Black Elk

Blacks have been stereotyped to be criminals since the slavery era. The stereotypes of blacks being criminals led to justifying keeping black slaves and other types of discrimination (Kennedy, 1998, pg 13). After slavery, blacks were believed to have a tendency to commit horrendous crimes. This led to the justification for their lynchings and policies to control blacks (Kennedy, 1998, pg 13). Politicians and the media have also supported the stereotype of blacks and their involvement in crime…

Politics have played a significant role when determining how White America views the black race as a whole. Over the years people have characterized and associated blacks as the criminals and predators of society. They relate blacks to drugs, violence, and crimes. As a result, they enslave and incarcerate blacks. They use their Machiavellian justice system and laws created by them to eliminate or impoverish the black race in the white society. In this paper, I will elaborate on how America went…

bandages. The book I found was based on a popular Japanese children’s TV show, Yo-kai Watch. I was aslo able to find a large amount of Asian-American baby dolls that a six year old, Asian-American, could play with, but not nearly as many as white, black, and Hispanic baby dolls. While looking through the toy section, I had to use my own judgment to determine if a baby doll was of Asian-American descent. One doll, that I did find, was based off…

Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes compares the history and the soul of black communities to four great rivers around the world. The poem takes the reader on a historical journey through different places and times. It links black history with the birth of civilization and the creation of the world: “I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.” Hughes conception of the black experience and rich ancient existence in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”…

The Greenhouse Effect Most people recognize global warming, but fail to recognize what is really behind it. In addition, most people would also recognize the concept of the greenhouse effect, or at least some variation of it. The fact is that the greenhouse effect is what leads to global warming, but how does that happen? Let’s start with some historical analysis of the topic. The greenhouse effect (or at least a rough version) was originally thought of and recognized by Jean Baptiste Joseph…

cluster of genes similar in all black people or all white people (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1998). Generally speaking, if race were real in the biological sense, then racial classifications for individuals would remain constant. Yet today, a person categorized as white in Brazil, may be classed as black in America or coloured in Africa. There are no set boundaries to define race biologically (Maillard, 2016). Du Bois stated the idea of ‘white’ or ‘black’ simply cannot be used as…

blood type, and finger print. One interesting I found from this activity, which was basically a refresher for me, was that not a lot of African-Americans have the blood type AB. The five major races included in this activity were: African-Americans or Blacks, Whites, American Indians, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. Throughout the review, it demonstrated what groups of people are more genetically and physically inclined to have each specific trait. For the actual activity, we had to group…

Blacks and whites were separated but were said to be equal. Despite this ‘equality’ many African American citizens tried to pass the colour line to improve their quality of life. In a time when this passing was so common, chauvinists often looked for other…

Privilege and white privilege is there a difference? The text states that White privilege is “a set of advantaged and or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others” (Avakian, 2003). As I searched privilege and read different terms I understood it as, a special right like an advantage, something granted to a particular person or group of people. Though there is a difference between the two I can see why the term Privilege is attached to “White”.…

From Asian, Black, White, Light skinned (black), green blue, and just all types of dolls. The reason for this is because I feel the experiment is actually still teaching segregation. All the children who took part of the experiment had to deal with a white and black doll. That right there is already telling that young black child that this is what it is, and get used to it, because it will never change. They are children…