Free people of color

today. My two cousins are currently serving in the U.S. navy. The United States flag means a lot to me. The United States flag tells me that I am safe, and that the soldiers serving are willing to fight and give their lives for our country and our people. The United States flag means that our soldiers dedicated their lives to serve for their country’s safety and freedom. The United States flag stands for the bravery of our soldiers when they were fighting for equality and unity. The red…

Can you escape fate? Are we free or are we influenced by outside factors? Does our past determine our future? Philosophers have presented two opposing views to answer the aforementioned questions; do we follow free will or determinism? Free will is the concept that we are free to make our own decision. Determinists argue that actions, just like our world, are based on cause and effect. The following essay will explore the concept of free will, determinism and compatibilism; a concept that some…

What America Means to Me “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1. This verse describes what it is like to be an American. We are free in God. He was the one who helped gain our freedom. We founded our country for him and that is why we are free. God wants us to stand strong and not fall into the hands of another country. That is the verse that I stand on as an American. That is why on the…

America, land of the free, proclaims, freedom, equality, and justice for all; however, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Richard Wright, experience discrimination, injustice, and racism, in a place (America), where unfair treatment overshadows its stated declaration. In the poem, Theme for English B, Langston Hughes articulates his personal truth as a Black man in a predominantly White classroom through a written assignment, signifying his lack of freedom compared to his White, professor.…

The idealistic gain from free speech in America compares to nothing else, its superiority when it comes to freedom reigns over all others. While free speech is greatly adored in America, there should be a limit to it because of the violence it causes, it is oppressive, and when expressed in negative ways such as rallies, adds a terrible connotation to certain cities. While there have been many positives to free speech, a variety of different families have had loved ones taken away from them in…

though they were free, Negroes remained enslaved. They couldn’t development themselves and participate in society. The problem of the 20th century is the “color line” said Du Bois. The Freedmen's Bureau helped and established townships and the Secretary of War offered rations to people in need. Booker…

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon focuses on the psyche of people of color in a white world. The book basically explores what goes through the mind of black people and whites under conditions that have been set by white rule. It mainly expounds on the effects of racism on black people and the society in general. A thorough analysis of the book reveals multiple themes that are echoed throughout the text. This essay will focus on some of the themes in the book. In the introduction, Fanon…

6 1863. The flag contains the three colors white, blue, and red. The white is a cross in the middle of the flag, the blue is on the left upper corner and the right lower corner, and the red is on the upper right corner and the lower left corner, and the national coat of arms is in the middle of the white cross. The three features of the flag that i will be talking about are the colors, the Dominican Republic coat of arms, and the blue and red ribbons.…

We all have a dream, no matter what our color is. In this world segregation is no longer needed because we are all equal as human beings no matter what our color is. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about that he had a dream where we can all live together in harmony and as one. Where a black man can be in the same area as a white man; where a black child can play with a white child. Living on this wonderful world would be better if we can only come together and not pull each other away. Today as a…

time of its creation, race was a blatant factor to separated white people and people of color, race as a contemporary label…