Revolt of the Evil Fairies

Revolt of  the Evil Fairies

            In the story Revolt of the Evil Fairies by Ted Poston we learn about the discrimination the main character has to deal with. The yallers and the white were treated better than the colored people. Discrimination affects many people in the story and in real life. Everyone was affected by discrimination in the story even the teachers.                                                                                                                                                                                                  In the Booker T. Washington Colored Grammar school ( the school of the main character) they have a play every year about Sleeping Beauty. Even thought they are all colored, the yallers were treated as if they were more important. The yallers get the better and bigger roles, more jobs and also better treatment. In the play the yallers got the important parts like the good fairies, Prince Charming and Sleeping Beauty. Discrimination also affected the teachers and many other jobs. The grownups with lighter skin got more jobs like lawyers, teachers, and more. Most of the jobs in the Booker T. Washington Colored Grammar school were taken by the yallers.                                                                                                                                                                                In the story the main character wants to be the role of Prince Charming because he has a crush on Sarah Williams ( Sleeping Beauty ). The only problem was that all the good roles like the good fairies or a big role like Prince Charming was always played by a yaller. This really upset the main character and was a huge part of the theme. Leonardius a yaller, gets the part of Prince Charming. In the story the main character had the best grades and was the leading debater, but no one cares because he wasn't a yaller. This part of the story taught me that discrimination is a horrible thing that is a everyday challenge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A quote in the story related to discrimination was when Rat Jointer said "If you black, you black." I think that, that quote meant that you should just accept the fact that you can't change anything about discrimination. The quote was like what the main character experienced. The main character was cut of the role because he wasn't a yaller. Just because you don't have light skin doesn't mean you should be treated unfairly. The main character clearly was hurt by it because during the play he stared  a big fight and didn't care that he was banned from next year's play.

            In conclusion, discrimination was a major factor in the story. The main character learned that discrimination is something that will always be affected by and that you can't really change it. There is some hope though that we can see though him and that is that even though you are going through a tough time you can face it if you just keep control of what you do.