Agent White

place over a century ago, it has shaped the way Black people, Black women in particular, are treated in American society. White supremacist and racist ideology that began during slavery have evolved from explicit racial cues such as the lynching and beating of the black body to more implicit ones that have made their way into mainstream media, one of the most important agents of socialization. Implicit racial cues that range from playing in degrading roles to not being casted at all have the…

right to do what you want without anybody stopping you. This however, can mean different things to different groups of people, whether it be a race, religion, or even gender. Three groups of people that had issues with achieving the freedoms most white American men had were, African Americans, women, and immigrants. Each of these groups fought hard for the freedom they have today, but even so they are still fighting the upwards hill of oppression. The meaning of freedom for African…

“Whose Markets, Whose Knowledge?” focuses on the various political power struggles within education. As the United States attempts to win the financial markets back from countries such as “Japan, Mexico… [and] China,” it also moves towards building a stronger sense of nationality (Apple 2016: 258). Political movements such as neoliberals, neoconservatives, and authoritarian populists have, through the educational system, “[reinstall] a vision of a common culture… more emphasis in the Western…

Could secession and racism be so intimately connected? Had white supremacy also form a critical element in the secessionist cause? Through the book Apostles of Disunion, the historian Charles Dew attempts to respond to these questions examining the speeches and letters from the secession commissioners who were in charge of convincing the Southern States to secede from the Union in 1860 – 1861. This essay will present the aspects of culture, society and politics the people from the South were…

leader who had no problem speaking against whites and he frequently had organized events in Omaha, Nebraska; in turn, it became a case of conflict with the Ku Klux Klan who later murdered him and burned their house to the ground. Louise Little was left to provide for her children amidst her husband’s tragic and inevitable death. Because of the grief, she was unable to adequately care for her children prompting the frequent visits from white welfare agents and a short affair. As a result, her…

concept is that a black man as a result of intuitional racism will either have to “Fight or Flight”. The opening scene of the book is a guy named Robert Smith, a life insurance agent, attempting to “fly” from Mercy Hospital to the other side of Lake Superior. (Page 3) It is ironic Mr. Smith being a life insurance agent and intentionally jumping off of the top of a building. Mr. Smith is fully aware that you cannot get life insurance if you commit suicide. Was Mr. Smith trying to escape a…

White Chicks: Farce and Purposeful Revenge of the Whiteface Controversy? When many people hear of the Wayans Brothers movie White Chicks, they would inevitably picture the humorous scene where Terry Crews, being the physically huge, prideful jock he is, ironically does gestures and lip-syncs to Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” on his car radio. Everyone around me adores this particular movie with a passion, often quoting lines and reminiscing their favorite scenes. Moreover, White Chicks…

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born on August 17, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. He is regarded as a significant figure in American history due to his lifelong focus as an advocate of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements He was a social activist who inspired the Nation of Islam and the Rastafarian movement. Garvey established the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He advanced a Pan-African philosophy which inspired a global mass movement, known…

John Howard Griffin’s book Black Like Me is the story of a white journalist who sets out on a journey to find out what it’s like to live as a black man in the southern parts of the United States. John’s story takes place in 1959 when black people were not allowed to use the same bathrooms as white people and black people might have to walk all the way across town just to get a drink of water. Griffin sets out on the journey in order to really find out what it’s like to be black in America at…

racial profiling by law enforcements agents is based on purely racial stereotypes (45). She stresses the fact that the well-known war on drugs and terrorism is providing more explicit profiling to the criminal justice system, ignoring the fact that they are more often directed to people with the appearance of a drug dealer, gang member, or terrorist, in other words, minorities.…