Fires in the Mirror

           In the play “No Blood in His Feet”, there are many ironies that puzzled and frustrated me.  The first irony happens when the Jewish driver got out of the car to lift the car to save the child, the African-Americans are busy beating up him instead of helping to save the child either by lifting the car or by calling 911 sooner.  The second irony happens after the car accident.  Mr. Rosenbaum gets stabbed by a group of young Black males.  Unlike the car accident which happened with no malicious intent, Mr. Rosenbaum is stabbed purposely just because he was a Jew.  Mr. Rosenbaum passed away due the mismanagement of a doctor in an emergency room.  While Mr. Rosenbaum was dying, the Mayor came to hospital to express his concerns about the innocent child who was killed from the unfortunate car accident.  In the end of the story, the protagonist says that the “Mayor had been fed” (pg. 22).  These words, the passive voice and the word “fed” show that the protagonist regards the Mayer perhaps as an animal who cannot eat unless food is given.  This is so due to lack of judgment that the Mayor has to understand the situation; he just listens to what the Black Community group has to say.  Also, the author mentioned about the lies that the Black Community used to get support from the Mayor to start the riots.  As I was reading the play, I was very frustrated about the reality that majority can distort the facts, making the minority to suffer.  Just because the driver is Jew, Mr. Rosenbaum is stabbed on the street, and leading him to die, which was not important in the community.  The biggest irony is that African-Americans once have suffered for being a minority, yet they show crudity, instead of kindness.