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<blockquote>Actually I liked that Titus guy, if there’s a season 2 maybe we’ll see more of him but probably not as it’s going to enrage the African American population just by him...well being him.</blockquote>
Lol, no reason for black people to be upset at an accurate portrayal of a person from that time period. I think black people would only be angry if they tried to white wash someone like that.
<blockquote>I'd also wager that other than stopping for gas, most Blacks wouldn't have even bothered trying to eat in small town diners or gain hotel rooms. They would pack picnic lunches and only stop in larger cities known to have black populations and some kind of safe harbor or hotels known to accept Blacks.</blockquote>
Given the fact that George got <b>indignent</b> in that diner I think that was a realistic outcome. We didn't get the full conversation that the waiter had on the phone. If he told that man everything that George had said I don't doubt that they would have come there shooting.
There are quite a few stories about blacks "rampaging" through small towns. Usually the rampaging blacks don't live to tell their side of the story but they could have just as easily been some black person who just wanted to sit down and eat at some diner or stop somewhere and they ended up having to shoot their way out of a small town.
<blockquote>I also thought the trap set by the sheriff near the end of episode 1 was a bit unrealistic. What's he going to do, "I solved the two thefts by executing 3 African Americans in the woods after dark"? I'm not sure its a plausible outcome, even if your county's citizens are racist.</blockquote>
People today can't really understand that level of racism because the word is just flung around so freely now. Whole towns would routinely watch innocent black people (sometimes children) be lynched and they would laugh and carry on as if it was this festive event. This isn't today when somebody gets killed for tussling with an officer and trying to run away and they call it racism.
Even Gemran prisoners of war were suprised at just how badly America treated blacks.
I think I've been disappointed by almost every season finale for <i>The 100</i>. I just loved each season right up till the cliff hanger finale.
<spoiler>Maybe a few minutes before the end of the show I'm thinking, OK this was really great but then I see all those people come back at the end. Then she talked about how they couldn't reproduce and I thought that was absolutely horrible. Yes, she failed the test but ultimately she was a part of them being able to go on and transcend. So it would have been a fitting end for her to bare the burden for everyone else. If they really wanted to give her a happy ending they could have done it a different way.</spoiler>
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