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The books, “The Racial Contract”, “Democracy in Black”, and “The Meaning of Freedom” are all examples showcasing racial inequality and its effects on society. I will discuss the books as we have read them, starting with “The Racial Contract” discussing Mill’s subperson/ person dichotomy, then “Democracy in Black” which emphasizes Glaude’s theories on the value gap, racial habits, white fear, and revolution of value, and finally ending with “The Meaning of Freedom” which demonstrates Davis’…

caring and fight over it. This show is relevant to today’s general viewership, Black community and this course for various reasons. Queen Sugar provides a fresh and new concept to the general viewership, it gives a new perspective of and to the Black community which is important and it’s relevant to this class because it’s based on historical facts of Black share croppers turn land owners and their struggle. This essay will tie the facts learned in this history class with the overall plot of…

chosen to defend Tom Robinson, she begins to show racism when she says ¨Your Father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for¨. She is clearly demonstrating racism in her commentary, and her attitude toward Atticus. She also states that black people are the same rank as ¨trash¨ showing she has no respect for the other race. Also she begins to be rude toward them because she realizes they are taking the side of justice. This scene is one of the examples showing how setting plays an…

Drive Black Unemployment” by Nancy DiTomaso, she discusses the concept of social network. She further explains how African- Americans are affected by the concept of social network. In general, she acknowledges the fact there is discrimination in the work place against minorities. In the article titled “Differences and Inequalities”, I like how the author connects back to the history of the United States in relation to the enslaved people and their masters. White people had the mentally of black…

Throughout the excerpt “What, to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” the author Frederick Douglass employs rhetorical devices such as logos, ethos, and syntax to demonstrate how the white American was repressive towards the black Americans and how the white Americans dehumanize the slaves. He also expresses how ironic it was to have chains on the neck in one place while the Americans celebrate their freedom from the British. In the excerpt, Douglass implies logos to complement the white American…

The book Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by B.D. Tatum introduced definitions of the terms prejudice and racism. They defined prejudice as the attitudes, beliefs and opinions that one holds about people who are different from themselves. For example, a black person can be prejudiced against a white person and a white person can also be prejudiced against a black person. Racism was defined as a system of oppression. As the Markus…

Even though blacks and Latinos together make up just 30% of the general population, they…

Selma is an Oscar nominated movie for Best Picture; the first film directed by a black female director (Ava Du Vernay) in history. The movie is based on the year of 1965 during the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, it shows the last final stages of the Civil Rights Movement. The sequence chosen for this analysis is the sequence where Dr. King (David Oyelowo) arrives to Selma. At his arrival to the “Black Belt” region of central Alabama Dr. King and his colleges direct themselves to the…

to the good, the bad and the ugly. Nowadays we cannot turn on the TV, log into our social media accounts or talk to our friends without reading, watching or hearing about another police shooting, specifically at a black male. Racial profiling, discrimination, police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement are all “hot” topics circulating around the media lately. In this research paper, I will be discussing why it is that police officers are reacting with deadly force instead of using an…

discrimination against genders and racers, those especially in the minorities category. The Color Purple (Alice Walker) and The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) are written by two African American Woman who have had their struggles growing up. The novels tie into the 60’s era, the time of discrimination and history of the civil rights movement and play a major role in advocating both the civil rights and feminist movement. Racism has been around for centuries. African Americans and other minorities…