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statistics, Coates makes it clear to see that white people make more money than people of color no matter the circumstances. Reparations are needed because “perhaps no statistic better illustrates the enduring legacy of our country’s history of treating black people as sub-citizens and sub-humans than the wealth gap”. These gaps prove that discrimination is still ingrained in the country’s system. Repairing this would take society’s cooperation as a whole. In Coates’ memoir “The Beautiful…

In the beginning of the novel, the unnamed protagonist, a young black man graduating high school addresses his graduating class with a speech. Instead of saying “ social responsibility”, he accidentally says “ social equality” and is immediately asked for clarification from his white audience who are shocked about the comment. On page 31 the the narrator recalls “the laughter hung smokelike in the sudden stillness” and the men asked if he was being “smart”. The narrator later apologizes for the…

perspectives and practices of those who the black man and subsequent police behavior. As Spelman argued a number of years ago, "Feminists have rightly insisted that to talk simply about relations between whites and blacks, between rich and poor, between colonizer and colonized, masks gender distinctions within each group; for example, the problem with an explanation of inequality based…

hands of a racist and oppressive force, can never truly be justice. The most appalling realization that any reader of this work may come to is that one-hundred and eighteen years later, in our current American climate, the crimes committed against black Americans and other people of color still occur, and even more horrifying is the politicized, often racist media response and coverage that follows these events. As I moved through this text, I was continually disturbed by the experiences that…

anything that was seen in 1981. Similarly, an article by Marc Mauer, “Addressing Racial Disparities in Incarceration” covers how mass incarceration impacts communities that are of color. Marc mentions that “As of 2005, national data indicate that White, Black, and Hispanic drivers were stopped by police at similar rates. But of those drivers who were stopped, African American motorists were more than 2.5 times as likely as Whites to be searched by police and Hispanics more than double the rate”…

The Negative Portrayal of Black Men in the Media Racial profiling and the idea that Black men are innately more threatening than White men is a phenomenon that shapes people’s daily behavior every day. Whether it be a storekeeper’s decision to keep a more watchful eye on an African American customer, or a woman crossing to the other side of the street when approaching a Black man, people are influenced heavily by the stereotype that African American men are more prone to violence and crime…

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois and Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates both speak of the difficulties of being an African-American in the United States. Both works address the inequalities and hypocrisy of the American Government with its treatment of black people. Although the two authors have slight contrasting upbringings they share similarities in the topic of African American struggle and the journey towards progress. Both authors agree that education is the path to…

participating in a peaceful anti-segregation demonstration that asserts on the grounds that he did not have a parading permit. Moreover, his letter addressed the biggest issue in Birmingham, which involved the problem of inequality and racism towards the black people in the United States. Even though, Martin Luther King was not from Birmingham, his thesis in the second paragraph, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to everywhere,"on (page 800), shows that he cared for others. He was ready…

originally wanted to pursue a career in fashion design, which is evident I her elaborate costume designs for her character Sophie(14). Through Sophie, Sibande tackles the issue of disempowerment of women , in particular focusing on the disempowerment of black women(7.2). Through her series of art pieces she tackles different themes through symbology…

violence, and superstition. The story touches subjects and themes that we see a lot every day, as the powerful and sexually aggressive male, the unfaithful wife, and the intimidated cuckold; the force of lust, jealousy, and community pressure all tie together to form a mosaic that everybody can relate to in some way. The name of the title character, Spunk, also implies his personality: As a noun, the word suggests mettle, spirit or courage, and as a verb, spunk could mean to stand up or assert…