Demonization

Believe it or not, the uptick in hate crimes against American Muslims after the Paris attacks has little to do with Islamophobia. The US’s obsession with the “other” goes back centuries, even as it morphed into a global melting pot. It is an obsession birthed from the white, Christian heritage of the country’s founding fathers and their occupation as plantation and slave owners. Moreover, those pushing the “clash of civilizations” narrative explain Islamophobia as a gut reaction. Meaning one…

Richard the III was without a doubt one of the most controversial kings in the history of England. During his plot to sit on the throne he managed to remove anyone that stood in his way and opposed a threat to him including the accused murder of 2 princes in a tower. In his book, Shakespeare clearly made him as an image of pure evil and of selfishness. Although written as pure evil, Richard might have not been as bad as Shakespeare portrayed. William Shakespeare was writing for the Tudors which…

Bad Girls Club “Women are bitches. Women are stupid. Women are incompetent at work and failures at home. Women are gold diggers. How do we know? Because reality TV tells us so” (Pozner 78). Reality television influences our minds by broadcasting shows that promote misogynic ideals such as that women are catty, unintelligent and drama queens. Bad Girls Club is an example of such show. Fighting, both physical and verbal, bullying, and meltdowns are what the cast partake in. Reality television…

The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 after 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Following the shooting, the media took hold of the case on Twitter. Young African-Americans took to tweeting out against this heinous crime, ending each tweet with “#BlackLivesMatter”. The United States, internationally recognized to be the melting pot of the world, has demonized the black and brown community through racial profiling, police brutality, and…

There has been controversy surrounding rap music has been in the forefront of the American media. From the hype of the East Coast-West Coast rivalry that shadowed the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. to the demonization of modem music in the wake of your modern day crime it seems that political and media groups have been quick to place blame on rap for a seeming trend in this so called “youth violence”. however, though critics are quick to point out the violent lyrics of…

The Rise Of Slavery in Colonial America Abundant resources, uncharted new territory, the promise of new riches and a new beginning. All of these and more were the siren song that enticed adventurous souls to cross the Atlantic following the infamous travels of Columbus. For those men, and women who sought to make the journey Europe was becoming an inhospitable place for them to live, work, and to raise a family. Adventurous, industrious pioneers felt they could better themselves in the new…

Violence is a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Most onlookers and activists, during the Civil Rights Movement, would agree that violence was not a route that they wanted to take. Non-violence and self-defense both center on this concept of violence. To accurately identify if self-defense and non-violence are opposite tactics defining the two concepts independently in the contexts of the Civil Rights Movement is crucial. Understanding the…

how bad Crack Cocaine is for a person and how addictive it was. They formulated this conception based off African American in order to demonize Crack Cocaine and to save the whites of higher social class. Not only does this chapter examine the demonization of the illegal drugs (Crack Cocaine, Heroin, Meth, etc.). But, it also compared illegal drugs to legal drugs. Statistics mentioned in this book shows how there has been more deaths regarding legal drugs than drugs that are illegal. This being…

with a negative connotation of Snowball, because if they do they will have already exposed the article. Undoubtedly, if all the animals have the same education majority of the lies being told will not be believed, meaning many events such as the demonization of Snowball will cease to exist. In the end, if the animals receive an education, the leaders manipulativeness will be defective on the animals, forestalling many different events from…

The Crusades By: Kelli Floyd The Crusades had a massive impact on the development of Western civilization. The interaction between Christian Europe and the Muslims had many benefits to Europe. On the flipside, its interaction with Christianity had very negative impact on Islamic culture. An argument can be made to say that the Crusades may have caused Islam to enter into a downward spiral from which it still has not been able to recover. How Islam Benefited Europe Although the Crusades turned…