Lynch Laws

"Lynch Laws," by Ida B. Wells, is enhanced when applied to description of Killingsworth's "Appeals to Time," the theory of resisting progress.  When discussing the racial prejudice, Wells states "Our country should be speedily above the plane of confessing herself a failure at self-government" (16).  Because the United States took part in such biased and prejudiced actions, a "reactive rhetoric has evolved in competition with the progressive trend of democratic politics and culture" (Killingsworth 48).  The American society can never truly move forward with their standing if they don't realize and develop equal rights to all of its citizens.  In short, the American government fails because it decides to neglect equality to the people and can nver truly get ahead in the progress of the world.