American English

The Harlem Renaissance was a time in American history when African heritage was not being accepted by not only the white Americans but also by the African Americans. So, two men took matters into their own hands by bringing together Americans of all different races by writing poems that portrayed the horribles times African American were going through. Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen were the two men that fought for racial equality during the 1920s in Harlem, New York. Langston Hughes…

Huguley-Riggins 215 English: 20th Century Black Women Writers 7 July 2016 Pauline Hopkins’ Legacy African American 20th Century writers have played a big role in educating the community. The authors and poets of the Harlem Renaissance who prospered in the 1920s, such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, have become more popular and their works have been recognized and interpreted in English classes in recent years. Pauline Hopkins should be included the next time English 215: 20th Century…

people of other ethnicities experience some sort of racism in America. Typically as Americans we assume because someone is of Asian or Mexican ethnicity that they express Asian or Mexican culture even if they were born in the US. Though the people of other ethnicities may participate in their ancestors cultural experiences, they still have American identity. In both Okita's and Cisneros's works they express American identity as being the culture you express rather than how you look or where your…

Invisible and Struggling Asian Americans are generally known for their diligent work ethics, their high levels of education and the high paying job that follows from their education. This stereotype is even supported with statistical data, Asian Americans holding a higher median household income, $66,000, compared to the general population’s $49,800 (Pew Research Center). With a rise in Asian immigrants and the Asian American populace as a whole and how they are projected to be the largest…

Childhood by Richard Rodriguez, Mother Tongue by Amy Tan, and The “F” Word by Firoozeh Dumas. When Richard Rodriguez, in his memoir Aria: Memoirs of a Bilingual Childhood, began to speak English, it altered his relationship…

always get stared at with dirty looks, not just me but my family too sometimes, and I find it quite disrespectful and get this, these people that look at me with dirty looks are white American people. I'm always telling myself that its really wrong for them to do that to me because I'm an American citizen just like then but born with…

While still basking in the glow of victory, the colonists celebrated the English efforts to protect their lands. General Wolfe, a British military commander, was celebrated frequently in a variety of mediums, including Benjamin West’s oil painting The Death of General Wolfe (“Making the Revolution: America,” n.d., p. 2). The war, however, caused economic difficulties for the English government who maintained permanently stationed soldiers in the colonies to enforce rules (Tindall…

Korean American. The Korean cultures have been integrated in American society in different aspects, such as cuisines, beliefs, social services, and cultural events. However, because of language, cultural, and psychological barriers, Korean Americans still struggle with issue and challenges especially in employment and public health. Many cannot surpass the hardships of the glass ceiling, while others have limited access to public health services for the help of mental health. Korean-Americans…

the English colonies to their superiors, Britain, was that being ruled by the parliament and the British King. The way the king ruled and his laws were not up to par for the colonists because of his dictatorship and unjustly taxations. The simple thought of the English being ruled by an island that they could not even see and they also had very poor communication with. Between this and lack of the king being able to overlook the colonies, did not do justice for neither Britain nor the American…

outside the old State House in Boston throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at the British soldiers. One of the soldiers fired his weapon in the crowd causing a series of gunshots from the British to be fired killing five Americans. This was the first event between the Americans and the British that ended in…