Armenian diaspora

"[T]here was a unifying theme that ran through most of the judgments made about Ireland and the Irish in Victorian England, and that theme had a distinctly ethnic and racial character. Stated simply, this consensus amounted to an assumption or a conviction that the 'native Irish ' were alien in race and inferior in culture to the Anglo-Saxons" (Curtis 5). In North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, this Victorian undercurrent of anti-Irish sentiment is felt throughout the novel. The novel 's view…

James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins. New York. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 1989.Print. The Black Jacobins (1938), by African -Trinidadian writer C.L.R James is the history of the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution also known as the French colony of San Domingo. The text centers on an ex-slave named Toussaint L’Ouverture, who became the leader and an advocate of the French Revolution ideals. James emphasizes that Toussaint “presence had that electrifying effect characteristic of great men of…

Recently, we’ve seen in the media that there have been numerous stories about police brutality against African Americans. This is a reoccurring problem that has affected many people of minitories in the past and is an ongoing problem in society. Constantly, we hear about African Americans males killed on a daily basis by authorities. The importance of the Black Lives Matter movement shines the light that these murders should require punishment to officers who have killed young innocent people.…

nationalism that was conceived of at the end of the 19th century and remains to be a vital component in a variety of ways pertaining to Africa. Pan-Africanism was a tool in the struggle against colonialism utilized by at first, members of the African Diaspora and later by people and groups within Africa in their struggle for independence. The ability of the African people to unify was seen as integral in their efforts to resist European domination and the ability to attain self-rule. There…

The purpose of this study is to examine the intersectionality of race and gender for African American women working at predominately white institutions as faculty, staff, and/or administrators. Many Black women working in higher education often experience marginalization, social exclusion, and lack effective mentoring in academia. Using a theoretical approach, I will use the critical race theory and black feminist thought as the framework to explore the effects race and gender has on African…

In the fight against racial policing, young activists have created campaigns titled #SayTheirName and #SayHerName. Under In the #SayHerName campaign, the activists have tried to spread awareness about the black victims who don’t have a voice to speak for themselves because they’re no longer here. The #SayHerName movement, another movement in connection to the #saytheirname campaign, focuses on police brutality against black women. Sandra Bland, an innocent black woman, was found dead in her…

“Nigger,” the moment the word came out of my mouth I remember the eyes of my teacher. My Sunday School teacher. My black Sunday School teacher. I had just heard a joke from a friend and was laughing. She asked me what was so funny. At 5 or so years old I do not recalling actually knowing what the N-word meant, I don’t even remember the joke and why I thought it was so funny. Perhaps, early onset peer-pressure, but likely it was at least in part what Wendell Barry refers to as the “hidden wound.”…

Sylvanna M Falcón is one of numerous sociologist that have built on Du Bois’s work, showing the importance of his theory of Double Consciousness as well as its limitations. When developing his theory of Double Consciousness Du Bois focused strictly on blacks and whites in American society. Falcón explores Du Bois’s theory of Double Consciousness in relation to Peruvian women of African descent today. This shows that although Du Bois used specific races in his accounts, the theory can still be…

Invisibility can be defined as “the situation of men whose individual identity is denied” (Lieber, 1972: 86) Invisible Man, written by Ralph Ellison, tells the story of a refined and educated black man straining to endure and prosper in an ethnically and culturally divided society which rejects him as a human being. This essay attempts to examine the invisibility, anonymity and alienation of the modern subject, especially in relation to racism, the essay servers to select several key moments in…

The previous stories of the Nights are a good point to begin our discussion of blackness and racial discrimination in the stories. While The Arabian Nights presents stories about the Islamic empire, it foists stories of slavery and blackness. Unlike the Atlantic trade slaves, slaves in the Arabian Nights “inhabit a different history from plantation slaves, and do not fit easily into abolitionist discourse: they were more frequently domestic or military.”(Slavery, blackness) In The Arabian Nights…