Blog 4- Response to Without Sanctuary

In high school as well as throughout my life, I have heard about stories of lynching and the horrible and disgusting ways African Americans we tortured and killed. In the movie "The Great Debaters" I saw a fictional lynching taking place, although it was based on true events. The short movie "Without Sanctuary" really opened my eyes to seeing actual photos of real people killed by lynching. I was disgusted to even see other human beings looking at this and not showing any sort of reaction. Whites at that time must have forced themselves to view African Americans as non human and the "other" to be able to desensitize them from feeling any emotion whatsoever, however it really shocks me to imagine human beings doing this to other human beings and not feeling any remorse whatsoever. I felt so much anger and pain watching the video and knowing that this happened for as long as it did. To imagine what those African Americans who were lynched went through at that moment, is impossible. They must have felt so many emotions and have had so much fear. I was shocked to find out in the movie that postcards were sent out to announce a lynching so that people could come. People at that time made lynching an event or some sort of spectacle, and that is what disturbs me the most. The fact that people enjoyed watching this and even brought their own children to the lynchings is horrific. Although this movie sturred up my emotions, it really opened my eyes and exposed the horrible details and images of lynching.