Black Tuesday Essay

Kristin Davis exposed that she is frightened for her black child, Gemma Rose Davis, after Donald Trump won this year's governmental political election. The 51-year-old starlet-- that embraced Gemma, currently 5, on her very own in 2011-- opened concerning her sensations throughout a meeting with WNYC's Rebecca Carroll. I have actually lived in white opportunity. I assumed I understood prior to embracing my little girl that I was in white benefit, that I recognized exactly what that suggested.…

Controversy Rachel Dolezal is a white woman who is obsessed with the black culture, which caused her to identify herself as black rather than her real ethnicity; her obsession was so excessive that she even change her skin color, and such act caused a lot of controversy in our society. Lois Wood Russo, from Massachusetts, wrote a comment to The New York Times, where he stated that Rachel Dolezal purposely pretended to be black in order to gain attention and to appease her desires, such as…

not racist if you do not act on your racist thoughts. It is acceptable to think it, but not do anything about it. For example, in Illinois, Blacks and Hispanics are twice as likely to be searched after a traffic stop than white drivers, but white drivers were twice as likely to be importing illegal items. (Washington Post) The police focused so much on the black and Hispanic drivers even though there were lots of white people that they could have been watching as well. The police didn’t say…

white so she could have a better education. Liz was taken out of school without even a goodbye; Liz is put in an all black school. Marlee decides that color doesn’t matter and she still wants the friendship that Liz and her have to continue. They made a plan to meet up secretly at the zoo by the lions, then from there they would go into a forest near the zoo to hang out every Tuesday. Even though their parents disapprove of it, because of how dangerous it was. The threats still continue when…

But by afternoon of the first day, some of the rioters had turned to attacks on black people, and on things symbolic of black political, economic, and social power. An event of many that really highlights the magnitude of violence of the rioters took place on July 13. Children numbering 233, were quietly seated in their school rooms, playing in the nursery…

resident here in the United States means facing problems including, but not limited to, internal violence, immigration, and unfit presidential candidates. “Crime is out of control, and rapidly getting worse. Not good!” Donald Trump tweeted last Tuesday. All across America, there are various types of crimes taking place and citizens are beginning…

girl Mary Katherine Thompson. The theme of the movie is that one has to do what’s right regardless of what other people think. The movie starts by showing a regular day for the Thompsons, a well-off white family living in Montgomery Alabama. Their black maid, Odessa Cotter, helps to cook and clean the house while Mr. Thompson is out at work and Ms. Thompson is running errands. As well as taking care of the house Odessa acts as a mother figure for the Thompson kids. Ms. Thompson has always loved…

African American Drama Tuesday, October 14th Topsy: The Perpetual Status of Pickaninny The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin resulted in the construction of an arsenal of stereotypes against Black humanity. Amongst these renditions is the pickaninny caricature, “grow’d” from Topsy. Since written, the power of Topsy’s depiction has retained, leading to a conglomeration of responses by the African-American community, particularly within the realm of Black American…

Racial discrimination on college campuses is a problem, not only for this generation, but many to come. How can students be expected to be professional and show respect when they aren’t treated with the same consideration. Racial discrimination is alive and is present within our college campuses. Minorities have been targeted with insults, racial slurs, and have been treated like criminals, which is evident throughout our history of the trail of tears to the civil war and to the Japanese…

After thinking about a topic to write about and watching a short film called AmeriCAN, I decided to discuss police brutality; since it has been a major topic over the past few months or maybe years. AmeriCAN is a short film and a public service announcement that comes in response to several events that have divided the country to do racial profiling. The cause of this film would be all of the senseless crimes that have taken place over the past few years, such as Travon Martin, Mike Brown, Erick…