Black box

culture thrived and influenced many. The contrast between the North and South shown through the awe from the narrator showed the new sense of hope for the Black community. Harlem was a place where the African-American society owned up to a new and improved status or identity in society. Although Harlem was a place of prospect and prosperity for the black community, prejudice still lurked in the corners. With this ambiguous racial freedom…

In 1931, there was a famous case called “Scottsboro boys trials” about nine African-Americans were accused of gang rape by two young Caucasian women, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The characters in the trial has similar background and personalities as the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The trial and the novel can be compared from their court session and the characters that are plaintiffs and defendants. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the trial of Scottsboro Boys Trial, there are many figures…

and leader in Jem and Scout's life. He teaches them morals and educational lessons by his actions, knowledge, and his view on the world. The book takes place in rural alabama during the early 1930’s. The small town is made up of many families, some black, some…

In the class we are all going in order by seating and discussing our views to the individual commercials and as we begin to get to the right side of the room a classmate was discussing his paper and began to refer to a group of black people as colored. The professor corrected him, but he and many others made this ‘mistake’ of using this discriminatory term. Then during the second part of the project of choosing another commercial but this time a Super Bowl, the same term was used…

The Black Diggers: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Autralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1997. Annotation Robert Anthony Hall was born in 1947 and is an…

When you hear the name Rodney King you think of the now famous case of when Rodney King a black male was beaten on the side of the road in Los Anglos, California by four white officers. Rodney King was in a high speed chase with L.A.P.D. when they finally stopped the officers beat Mr. King, thankfully someone nearby actually caught it all on camera. This case was heard all over the country. When the case went to court the officers who were charged with his beating was acquitted for the charges…

stop judging other people because A lot of people race, talking to other people base on what they look like, and We are all the same inside and doesn't matter what we are in the outside. People have different races and belief such as being white, black, mexican, latino, asian, and etc. People think that certain…

situation. Questions: What did Scout, and Jem find in the Radley's' knothole? Throughout the book Jem and Scout find several items hidden in the knothole of the tree just outside of Boo's home. In total they find a couple of sticks of gum, a small box containing coins, a ball of twine, two figures…

“Black, male, I would say intellectual, curious, fun,” This was Brandon’s response when I asked him about his identity. I met Brandon in the Undergraduate Library here on campus at 9:30 on a Thursday night. Brandon was born in Canada to two Ghanaian parents but spent a good portion of this life in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. This may have a lot to do with the way he responded to my question. Then I asked, “Would you consider yourself an American African” “Yes. I would consider myself an…

Investigatory Traffic Stops in the United States and Their Relationship with Race Pulled over: Charles Epp At. El. In the United States today it is undeniable that police and citizen relations are at a rocky ledge regarding recent cases of racism in the media, and first hand accounts of unethical police practices. Tools although legal in the eyes of the supreme court are generally viewed as unethical by the people violated by them. Almost every driver I know has been stopped by the police,…