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What is the author’s purpose in writing this book? I believe that the author’s purpose in writing this book is to contemplate how race is effecting people. How race can make some people feel inferior to others or even how race can make you fear for your life. One of the major things that Coates discusses is how when he was younger he would walk out of his house and look left and right for danger. He talks about how people never had faith in him throughout his life. How as a kid his mother…

Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response Firstly, Audre Lorde is writing this story around 1970s, that must have been a very hard to be a person of color but, a lesbian in an inter racial, same gender relationship. When she first felt that it was important to make her son stand up to the bullies, i agreed with her. After reading more and seeing how she shared with her son i changed my mind. I was completly with her that her son need to be taught how to be strong as a person of color. It…

One of the most interesting part about studying historical events is being able to see the impacts still felt today, from decisions made hundreds of years ago. From the time America got its independence until today, there are still similarities in the equality gap among the population. Granted, the inequality may not be as extreme or easy to see at times, but no one can deny that it still exists. For example, the wage gap between genders, discrimination against people of color, and the defensive…

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.…

In our country’s Declaration of Independence the founding father’s proclaimed that all men were created equal. History has shown that these words were not necessarily true for people of color nor women. The criminal justice system has shown to be corrupt by racial profiling and racism. Court cases that are decided with a peer jury, had always seemed to have had their mind made up about a case involving an African American without hearing the facts first. Trials for people of color in the Jim…

Persuasion is a tactic used by abolitionist writers to persuade their audience that dehumanizing another human being based on their skin color, is wrong. From the story “The Quadroons”, one thing that differentiates Lydia Maria Child from other abolitionist writers is that she uses fiction and pathos, and not your typical non-fiction narrative, to persuade her predominately white audience that discrimination is, in fact, unethical. In the story, one sees Child use of an interracial couple’s…

The concern is greatest with regards to immigrants who might have limited cultural exposure and language capability. Woo and Dominick point to a 1990 study by Jeonghwa Choi and Ronald Tamborini,which showed that exposure to the behaviors as represented on television, could be misconstrued as normal and acceptable. The outrageous behavior could also reinforce existing stereotypes among United States citizens. The research conducted by Woo and Dominick shows a relationship between television…

Privilege is defined as a special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a particular person or group exclusively. White privilege, on the other hand is defined as societal privileges that benefit people identified as white in western countries. This is a concept many people have struggled to understand- the notion that the color of a person’s skin grants them rights others are unable to possess. Throughout history, this concept has changed and manifested itself in many ways, therefore it is…

This research question is worthy of study because through the years the media has become a huge part of our society and holds a great influence over us. Media will only continue to flourish with time, appealing to more and more people. Since the media influences many people , you have to think about what exactly is being promoted. Although 36% of the population consists of ethnic minorities only 10% of that is currently shown in media. In other words, the media continues to lack in diversity.…

Hollywood: Truly a Land of Opportunity? From white actors portraying black men in classics, such as Othello, or even from white actress playing dark skinned women, such as Mariane Pearl, white actors portraying people of color in american films has been a tradition in Hollywood. Hollywood has historically made the decision to cast white actors instead of letting minorities play their own roles. While Hollywood is known for being a white industry, over the past years more noise, such as the…