American Alligator

A visceral reaction to blackface and minstrel characters has come to be expected in conventional American culture. The idea of minstrel shows being commonplace and consumed as entertainment has become such an uncomfortable thought that characters like Jim Crow are left relatively unexamined further than as an embarrassing racist facet of American history. However, when one sets aside the initial reaction to the seemingly overwhelming racism in T.D. Rice’s “The Original Jim Crow”, the intricate…

privileges/opportunities. White supremacy and slavery were one of many forms used to securing or improving white Europeans socioeconomic status and quality of life. In the following, we will discuss how white supremacy affected and shaped the development of African American culture. Furthermore, examine how colorism, a manifestation of white supremacy, affected…

relegating African American slaves and native Creole people to these areas. Post-civil war, these settlement patterns were only exaggerated as the racial geography of the city shifted toward what is now considered a “classic southern” development pattern. Whites selected areas for people of color to occupy: typically low-value, flood prone swamplands at the edge of the city (Campanella, 2006). This was the case in neighborhoods such as Tremé, often referred to as the oldest African American…

cabinet meetings. He became the poster child for animal rights awareness and a star in the administration. Calvin Coolidge had a literal zoo at the White House with a bobcat, lion cubs, a wallaby, a hippo and a black bear. President Hoover brought alligators back and campaigned with his dog, King Tut. Through the mid-twentieth century, the tradition continued. Some presidents had only one pet (usually a dog), while others had several - as well as birds and cats and horses. The Kennedy White…

Geronimo: A True American The brave Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo was able to accomplish many astonishing feats before he died at the age of seventy-nine in 1909. Some of these achievements include continuing his journey of bettering the lives of his people despite his own family being murdered when he was only twenty-nine (27). Geronimo fully embodies the hard-working and no excuses attitude that many Americans strive for. Geronimo in many ways possesses the same moral code and ideas that…

my desire for an American one. I wanted nothing to do with being Vietnamese or Asian because all that it had brought me was a sense of inferiority and constant bullying. My desire to suppress my Vietnamese identity brings up a point that is brought up by Ms. Mori, the protagonist’s friend with benefits. During one of their conversations, she asks, “So why are we supposed to not forget our culture? Isn’t my culture right here since I was born here?” (73). She is a Japanese American who has…

Bowie Jim Bowie died a texas hero when fought a lot a battles to help us get texas independence But he died at the alamo his legacy knife is still here but know really knows where When Jim Bowie was a kid he rode alligators for fun. Jim bowie’s dad fought in the American Revolution. They lived in losian but soon became the first settlers on the frontier so him and his brothers and sister quickly learned survival skills of the wilderness. Jim bowie had fine manners and was never…

The Atchafalaya River and its river basin are extraordinarily beautiful with the swampy scenery and the animals in this scenery. This is quite amazing there are egrets and alligators which help each other in the process of symbiotic relationships. The egret benefits form the alligator because it is getting fed and the alligator benefits from the egret because he is getting the stuck food out of his teeth. In this symbiotic relationship both animals or organisms are benefitting which means they…

told to leave the country, and few Americans would befriend her. Most immigrants must endure unfair treatment. The Bean Trees, written by Barbara Kingsolver, is a story set primarily in Arizona that follows two main characters: Taylor Greer and Lou Ann Ruiz. The two girls are subjected to injustice everywhere, whether it is through the poverty in the town where they live or the strip club near their grocery…

Amongst all the Native American tribes in the history of the United States, the Seminole Indians are one of the most notable tribes to ever exist. They first originated in North Florida and then even moved south to the area around the Everglades. Proof that this tribe was dominant is the fact that it still exists today. While land expansion continued in the Early America days, the Native Americans were commonly forcefully removed out of their land. However, the Seminoles refused to surrender…