Aunt Jemima

have any color plastered on the walls, in fact the only thing on the walls was an aged, creme colored map of Manhattan My newborn niece, Dania, was the only genuine happiness I encountered from living a month with this family. I had never been an aunt before and I just couldn 't resist…

hours. My mom and I somehow did not get confused when trying to get to the arrivals room. I spotted one of my uncles, I did not even know his name and I only knew him through pictures. Suddenly more of my relatives appeared from the crowd, and the aunt and uncle I was supposed to live with made their…

Being fixated entirely on self interest can easily cloud an individual's ability to empathize. The opposite is also true in that constantly empathizing can allow an individual to neglect themselves and prevent them from bettering themselves. Both of these extremes have the potential to result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize…

Since my birth, my curiosity of Waylon Pallidum has been insatiable. Waylon is not a part of our family, but he has been practically adopted. The long story short about Waylon, and this will confuse you - he has been alive for centuries, and he will never die. No, that is not a metaphor, this is not a poem. Waylon is not a prized possession that has esteemed a title worth personifying. Waylon is not a creative way I’ve decided to express my mind’s ability. Waylon is a human, a person who has…

CHAPTER EIGHT Mystery is My Middle Name There was rock music blaring from somewhere inside The Tisalton Plastics, Glass, & Other Salvage Materials Yard. I could hear it clear as day as we coasted past the big new shiny sign then skidded to halt, dropping our bikes in front of Twist’s trailer. Seth and I inched toward the office through piles of parts and smashed cars missing back tires. “Evening, kids,” Eli, Twist’s slow-talking uncle grinned. His carrot-colored hair gleamed in the sun as…

succeed (Humes, 61). A couple of the kids who went through the system took Judge Dorn’s advice and went back to school. Christopher Jones was sent to live with his aunt and uncle, Andrea and Robert Jones, because Judge Dorn believed it was not the right decision to put him in camp or into the hall. Chris was far behind in school so his aunt had put him in special classes that way he was able to receive his high school diploma. As well as going to school, she also got him a job at a movie…

How Many Can You Lose? How many family members can you lose in 1 year? I assume the most common answer is none, but for me, I lost 5 major points in my life in 4 months. So far 2016 wasn’t my year. My beautiful Auntie Brenda was 71 years old; she was the matriarch of the family, she really took a toll on my life. I remember when we threw her a surprise birthday party because she just beat breast cancer. She don’t like surprises, and when we said surprise, she likely ran out. I’ll explain more…

peaceful? Suddenly, my mind was brought back to reality when my aunt uttered, “Hold on, this doesn’t seem right!” “What?”, my mom asked with a bewildered look on her face. My aunt responded while pointing at a map, “According to this map, this is not what the trail is supposed to look like.” My uncle stepped in and said in an incredulous voice, “Are you saying that we took the wrong trail the whole time?” “Apparently,” replied my aunt, frowning. I started to panic, so I asked, “So does that…

New Jemima Joe Overstreet created a piece titled New Jemima in 1964. This example of pop art was created in America during the Black Arts Movement. New Jemima is a free standing piece of plywood that is eight and a half feet long by five and a half feet wide by a foot and one fourth in depth. The plywood is covered with fabric that has acrylic paint on it of Aunt Jemima firing a machine gun at the word with pancakes falling down. There is also a glass syrup bottle similar to the looks of a…

Those figures include Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. These two icons are not the only figures being racially discriminated through product labeling. Miss Chiquita, a Latin American figure, racially discriminates the Latina group. Native Americans are also racially discriminated through product labeling by schools and sports teams through the use of mascots. Racial discrimination through product labeling still occurs today, even though many argue it does not exist. Aunt Jemima is an African…