"The Problem We All Live With" is a painting drawn by Norman Rockwell, this painting was drawn on an Oil on Canvas in the year 1964 when racism and segregation polluted the deep south. The painting illustrates a small African American girl that appears to be escorted by four white men whose head appears to be cut off from the illustration. On the walls of the setting, offensive and insulting words are inscribed into the enclosure like the word "nigger" and the horrid abbreviation "KKK". Other than the words and the men, a big red stain is visible on the dull concrete wall which I surmise was the result from a tomato that clashed against the wall; I believe the tomato was aimed at her.
Setting aside the Background, I can see an African American girl who is called Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges is known today as the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. The school she went to was called William Frantz Elementary School located in New Orleans. She is very important not only in the African American History; she also plays a big part in the American History itself.
When I first saw the painting, I found it a bit odd until I decided to read more about it. My view about it is that I belief it's a whole chunk of history just in one drawing; it’s a symbol that stands for itself. Even though I personally would’ve never come up with such an elaborate work of art, we are lucky that Norman Rockwell did. I personally belief he illustrated this event because it shows the unnecessary racism that was directed to an innocent little girl who had done nothing wrong to aggravate the white men. I say “unnecessary racism” because racism is a complete disgrace towards anyone, at the end we all are the same, it does not make sense to harm one another just for the sake of them being different.
