Agent White

Race had never seemed like an issue in her life until she attended SPCC, and she instantly felt like an outsider for the first time. Keisha began to resent the White community and realized she felt unsafe. Her first semester, she had a class with Claude Dumont, who invited her to attend a meeting of the Black Student Union. After attending a few of the BSU meetings, Keisha applied for a job as a student worker…

In Little Brother, racial paranoia is evident when Jolu, Marcus’ hispanic friend, explains to Marcus that he isn’t as safe as a white individual. Jolu tells Marcus, “‘I hate to say it, but you’re white. I’m not. White people get caught with cocaine and do a little rehab time. Brown people get caught with crack and go to prison for twenty years. White people see cops on the street and feel safer. Brown people see cops on the street and wonder if they’re about to get searched’” (160). This…

Ghetto make race outside of the ghetto by reinforcing the stereotypes against them. According to William Wilson in The Truly Disadvantaged, he argued that the stereotypes of the black, for example, will be reinforced by the “figures on black crime, teenage pregnancy, remain-headed families, and welfare dependency are released to the public without sufficient explanation”. (Wilson, 2012) Like what Gans and Molina argued to be the problem of researcher, general public and academic look at the…

son of a mother who happens to be a teacher. After leaving Howard University, he started writing for multiple publications to start off his career, and then he made his first big successful article for the The Atlantic, “This Is How We Lost to the White Man.” His success as a journalist allowed him to branch off to starting blogs, writing for other publications,…

The color black is known to be one associated with negativity and wrongdoing, while the color white is considered pure and superior. Unfortunately, the same can be said when comparing ethnicities. It is not appropriate to judge somebody solely on the color of his or her skin, as they did not make the decision to be black or white. In Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”, she demonstrates how one woman can break stereotypes and rise above all hardships. Maya’s use of rhetorical questions keeps one…

In this paper, I intend to interpret and explain the arguments made by Jane Hill in her article titled “Language, Race, and White Public Space.” To successfully map Hill’s arguments, I will complete the following. At first, I will identify the main claims Hill makes, outlining each argument in detail. As I state the main claims of the article, I will explain definitions important to the understanding of each argument. I will then discuss the evidence Hill uses to support her claims and connect…

field with more self-loathing as they are loathed. We live in such a judgmental society where individuals have no self-acceptance. Where the majority crave to be the stander of beauty, which is white. In this society minorities are taught to believe that whiteness is the paragon of beauty, that being white will assure a better qualified life and define better values in society and the community. Characters in “The Bluest Eyes” by Toni Morrison establish their sense of self-worth based on these…

“Flash upon my inward eye”: The Role of Reflection and Tranquility in William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils” In his preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth famously writes that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth, Wu 509). However, it is important to note that he modifies this statement by adding that “though this be true, Poems to which any value can be attached were never produced on any variety of subjects but by a man who, being possessed of…

Even when movies are set in places such as Japan or Hawaii, you will still find a white person as the principal cast, despite the fact that they are the minority of the area, as is the case for Aloha and The Last Samurai. This practice is known as Colorism, the discrimination against people of certain skin tones. In film this is done…

and situation is at home, violent and cruel. Pecola is constantly subjected to horrific and terrifying events, such as getting raped by her own father. She sees herself as ugly and disgusting and yearns to be beautiful, which she thinks is being white and blue eyes. It is an ugly scene and disturbing to read a girl's life get destroyed, but Morrison knows that in order to get her point across she needs these absurd and disturbing scenes. Morrison’s purpose of Pecola is to make the most weak…