Dorothea Lange

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The problem found in this picture was that there is an African American working on a plantation field.
One thing you can see is that the African American is wearing torn overalls  and it looks that he is attached to the machine he is using to crop the fields. Another problem found in this picture was that the African American is not wearing any shoes. The African American shown in this picture is barefoot, while working on the plantation field which is obviously a hard condition to work in.
A cause to this problem may be that the African America shown in this picture is a slave. A slave is a person who is the legal property of someone else and is force to obey them. Because of this African Americans were forced to work on plantations fields for free while working in harsh working conditions. Another possible cause for the problem was that this man is actually working on the fields after slavery is even over. This may be the harsh working conditions of a African American in the late 1800s. Because African Americans were former slaves and they often had trouble finding jobs, they would work for their former slave owners and they were being ripped off with the work hours and pay.
The governments responsibility in this is that better working conditions should have been given to workers on the field. Conditions are to harsh and they should be given at least shoes. The government must also, if this is a picture of a former slave under the black codes, end the black codes. It was unfair for African Americans to work for unfair wages and excessive work hours.