In the early 50’s and 60’s racial tension was high, with race riots breaking out and racial injustice, many people had either been racist or grown up racist. This being said people also had the choice once they got older to either except that segregation was wrong or go along with the crowd. For young Pat Conroy growing up in Atlanta Georgia in the deep depths of the south, racism was all around, Conroy admitted to being racist as a kid but once he came to the age to understand, his views changed. Later in his life, Conroy took a job…
Words 679 - Pages 3