Black Widow

This painting is a non-discursive symbol that has strong messages behind each specific color and the center darkness of the black hole. “Miasma” is an important piece of art to me because it can relate to the issues of identity and I find it personal because the majority of my family is immigrants; its hard for them to have a fair identity in the United States. In today’s…

the main character Huckleberry Finn or otherwise known as “Huck Finn” introduces himself and explains that Tom Sawyer is his best friend. Judge Thatcher has taken Huck’s money and has invested it with a dollar of interest per day and now lives with Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson, Huck’s tutor. He lives with these two women because his mother died when he was younger and his father is a drunk, who cannot take care of himself properly. The two women in his life try to “sivilize” him and…

late 20th century that blacks in America were granted equal rights. Many of us accredit the late Abraham Lincoln for the abolishment of slavery; though this was his initial plan before he was assassinated, we owe the credit to the late Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson was appointed after the death of Abraham Lincoln and even though he abolished slavery, he did not include slaves into his plan; but slaves were still free and deserved their rights of freedom. Both whites and blacks…

working multiple jobs she began spending any extra time perfecting the formulas for her hair care products, after a notice in her own vanishing hair. Not long after, C.J. and Walker began traveling across the south in predominately black cities to increase and inform black women of the miracle product, that also restored her own hair. As the growing number of very happy customers arose the more success Walker gained. Walker was determined to become a successful African American woman and did…

The novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain Huck is influenced by the ideas about African Americans that society has created. As a poor, uneducated boy, living with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas Huck lives under many rules to follow in order for him to be accepted and not treated like an outcast by others around him. Huck, like most people at this time, is blinded by what society says to be right and wrong. Huck fakes his own death and runs away from his Pap and his home because…

The color black is known to be one associated with negativity and wrongdoing, while the color white is considered pure and superior. Unfortunately, the same can be said when comparing ethnicities. It is not appropriate to judge somebody solely on the color of his or her skin, as they did not make the decision to be black or white. In Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”, she demonstrates how one woman can break stereotypes and rise above all hardships. Maya’s use of rhetorical questions keeps one…

The main idea of this story is racial injustice to the South. As the first paragraph starts of her ancestors come to America was a fur trader and apothecary named Simon Finch, and he established a successful farm. It was on the Alabama river the farm was called Finch’s Landing, It supported the family for many years. Scout’s father, Atticus Finch, who was a lawyer in his nea by town Maycomb, his brother Jack Finch who went to medical school in Boston, and their sister Alexandra stayed to run…

Gender Roles and Power in Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal The Sexual Revolution of the Sixties was a breath of fresh air for marginalized people. It did for the genders what people like Achebe, Mandela and Luther King Jr. had been trying to do for racial discrimination for years; reversed and broke down the familiar binaries and introduced the ‘in-betweens’ into the midst. Vidal, who had by now established himself as a force to be reckoned with in both literary circles and the film industry,…

comic franchise The Smurfs, a story about a colony of blue characters, all notoriously male with the exception of one female, Smurfette. The Smurfs isn’t the only place we find this disparity between men and women. In the first Avengers movie, Black Widow stands alone alongside 5 other men. The Smurfette principle calls out the assumption that a single female character is enough to represent all women. Women are also often cast to the side as romantic interests and sidekicks as men take the…

What Happened to the Black Dahlia? Across the US, over 211,000 homicides committed since 1980 remain unsolved. The murder of Elizabeth Short, well known as the Black Dahlia, is one of LA’s most famous unsolved murders. She moved from Massachusetts in hopes of undertaking an acting career. Her body was found in an abandoned lot by Leimert Park. Nobody was ever found guilty of committing the crime and the case of the Black Dahlia remains unsolved. The murder mystery of the Black Dahlia narrows…