“My People the Sioux” is a fine literary piece published in 1928. Some people feel this book leaves an unforgettable impact since it increases one’s empathy for Native Americans. Luther Standing Bear, better known as Plenty Kill, depicts the dramatic and traumatic changes affecting the Sioux nation during their traditional way of life. It starts … Read more
“Right Place, Wrong Face” is a song from the Broadway musical The Lion King. The song is sung by Alton Fitzgerald White, who plays the role of Mufasa in the show. The song is about race and how black people are often misunderstood or mistreated by white people. It’s a powerful and moving song that … Read more
When I watch the Class Divide documentary, I am always struck by how race plays such a huge role in our society. Racism is so entrenched in our institutions and ways of thinking that it can be hard to imagine things being any other way. Discrimination, whether intentional or not, is a reality for people … Read more
Over the past Decade the word racism has become one of the most argued words since the civil rights movement. Only the difference is the black population didn’t have the same rights as the white population. There were peaceful protest all throughout the country, and the police force responded with brutal and unnecessary violence. There … Read more
Chapter 3, goes into how the missionaries tried to help blacks after the civil war. The missionaries, however, had more enthusiasm than they did knowledge. When a poet was asked to describe each race he described the whites as tribe chiefs, red people were proud warriors, the yellow people were princes, and the black people … Read more
There are many social issues that our society faces on a daily basis. Many people do not truly notice or understand these issues, because they are not directly affected by the issue. Just because you aren’t directly affected by an issue does not mean that you should make an attempt to understand the issue from … Read more
In William Blake’s work, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, there is a smaller poem within lasting only 28 lines, but still somehow managed to make a global impression; this work is called The Little Black Boy. This poem made an impact in a variety of ways, some of which being its contribution to the … Read more
Civil Rights and the violence that perused around the 1960’s used to be and still are a major problem for people of The United States. Romano noticed that there were generally three themes that came with the new modernizing idea of reversing segregation. These three recurring themes in Romano’s article of the presence of a … Read more
Culture and politics are embedded amongst society through our everyday tasks and in the establishments incorporated through our community. Antonio Gramsci is an Italian theorist who describes this as hegemony, which is a political predominant influence, cultural dominance or authority that exercises over nations or individuals. In the media there has been current talk of … Read more
Since the Europeans settled in North America, African-Americans were oppressed and enslaved by whites. Although the Civil War abolished slavery, there was still racial segregation that excluded blacks from certain rights; there was still a harsh system of inequality by white supremacy. Blacks were banned from associating with whites in regular and public institutions such … Read more
For some people racial profiling is just something on television and for others it’s an everyday thing. It is 2017, and racial profiling is still going on everywhere. There are many of people who still profile other people every day. Racial profiling is when someone makes assumptions about someone else based on the color of … Read more
The article “Should Racial Profiling Be Accepted as a Law Enforcement Practice? “, published by ProCon. org discusses the pros and cons on if racial profiling should be practiced by the law enforcement. Those in favor of this practice admit that people of color are targeted more by law enforcement agencies because they are the … Read more
“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity. ” (Nat Turner. ) A lot of people think about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad when they hear about slave rebellions but Nat Turner also played a big part in slave rebellions. Nat Turner grew up a slave and had a big religious impact on … Read more
In the book, The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses the setting to develop the theme and conflict that people will have to face challenges everyday, but the consequences you can receive can draw the line between life or death because sometimes people don’t want to see you succeed in life with … Read more
I listened to the audiobook version of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and as I listened walked through the streets of Boston. One night as I listened to Michelle Alexander talk about how African American men are far more likely to be stopped and searched by the police, I … Read more
True Equality We live in a judgmental world; believe it or not that’s just how it is. People are going to judge you before even knowing you and what your intentions are. Brent Staples, who is an African American, experiences the moment of feeling like a threat to women and people based on his color … Read more
Anne Moody in his book ”Coming of age in Mississippi”, isn’t sure that the civil rights movement will end up as being a success. She is having a lot of doubts about the future, questioning herself about her sacrifices and the suffering she had to endure as an activist. In 1968, the civil rights movement … Read more
Have you ever faced a life-changing experience? People have impacted not only themselves, but also their countries. This idea is analyzed in the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, the autobiography”I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, and “The “Father Of Aviation” by Rebecca Maskell. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng … Read more