Black Spot

a white woman who lives in a dumpy house and stays there cleaning the house every day. Mayella does not have power in the categories of race, class, and gender. She has some power in the category of gender, but it is not enough to make fill in the spots in the categories where she is not powerful. Mayella is most powerful when it comes to race, but she still doesn’t have enough power here to make up for the places where she’s not powerful. “Now don’t you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain’t…

how the black plague manage to spread as rapidly as it did as well as how it killed as many people as it did one must first understand its origin. Through the Mongol conquest of the Afro-Eurasia, the Mongols established a large network of communication through cultural exchange. The Mongols had a great deal of religious tolerance and do to this they had a variety of different cultures within their region of influence. However, these positive outcomes did not come without cost. The Black Death…

When I said white people, I was not referring to every white person in the entire world. I was referring to the article we read in regards to the white student that thought she was cheated off admission and that a black student took her spot. For one thing, I was not generalizing that every white person is racist. Although, white privilege is still a thing and so is the white mentality. We live in an unequal society built on racism that benefits white people over people of color. When I said I…

politically correct. This ranges anywhere from saying someone is black instead of African American to renaming Easter eggs to ‘spring spheres’. The definition of political correctness can be worded as “the avoidance of language and actions that could be construed as exclusive, oppressive, or marginalizing of minority groups”. All over people changing their ways to not offending a group of people in fear they may riot or start a new Black Lives Matter Movement. In turn people may becoming…

of ‘How to raise a black son in America” is to persuade the audience on race dynamics and the values instilled into him throughout his childhood. The speaker assumes other African Americans were brought up and treated the same way he was. He also assumes the audience cares about the topic. Everyone is the same "Why did I really have to mow the lawn? Why was homework really that important? Why couldn't I put jelly beans in my oatmeal?" All lives matter “So when we say that black lives matter,…

Mr. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His parent’s names were James Hughes and Carrie Langston would soon separated after his birth. Primarily his grandmother Mary raised Langston until her death when Langston was sent to live with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio. During this time was when Hughes took his first hand in writing poetry. Hughes was a major contributor to his high school’s literary magazine. Langston graduated high school and moved to…

CRITICAL REFLECTION In North and Central America, there is an increase of black women every year who migrate into Canada and the United States of America from the African continent or other countries. When they arrive the women are expected to come into Canada or U.S.A. with the awareness that they are going to be following the laws made by each countries society. I am one of the people who moved to Canada five years ago from Nigeria, Africa. I have come to accept most of the laws here, but…

heritage instead of being ashamed for it. Alice walker’s acquainting short story “Everyday Use” exposes the misunderstanding of some of the 1970’s black society for its heritage through the character of Dee by her prideful and arrogant attitude. When Dee was younger she was not proud to come from her black heritage. She knew she was smarter than a traditional black and wanted nicer things that what they could afford. “She used to read to us without pity…” Mrs. Johnson is stating that Dee had no…

garden growing herbs for their medicine. medieval medicine was slim to none to growing and learning with disease and doctors. How they lived then shows us how to live now. For simple problems people tried very outrageous ways to treat others.The black death, killed millions. Medieval living was disgusting, rodent and flea infested. Medieval doctor had no knowledge to treat people except for old principles from Aristotle. Medieval times were full of diseases, germs and death, but by the…

being exactly the way it is. Setting refers to the time and place of where the story takes place. In A Lesson Before Dying the setting is in a small town in Tennessee in the 1940’s. The setting is important because the 1940’s is when there was limited black rights, Bayonne Tennessee is a small town where rumors spread quickly and the different building impact the story such as the school, Jail, Courthouse and the plantation. By living in a small, mainly white colour people, town it is easy…