Cora

• Blog – Is Cora Tucker successful? By what definition?

In my opinion, yes, Cora is very successful because she was born to a poor family and was able to make something of her self. Even if she never reached a place where most people think success is (big house, married, kids, good job, etc), she was able to do something she thought was important, and do it very well. By a lot of standers she was still quite successful, coming from nothing and being able to 'raise hell' the way she did, in many opinions is a success in itself. But when it's factored in that Cora is black, the opinions of success may change for far to many people. They may view Cora as more successful then if they had assumed she was white, due to the fact that society has set the bar so much lower for blacks as opposed to whites. If someone were to hear the story of Cora, without knowing the color of her skin, they may think 'Well that's nice. Good for them', but when informed that Cora was black, the thought process all to often seems to shift to 'Damn, a BLACK person was able to start with nothing and make something of themselves. Kudos to them.'. The bar being set so low is something that is recognized in society, due to unequal opportunities. However at the same time, no new opportunities are presented, so the bar is incredibly hard to raise. Society must first address finding a way to give more opportunity before expecting to see the bar raise, only then can any mindset be changed at all.