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among colored and non-colored people, forcing the whites to immediately think differently of someone who doesn’t look the same as they look. Arthur Radley and Tom Robinson share many similarities despite the fact that one is white, and the other is black. In To Kill a Mockingbird these two characters experience different stories and lifestyles but meet a common ground in result of them. When compared side by side, Harper Lee proves that the justice system applies beyond just the pigment of…

parallel structure and repetition. Atticus’ closing argument in To Kill a Mockingbird encompasses the idea of prejudice and inequality under the law when Tom Robinson, a Negro, is accused of raping a white woman and will be convicted simply because he is black. Martin Luther King’s Detroit- I Have a Dream speech highlights the hope for a society without discrimination and inequality. The idea of inequality is highlighted with the use rhetorical devices…

I didn’t know that I was Black until the fifth grade. I mean, I always knew that I was Black as in the Black slash African American box I poorly shaded in every year on the CST. But, I was never truly cognizant in the ways in which the melanin in my skin differentiated me from others. During a passing period between classes, I came to a realization of my race. Like hundreds of times before, I entered the dimly lit restroom connected to the cafeteria of my elementary school; but, instead of…

down the characteristics of Othello as a character and as a free black man in a white culture. At the beginning Johnson talks about what questions maybe running through the audience’s heads while reading Othello which he then continues to talk about how Othello is rejected from society after marrying Desdemona. After Johnson broke down Othello and how race for Othello was used as a discrimination towards him, Johnson starts to tie the discrimination into today’s world. He ties it all…

For a very long time Black women have argued that there is indeed a Black feminist standpoint based on theoretical understanding of black women 's everyday lives and experiences (Reynolds 591). This theory is about the shared general knowledge that comes from shared lived experiences, specifically experiences of oppression. Black feminist standpoint is made up of a lot of different ideas. It is very interesting as it focuses on both the differences and similarities of African American women from…

Modern American Memoirs edited by Annie Dillard is a series of excerpt from different memoirs wrote by successful writers to tell the readers what was the life like in their childhood. Many of these writers have gone through different struggles to become that they are today. Furthermore, most of them have shared some common tropes in their childhood. One common trope that is shared between James Baldwin and Anne Moody is segregation. Due to the fact both of them are “colored” people, they…

the race pride and black nationality in the 1950s and '60s. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925, In Omaha, Nebraska. He was a black leader that worked for a spokesman for the black of the Nation during the 1950s and '60s. He has join the nation of Islam when he was in prison. Malcolm X used to encourage black people to fight for the freedom from the racism "by any means necessary," overall, in the beginning, violence. He advocated and lead the civil rights movements for blacks soon before that…

of White and Black Sororities, Alexander Berkowitz and Irene Padavic examine the values that are withheld and passed down within college sororities, and how the messages vary within white and black college sororities. Messages of the importance of marriage is predominantly encouraged amongst young…

drugs, gangs and police discrimination the United States has created an environment for constant racial discrimination. The drug business in the United States is the biggest contributor to incarcerations among black males. According to the NAACP “about 14 million whites and 2.6 million blacks report to using illicit drugs” that’s about six times as many whites using drugs than whites, yet when looking at the prison population,…

major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is justice in society, or lack thereof. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, a black man, Tom Robinson, is accused for the rape of the town disgrace, Bob Ewell’s, daughter. Set in a small, southern town after the Civil War, racism is prevalent in their society and plays a key role in the prosecution of Tom Robinson. “A court is…