Caucasian Chalk Circle Essay

Privilege and white privilege is there a difference? The text states that White privilege is “a set of advantaged and or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others” (Avakian, 2003). As I searched privilege and read different terms I understood it as, a special right like an advantage, something granted to a particular person or group of people. Though there is a difference between the two I can see why the term Privilege is attached to “White”.…

Prince of Persia (2010) perfectly demonstrates the use of the white race being seen as beyond ethnicity. It dehumanises the Persian people to a mere stereotype through the use of cinematic techniques and racial casting. The film is another example of white actors playing a role of a character they have no association with. In other words it is perceived as white washing. Unfortunately, this is a system that has been in place for many years thus making it impossible to pull apart. The casting of…

The novel We Need New Names written by Noviolet Bulawayo is a quite intriguing novel, because of the strong, vivid, graphic, detailed descriptions. The setting of the story takes place in a shantytown of Paradise in Zimbabwe, where our main character, Darling, grows up alongside with her childhood friends Chipo , Bastard , Godknows , Sbho and Stina. As the story progress, the viewer will explore the tough life of living in Africa when Zimbabwe’s paramilitary police bulldozed their home .…

Final Essay-Something creative Introduction “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country 's representatives can figure out what is going on.” This was released by Trump’s campaign on June 28th of 2016—he is now the president-elect of the United States. Since 9/11, Americans have been taught to embrace islamophobia by big media outlets attempting to profit off injecting fear into the general public’s mind, spreading the…

In Sandra Cisneros’ “Never Marry a Mexican,” the narrator of the story recalls her troubled affair with a married white man. It is evident that the narrator is a Hispanic female, but her age is unknown. Nevertheless, most readers will infer that the events in “Never Marry a Mexican” occurred over a long period of time. Hence, “Never Marry a Mexican” is a brilliant, short story that discusses self-hatred and white privilege. White people are extremely influential in the Western Hemisphere due…

attributes often don’t represent that notion. Todd Lynch and his wife Ashley, both Caucasian, own Frank & Marlee’s. Mr. Lynch told me that his bar is an “opening and inviting place for all people. We don’t care what you look like or what you believe in, as long as you tip well and drink heavy.” This candid saying does not particularly represent the actual racial makeup of the bar. The majority of patrons were of Caucasian ethnicity. The only African-Americans in the bar were kitchen cooks and…

Participating and observing the different interactions in Oliver Hall among the students and Sodexo workers I focused first on students I knew, because I did not want to assume their race/ethnicity based on looks. From observing this I noticed that students whose race/ethnicity fell under the category of a minority (Black/African American, Latino(a)/American) seem to have more meaningful conversations than other races/ethnicities. It was difficult to analyze each conversation because there was…

1930’s, there was a highly contagious disease that plagued the South. That disease is known as racism. Even today, in the year 2015, it still infects our nation. Is there a cure for this outbreak? If an African-American is in a disagreement with a Caucasian person, how is it possible to sway that white person’s views or beliefs while this disease is prevalent? Having the chance to change their point of view can be challenging and strenuous. On the contrary, when emotion is used to fuel and…

One of the many privileges and freedoms we have as Americans is the freedom to pick the future president of our country. This year our final candidates we had to choose from was either Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton. By the end of the race Hilary had more support from the people, so naturally we thought that Hilary was going to win the election. However, when the results of the Election came back, and we found out that Donald J. Trump won it got me wondering how did a person who had the…

sexually assaulting an unconscious woman believed he was ‘remorseful’, even though Turner never admitted guilt, according to a newly released court transcript” (1). There’s only one thing that makes the minimal sentencing make sense. Brock Turner is a Caucasian…