that is very true. Before the civil war the south was the most segragated in the country. the white people put african emericans in harsh conditions to grow crops. after the civil war black people were still abused. even to this day we are being killed for no reason. sorry for the typos
Metaphor; its showing how that rack was moving alot-something like how a teeter totter would look had someone been playing on it. it was comparing the rack to a teeter totter