Fear of a Black Planet

that silly ‘ole baseball of yours!” “Baseball! Yes, Mother, that’s what this whole thing is about… see I went over to that baseball field to practice my pitch, and apparently, that baseball field is claimed by those rascals. So, instead of getting a black eye, or tormented for the rest of my schooling days, I told them they could come over here for dinner!” “Fine! But, this is the one, and ONLY time you ever have contact with those poor mannered lads. You hear me boy?” she whispered in a firm,…

were doing some truly horrifying shit to millions of people in the name of good old fashioned nationalism. I’m guessing you’ve heard of the Nazis, though, so I’ll digress and we can move on. Nationalism caters to our fears of lost jobs due to outsourcing, our xenophobia, our fear of loss of culture and identity to an invading other. Both populism and nationalism, at their foundation, rely on the same basic premise: Some schmuck shows up, he sees an opportunity, so he tells the people, “You’re…

United States and the Soviet Union failed to waver. Our wartime feud over missiles with the USSR lingered, which then evolved into the Space Race for supremacy in spaceflight capability. On October 4, 1957, the United States watched in silence and in fear as the Soviet Union’s satellite Sputnik orbited far above their heads; an elusive, mysterious blip among the stars. Was this machine capable of spying on our government and military bases? Would it just blow everything to smithereens? For the…

actually come from. They might assume that all meat and dairy originates from a family farm because that is what they Many people are not aware of where their meat and dairy were taught growing up. That is where the majority of our meat and dairy used to come from, but in order to meet the demand of our large population things needed to change. Large companies began creating factory farms in place of regular farms. Animal activist, John Peck, stated that Wisconsin’s new slogan should be “The…

Dracula: A degenerate and a threat What is Dracula? Is he a monster, a villain, an illness, a disease or an immigrant? Whichever way Dracula is looked at, he is a symbol for what we most fear. In Dracula, Bram Stoker utilises late Victorian era anxieties and uses the character of Dracula as a symbol for threats regarding imperialism. When it came for me to do my research into degeneration, two theorists lead the way; Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso. I decided to continue my research by…

filled was black tar as I can only fill love if your heart has not stopped. A silent heart beat leaves a void for none to touch come to my throne where it reaches the sky so you may see the void below of where you use to be let me fill enlightenment to close the hole let me bring truth to guide courage so that you heart may beat a twilight you may see over the sky's edge to witness a bridge built from clay bond so tight the underworld of Hades could not break step forth and hide you fears…

Switzerland is consistently considered one of the happiest places on the planet and when you look at their culture it is clear why. The Swiss have redefined boredom and have embraced boredom has part of life. Whereas, many Americans dread boredom, in result, we spend countless minutes of our life checking our phones out of the fear of being bored. Specifically, the Swiss have learned to enjoy little things such as cleaning the house, throwing out the…

have viewed Sharks as ferocious, dangerous man-eating monsters out to attack anyone who dares come into the water. The fact of the matter is that one-fourth of Shark populations is endangered of going extinct. After over 450 million years on this planet, Sharks have the possibility of extinction due to inadequate laws to protect them from actions such as finning, by catching, and habitat depletion. Sharks are an essential part of the ocean 's ecosystem and Without them, there will be huge…

Lennie into a state of confusion and fear. Before things get serious, Crooks assures him that George in reality will be coming back. Still cautious of Crooks, asks why Lennie would do such a cruel thing, and Crooks harshly tells Lennie that some people do not even have companions to begin with: “Maybe you see now. You got George. You know he’s goin’ to come back. S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black. How’d you like that?”…

today, who will try to foment a race war pitting whites against blacks. There are also many blacks in the U.S. today; who believe that blacks should go it alone in their struggle because of petty betrayals in the past by petty individuals based on race. There’ve been betrayals by blacks. There are indeed pockets of racial haters among all nationalities, but history indicates that the vast majority of humanity wants to live…