revolt of evil fairies

By Emmanuel Cano-Garraway
Don’t you think segregation really hurts people? Well it does! In Ted Postons short story, Revolt of Evil Fairiesthe main character is a young black boy who faces discrimination. He goes to an all black school, Booker T. Washington Grammar school. Not only are the black and whites unequal, but also the lighter blacks and the darker blacks. The Maincharacter is one of the darker blacks, this prevents him from getting what he wants, but he won’t stand for it. He is determined to fight against discrimination and try and get what he wants.
The protagonist experiences discrimination face to face. Inthe play, event the characters are showing discrimination. “The good fairiesusually turned out to be extremely light, and have white features.” This showsthat the whiter folks were good, but that only left the Evil Fairies for thedarker skinned. This made the protagonist mad because this could reflect on his part, once again.
The protagonist’s race wasn’t as considered to be as good asthe lighter blacks, even though they were just kids! “Mama had experience withthis sort of thing. All my brothers finished Booker T. before me.” This showsthat not only is this problem happening when he was in school, but also happened when his brothers were in school! This makes the result easy to saythe protagonist wouldn’t get the part… But he still went after it.
The protagonist rallies against this issue. “I knew thePrince Charming role from start to finish, having played the Head Evil Fairyopposite for two seasons.” This shows that even though he went for the role anddidn’t get it, he still went after it. “I went out for the role with all myheart. Yes, and I purloined my sisters can of palmers skin success.” This also shows he still went after the role again, even though he got rejected two times, and even used some make up to make his skin look lighter.
He ended up not getting the role of PrinceCharming, but didn’t care. He stood up for what he believed in. He knew he was a better Prince Charming than anyone else. He knew if segregation wasn’t a problem he would have gotten the part. At the end it blocked his way of getting the part, but he didn’t give in. he went for it, and didn’t get it, like all the other dark blacks. This was the same thing for 2 years, he wasn’t invited to the next play for starting a little fight during the play, but knew even if he was, and he wouldn’t get the part he wanted