Black Elk Speaks

adult. The first two children who are white ask Santa Claus for toys and to be a star in the sky. The last character is black and asks Santa to bring an end to conflict and to be able to live in peace. Aside from the commercial having only male figures it also represents the importance of race at the time the commercial was produced. I believe it was to outline the hardships black people were still facing after many years of fighting for equality in America. To further analyze this advertising…

Every culture throughout the world has a different perception of what beauty. Some cultures, such as the African American culture for example, express beauty by showing off wealth and expensive features. In an image captured by C.E. Gomes, there is a Swahili woman posing gracefully with several extravagant accessories, such as multiple necklaces around the neck of the woman, along with a bracelet on each of the woman’s wrists. The clothing style of the Swahili woman is very elegant, with…

As black families moved into the suburbs that were previously all white, they faced violent attacks, picketing, and racism. Community organizations, supposedly used to better neighborhoods, actively resisted integration. They would gather for emergency meeting when it was discovered that a black family had moved in nearby. During meetings the members would decide how to respond to their situation…

Systemic racism is a real thing that affects minorities in the United States, especially black Americans. Its effects create inequality and oppression. “Systemic racism includes the complex array of anti-black practices, the unjustly gained political- economic power of whites, the continuing economic and other resource inequalities along racial lines, and the white racist ideologies and attitudes created to maintain and rationalize white privilege and power.” (Cole, 2015) Because of its presence…

In Chapter 1, the lives of the Mexica caught my attention. The Mexica were people whose empire stretched from coast to coast across central Mexico and who numbered as many as 2 million. “By the 1490s the Mexica ruled an empire that covered more land than Spain and Portugal combined (Roark, 19)”. They were considered the strong arm in the neighborhood. The Mexica were hired out as mercenaries by the much richer and more settled tribes. It’s amazing to know that a small nobility of Mexican…

(Peavler 1). The schools that the black children attended were exceptionally…

We see this now with all the crime against African American men and the starting of the “Black Lives Matter” movement. The last lyric is called “Delivery” which is peace of man. Violence is still the struggle in Chicago while justice isn’t getting done with deliverymen not coming to slum neighborhoods or certain houses because of the features…

Blacks will always face being compared to the stereotypes that exist, it’s just something you learn to live with when your black. Is it right? No, but it is just reality. Black people were oppressed for years. Stereotypes date back as far back as the slavery days. Here it is several years later and yet the same group of people are dealing with issues all based on one thing, skin color. Black men are beaten, arrested and even killed because they…

discernible in every culture – through black people’s suffering and discrimination, they were able to create different types of art all over the world. Since the time of slavery, African Americans created music with hidden messages in them, longing for the freedom and opportunities every human being should have. Through these songs, black people instilled a hopeful feeling in themselves and their children, passing it on to the present day generation. Black artists of today, like Janelle Monae…

The Black Death which swept through Europe in 1347, and extended until 1351, had devastating effects on the people living in Europe at the time, yet it was crucial to European society 's advancement. The Black Death, caused by the bacteria; Yersinia Pestis, lived in fleas and was transmitted to humans via rats. The plague originated in China where there had been previous small-scale outbreaks and traveled to Europe through trade routes such as the Silk Road. Despite the loss of life and…