Caucasian Chalk Circle Essay

When hearing the words “writing workshop,” I immediately thought about higher-grade levels such as junior and senior high schools. I pictured teachers setting aside time in class, or even a separate class, for students to work on writing papers, mechanical skills, and the process of writing in general. Yet after reading chapter one in Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product, I began to get the sense that the simplicity of the writing process lends itself to be applied in a variety of…

Poetry begs to be spoken; it begs to be heard. The sharing of poetry strengthens connections and brings people together. It builds community. Writing captures all of my attention, like nothing else is able to. I write down whatever makes me feel alive and hope that those words will have the same effect on others. I want my poetry to be a kaleidoscope of memories and emotions that reflects the deepest parts of my own humanity. As if the words were my blood and the paper my second skin, my writing…

The one thing that people in the world cannot stop is time. Time causes change and change brings the old fashioned phrase “out with the old, in with the new” and puts it into practice. Society and norms change all of the time whether it may be a fad that the younger generation is going through or a long term discriminatory behavior from an older generation. Within the images given, the messages that are being delivered are subtle and discrete but they’re there nonetheless. Because of how things…

In addition, both genders are depicted in ways that reinforce sexualized stereotypes; the femininity of the woman model is shown by her body, clothes, and actions while the male’s masculinity is shown through his muscles and predatory stance. In the advertisement, the woman model is wearing a white dress suggesting she is pure, innocent, and beautiful. However, her purity and innocence is sexually challenged by her exposed shoulders and cleavage because of her strapless dress. Additionally, the…

treating African American men, the implication of this situation calls for a subtle question that appears to either set tempers ablaze or even engender vacuums of silence in a room. African American men are dealt with differently in contrast to Caucasian men. Why is the treatment different? Is the law protecting only one part of Americans and surprisingly, not the other? Nowadays, there is a lot going on in the media, the lives of African American men are being constantly wasted everyday due…

On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln publishes a statement that will forever change the coarse of American politics and history. On this day, as the bloody battles of the American Civil War rage on, The Emancipation Proclamation is enacted. With the creation of this document, the wildest dreams of millions of enslaved Americans look to be soon realized as it is proclaimed that, All persons held as slaves... are, and henceforward shall be, free"(Lincoln National Archives and Records…

The question that I chose to do my research paper on was “Should the “affirmative action” programs that allow race to be considered in the college application process continue or do they violate the “equal protection clause”?” This has always been a controversial topic, in fact, race has and still does play a big role in our country today. My hope is that by the end of this paper, you as the reader will be able to answer this question and make the decision for yourself. During the Civil Rights…

Colonization “All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals”-Joshua Lederberg. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Rabbit-Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce, and Dakota 38 by Silas Haggerty are all about the colonization of Native Americans and the stories of families and tribes that are affected. Whereas Okowonko and Billy Ray are both greatly involved with their cultures, they are blinded and lose control of their hatred for white people. Molly continues to retain her…

Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains are books that create a controversial matter with keeping, reaching out and challenging their readers. Most of all both of these books mainly have the issue with the white readers. Both books similarly challenge their white readers by criticizing them and or creating an image or situation that offers them a way out. Paul Farmer’s and Malcolm X’s mediator’s, Tracy Kidder and Alex Haley, play a major role in…

Ifemelu moved to the United States and brakes off contact with him. When Obinze contacted her while she was in the United States, she ignored him because she was depressed. She became depressed after she was paid a hundred dollars for helping a Caucasian man relax. After Ifemelu relationship ended with Obinze, she ends up in a relationship with Blaine. Blaine is an African American male professor at Yale University. The positive aspect of Ifemelu’s relationship…