CR Post #1- Emmett Till

In this article, Carolyn Holloway Bryant is described as a girl. The article says she is 21 years old, and is 5 feet tall and weights 103 pounds. This is contrasted with how they describe Emmett Till. Although he is only 14 years old, he is described as looking like a man. The article says that he is 5’4″ tall and weighs 160 pounds. The article also implies that Carolyn Holloway Bryant is very sheltered. It is stated that she dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to marry her husband. They run a store together, and they don’t go out much. It is also stated Carolyn Holloway Bryant was never by herself in the store at night. This makes her seem even more innocent. This is contrasted with Emmett Till talking with his friends about how he’s been with a white woman before and could get with another one. This makes him seem like he’s older and has more life experience then he actually does. It also makes him seem more threatening. In the article about the killing of Emmett Till descriptions are used to make Emmett Till seem like more of a threat, and descriptions are used to make Carolyn Holloway Bryant seem like a victim.