Albel
What is the purpose of the title of the sidebar "Okies
Have Lice," based on the sidebar's text?
Okies Have Lice
Surrounding communities resented the newcomers.
Some locals assumed that, because Okies were poor, they
deserved to be poor -- had brought poverty upon
themselves through laziness, ignorance, and
"immorality." Too often, Okie children met bias in school.
"The better dressed children shout and jeer," a parent
told John Steinbeck. "The teachers are quite often
impatient with these additions to their duties, and the
parents of the 'nice' children do not want to have disease
carriers in their schools." After all, everyone just "knew" |
that "Okies have lice."
--Years of Dust, Albert Marrin
-It suggests that migrant children really did carry
diseases.
-It draws attention to the prejudice that migrants
faced.
-It draws attention to the poor treatment the migrants
experienced.
-It suggests why some parents did not want their
children to attend school with migrants.
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