The Problem We All Live With

in the middle of the painting

is wearing a white dress/white socks/ white shoes

a gap between the colour of her skin and the colour of her clothes

white symbolizes purity / innocence / peace

may be going to school = school stuff

escorted to school = the daughter of a famous person ? victim of racism ?

Ruby Bridges

First Afro American little girl to attend a white school in Louisiana

United States of America

1960s

After the desegragation

segregation: a seperate but equal vision of society

during segregation: Blacks couldn't go to the same school as White for instance

After Blacks could go to the same school as White

But a majority of people disapproved

type of document: a painting

title of the painting

American artist = Norman Rockwell

published for the first time in Look magazine

are surrounding the little girl

are wearing suits/ badges/yellow armbands ("Deputy US Marshals")

policemen ? bodyguards ?

their faces are cut = dehumanized = focus on the little girl