Significance of The Underground Railroad and Relevancy to Current Society
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead describes Cora’s, a young African American woman, as a journey to freedom from the antebellum South (Le Melle, 2016). It is explained on a more fantastically imaged physical instead of the metaphorical railroad. Various episodes, places as well as people are used to describe enslavement’s effects and the struggle that the African Americans’ were exposed to in the country. The story is significant and relevant to modern society; African American Experience and Black Canon offer people the necessity of hope, rebellion, and freedom.
The Underground Railroad offers significant benefits to teachers and students as they prepare for challenging discussions regarding race, racism, and white supremacy battles. Modern society needs a proper understanding of the concept and history of slavery, slave trade as well as its functioning in the United States. Such will make them understand and appreciate the role of civil rights movements in the modern world. Civil rights are fronted to fight for people’s rights from oppressive regimes and any form of labor with little paychecks and poor working conditions.
Moreover, it assists in revealing how African Americans endured slavery without any hope and chances of freedom. As Cora describes his Path, the Underground Railroad acts as an opener for people to engage conversations targeting race and gender, among other significant themes. Therefore, society, through the human rights movement, begins to understand why they need to resist any form of enslavement in the community. It is because most business organizations and government agencies may take advantage of people’s state of desperation and backgrounds to enslave them.
In conclusion, The Underground Rail describes Cora’s journey to freedom while fighting any form of enslavement to the people. Likewise, people in modern society mist play an active role in not only resisting oppression for themselves. They should also promote social and economic justice for all people in society.