Free people of color

A Picture of Presumption: Regal Imagery in O’Connor’s work “When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind, and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” ~James A. Forbes “You remain what you are,” (O'Connor 1989 2) This is the message Flannery O'Connor attempts to convey in her short story, Everything that Rises Must Converge. The sense that, everyone is who…

I chose to do Peter Lik to be my photographer because I think he does exceptional work in taking landscape and nature photographs. My favorite pictures are outdoors ones and I feel I can kinda relate since that’s what I enjoy doing most. Peter Lik was born in 1959 in Melbourne, Australia. He is not yet deceased, but the date of his birth is unknown. He is very well known because he has several galleries open and has traveled tons of places and gets to know them and writes books about where he…

The Oxbow, painted by artist Thomas Cole, is a beautiful landscape painting with numerous details and color, used to depict a scene from Mount Holyoke, in Massachusetts, after a thunderstorm. Cole was an American painter, born in England, where he spent the first part of his life. When his family moved to Ohio, he began by painting portraits, but later moved to New York where he began painting landscapes, which he is primarily known for. He experienced great success in New York, and was promoted…

society and has made my life easier than if I had been born to another race or class. For many people, this privilege is forgotten about and abused because of a lack of education. As Francis Kendall states “While people of color understand the necessity of being able to read the white system, those of us who are white are able to live out our lives knowing very little of the experiences of people of color. Understanding racism or whiteness is often an intellectual exercise for us, something we…

The American flag can stand for many different things for many different people. To some it might be a freedom, including religious freedom, freedom of speech, or freedom from a harsh government. To others it might mean justice, or something else. We recognize our flag as something more than just red, white, and blue fabric sewed together to represent our country. There is symbolism behind the colors and patterns. The flag of the United States of America was born June 14, 1777, which was the 13…

citizen with the use of drugs. This method of erasing the past was all encompassing which means that the people did not have any memories good or bad. While The Giver chose to erase the past from the minds of every person; in 1984 the past was constantly changing to fit what the present party wants. This method of changing the past is less effective than The Givers way in the short term because people should be able to realize that what they were told yesterday is different from the day after.…

that 250,000 people were in attendance. The speech was given 100 years after slaves had legally been freed, and the content of the speech tackled the reasons why "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free." Dr. King was a very charismatic speaker, and he used words in a way that made people able to easily remember what he had said. For instance, he said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin…

and people of color were disregarded in their quest to been seen as equal citizens. Disowning Slavery is organized into seven chapters, with an introduction beforehand. Melish describes her approach as “call-and-response” form. She has to first explain New England slavery in the white and then black perspective. What follows is then antislavery impulse, the process of gradual emancipation, and finally how white New…

because of race, sex, or religion. Well of course it is but that doesn’t stop people from doing it. Housing discrimination is something that has been going on for a while and it’s time for it to go away and never come back. Discrimination can occur in many ways we don't realize. As big buying a house or purchasing some groceries could be more or less serious. A grocer may not sell someone groceries because of the color of their skin. Housing discrimination is something that has been going on…

the mid 1700s. Freedom of speech is a divine right, a human right, Without freedom of speech, opinions, positive and negative, will be suppressed, which will allot more power to people in positions of power. Freedom of speech is a natural right, it is protected by the First Amendment and it can not be taken away. Many people “agree’ with freedom of speech until someone does something they don’t agree with. Colin Kaepernick is a prime example. He had sat in silence for far too long. Colin…