past I would prefer we forgot about.