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MIDTERM PAPER # 1 In this response, I will focus and convey the importance of gender in the eyes of race; how it affects woman of color who are affected by racism and murders, how girls are not allowed to be sexual and only aspire to their dreams and lastly how patriarchy sees gender and race. Intersectionality is a theory in which race, poverty and patriarchy work as one in the oppression on women. The kind of oppression these women have shapes them into a feminist that realizes and fights for…

Instead of whites being seen as in danger of injury in colored neighborhoods, that it is truly the colored people who are in danger. Older is an author of a few books and articles, a composer of music for a band that he leads, and an editor of an anthology and music texts. He starts out this text with a story from his times as a paramedic…

The Gender Wage Gap is all about the fact that, percent wise, men make more money than women do. For many years, women and men have been at odds when it comes to income. Women believe that they should be making just as much, if not more, money than men. Meanwhile, men seem to think that the way women are being paid is just fine. The Gender Wage Gap shows just how much of a difference there is between the paychecks of men and women in the United States. The recent standings in the world of the…

A society that practices prejudice is intolerant and problematic for the opressed and dysfunctional for both the oppressed and the oppressor. The word prejudice means to have “an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reasoning ”. Prejudice can lead to and ties well with discrimination and racism. Prejudice can make a person feel terrible. It also has negative mental effects such depression, sadness, and anxiety on a person . During the time Anna moody…

Respect; it’s a word that is used daily. 365 days a year, someone somewhere is talking about the principles of respect. What principles? To listen to each other, to treat everyone equally, the idea that everyone has a voice, so on and so on. In The Help, written by Kathryn Stockett, the principles of respect are front and centre, and being analysed with every sentence written. The Help takes place in and explores the lifestyle of 1962 Jackson Mississippi. It explores the relationships of…

name she is called ‘The Mexican.’ Not once in the show do they state what ‘The Mexican’s’ name is, everyone else in the show is worthy enough to have a name except ‘The Mexican.’ This sends a message that not only are White people more worthy than colored people but that White people have the power to decide who is worthy enough to have a name and who can be objectified. In general, American Horror Story Asylum did a poor job of having diversity among…

Gujarati, which is the language spoken in India is Dada. South Africa was facing a rough time with Apartheid, and my grandfather, as well as many others of colored skin, faced this problem. Apartheid occurred from 1948 to 1994. My grandfather moved to South Africa at the beginning of Apartheid, which began in 1948. During the Apartheid, the colored skin people would have to use different bathrooms; they could not sit where white people sat in public, and in contrast, South Africa was much…

In 1896, The United States Supreme Court established a doctrine stating “Separate but equal”, this doctrine was set up to show that blacks and whites were to be treated equal in society. The doctrine may have said “Separate but equal,” but in reality society was still separate and unequal for blacks and whites (Staff of the National Museum of American History). Whites who lived during this time period were treated much better than any blacks ever were. Blacks were denied employment, entrance to…

Imagine two students; the first gets straight A 's and likes to read in his free time. He comes from a rich family in a nice neighborhood and is hoping to get into an Ivy League one day. The second sells drugs and misses school. He plays his music too loudly and owns a gun. He probably has a criminal record. Now, what skin color do each of these students have? Assuming that the second student is black just because of the violent nature of his life is racist. This kind of assumption is’t just a…

to feeling less than, because we weren’t white. We were treated horribly, they separated us, made us wait at the colored line, drinking from the colored water fountain, and eating on the colored side of the restaurant. I was only six years old, the youngest of five girls. Every Sunday my family would go out to a restaurant and we would always have to stand by a sign that said, “colored.” I never knew what it meant until I was old enough to understand; however, when I would ask my mother what…