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and can lids to form a ragged, textured image of the flag. Similar to many African-American artists, he uses imagery of the American flag as a theme in his work. To me, the distressed appearance of the flag represents American history, particularly Black history, which is characterized by violence, systematic discrimination, and struggle. Therefore, the flag becomes a representation of America's history of segregation and intolerance. However, despite our nation’s violent and dark history, the…

Slavery today is considered to be an abhorrent, outrageous institution, yet it used to be a widespread and accepted practice in the South. People blindly believed in the “mythology of slavery”, which claimed that slavery was justifiable and necessary to both white and African-American people. In his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass debunks this attitude and reveals the true, horrendous nature of slavery. To combat the misguided notions of slavery,…

talking to. He never says as much, but it 's apparent in his wording and the way Ms. Angelou describes him. He tells the class about the Central (white) school 's improvements and how they 'll be learning about chemistry and art. He then belittles the black students by saying they could possibly be athletes or service workers, which is almost nothing compared to what he said the white students could live up to be. As Ms. Angelou says, “The white kids were going to have a chance to become…

In Amiri Baraka play “The Dutchman,” is basically about the relationship that blacks and whites go through in the United States during the 1960s or the Civil Rights Era. It is said that his play is based off the “Flying Dutchman.” The Flying Dutchman is basically a ghost ship that is said to sail the sea forever. In The Dutchman Clay is bound to be either killed, in jail, or just another black working under the white man. The characters Lula and Clay seem to act out what our mom, dads, aunts,…

depending on the situation. Passing is also seen as a way to liberate yourself from “white power”, which many of the characters understand because of the scrutiny black women are under in society, but at the same time leaving your race and betrayal to your origins. Passing gains many different meanings throughout the novel but all of them tie back together to the general idea…

readers to create an idea of how if feels to be a black man in America. Race plays a role in almost every topic or issue, which provided the opportunity to connect other readings to this book. Race is the primary theme of this book, every topic or experience that he shared could be traced and connected to the topic of race and racism. To develop this primary theme…

color is undefined and we are all black. One must not view Blackness as simply a skin color rather an Ontological Experience. The experience occurred during the middle passage in which it ceased being the African American people, but a division of humane and inhumane; with the African now deemed as the black body. In this episode of humanity an entire people were Dis-identified, Disenfranchised, and dis-embodied. “My mother bore me in the southern wild, and I am black, but O! My soul is white;…

The Help is a powerful, appealing and inspiring film directed by Tate Taylor, because it reminds me of something that I didn't know about, but I could tie it into today. The movie is about a writer who interviews African-American maids to know point of view of working with white families. The maids talked about the white families that they work for and their poverty they face on their daily life. This movie gives a perspective of the Civil Rights movement in 1960s, and the problems the…

the essence of the black American identity and his role within it. From his beginnings as "a black educated fool” (Ellison, 143) to his current stage of invisibility, the speaker had many conflicts in which he gained a lot of wisdom, courage and life lessons. In Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes as an atheist raised by "activists" who came to a realization about race through many experiences. Society 's equality efforts should focus on the mistreatment of black people and the…

Martha James was found "bleeding to death in the aisle of a Pullman sleeping car sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 am," by Black trainman (Geier, P.12). Found standing over her with blood all over his hands was Private Harold Wilson, a White military man, who was also a high school dropout, and had previous run-ins with law enforcement for violent sexual attacks on women (Geier…