Carrie White

For example, Ida mae grew up in a small town where a white man would come through weekly and start firing of shots at any black man, woman, or child that he came across. This went on and on and the government never persecuted him for anything. However, when the tables flipped and an African American was accused of the slightest wrong, for example opening the door for a white woman and saying something that she was uncomfortable with, or being accused of stealing…

cosmopolitan canopies, “settings that offer a respite from the lingering tensions of urban life and an opportunity for diverse peoples to come together” (Anderson xiv). While his experience of Philadelphia as a black man is different than mine as a white woman, I believe cosmopolitan canopies can be identified by any person if they are looking for one. Anderson 's definition of a cosmopolitan canopy is broad enough that nearly all of the heavily populated areas of Philadelphia can be classified…

At the end of reconstruction, Southern whites wanted to recreate the image of the south as tolerate and humane. This ideology is known as the “lost cause” the lost cause states that the civil war was fought in order to maintain states’ rights and protect the family. The idea of states’ rights being the reason for the civil war created an image of the south as tolerate. As well as restored the souths feeling of bravery, rebellion, and resistance against the national government. The creation of…

This paper examines the controversial issue regarding racism in the law enforcement system. Statistics in regards to minorities and white people are included to show in numbers how people are actually being affected by the treatment of those in law enforcement. Two college campus rape cases are discussed in order to display the difference in sentencings given to two athletes of different races. Lastly, the ideas of institutional racism as well as the Implicit Bias theory are explored.…

freedom and a hope for a better life to the African American community. Three decades later, the idea of a better life had been forgotten. Instead, the Black Americans had begun to endure their suffering, pretending that the unfair laws created by the White Americans were fair. Paul Dunbar describes in his poem, “We Wear the Mask,” the roles that African Americans began to play in life in order to survive. In his poem, you are able to understand the pain, fear, and hope that comes with the…

on the relations of blacks and whites. This film covered several time periods including the 1940s through the 1980s. Forrest grew up in Alabama in the fictional town of Greenbow. He grew up in a home with his single mother who always told him “don’t you ever let anyone tell you that they’re better than you… you’re the same as everybody else.” These values were instilled in Forrest and he acted by them accordingly. He did not treat anyone differently. Black and white were all the same to him. In…

career but he still keeps up with racist comments and accusations at rallies in today 's campaign. The use of these pictures of Trump in the past is followed by a picture of him and a side by side of Americans at his rally. The video goes to show white and blacks fighting as if in a racial disagreement. Meanwhile, Trump 's voice is saying, "..I have a great relationship with the blacks.." However, Trump is shown in the complete opposite…

people earn but not others. White privilege is the belief that white people benefit from unearned advantages compared to other common races. White privilege exist here in America simply because the majority of our population is white. White privilege is seen in our everyday lives and for white people it is mostly “Something you wouldn’t notice unless it were suddenly taken away”. Job opportunity, media portrayal, discrimination, and policing are all affected by white privilege in our society…

The struggle for racial equality was long because the whites mainly dominated the government. And the Union of South Africa had rules and laws that were detrimental to the progress of the South Africans, such as only allowing whites to have skilled jobs in the mining industry. According to Strang, “ decolonization occurs more rapidly where metropolitan states incorporate more people as voters…

Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates did not only inform and educate the readers, but it also had the power to open the eyes and minds of many. He created this sense of power because he did not simply address the topic of racial issues in America. He thoroughly explained racism and included every aspect of it, whether is was a feeling, thought, or theory. He used his personal experience to allow the readers to create an idea of how if feels to be a black man in America. Race plays a role…