Without Sanctuary

After watching the short clip, I found myself embarrassed and upset at the history of our nation. The fact that we built a country off of the notion that a minority race was unequal and that African Americans were to be wielded as a mode of production is disgraceful. It's really hard to believe that people would take pride in lynchings. I was shocked to see the crowds that would gather to witness such a terrible event, and furthermore, show joy and happiness in it. Absolutely appalling. I knew a little bit about lynchings from high school but I didn't know the extent and scale of them. I always thought it was a couple members of the KKK, they make the death fast...but now that was so naive of me to think that because I didn't realize that they made it slow; there were hundreds of people watching; and the bodies were mutilated after the lynching; disgusting. I don't know how people could have satisfaction in doing such things. Sending them on postcards to family blows my mind too. What a sad time in our nation's history.