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Masculinity in The Pursuit of Happyness The Pursuit of Happyness, produced by Columbia Pictures, is a movie based on a true story of an African-American man named Chris Gardner, a multi-millionaire investor and a motivational speaker. Gardner is not only a persistent, hard-working, assertive and confident man, but also a responsible father, who played both roles as a single parent. Thus, he is a clear example to prove that the negative perspectives about African-American men are wrong. As people…

Conrad’s niggers are, in their feeble and shadowy existential realities, alluded to in The Hollow Men. In a sense, black activities and intellectuals from the Harlem ghetto resemble them. They are human beings full of hunger, disease and fear which situate their condition not in ancient Africa or Europe but America as limbo itself. Having experienced acculturation or alienation, the black ex-slaves become neither African nor European in outlook. Their sad king or leader named Doris (“I” in this…

Racism is expressing discrimination and intolerance towards people of other races. This intense feeling of disregard towards humans of other races has surfaced as a prevalent issue for decades. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, an innocent colored man is convicted of rape and sentenced to death due to injustice and racism taking over the decisions of the jury. Often, when a person displays prejudice towards certain races than compared to others, he or she will make decisions that…

Reality Is a Slap on the Face The themes of class conflict and racism manifest themselves in Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge” in a few different ways. The characters’ attitudes, the focalizer’s behavior, and the images come together to reflect discriminatory outlooks and beliefs. The racism of white people is obvious in the short story. It is evident in Mrs. Chestny’s speech and mannerisms. Mrs. Chestny thinks that the world has become chaotic because slavery has been…

political opinions. The South Africa government or the Apartheid did not want the black majority in South Africa to have any power of justice. If the Apartheid gave the black majority power, then the British people could lose their advantages, more likely the white people could lose their advantages. Everybody would hate to be in prison for 27 years, they would take revenge. Mandela, but did not take revenge, he was using his own word, to fight against the Apartheid. South Africa was made by…

A Critique on the Identity and Racial Discrimination in Toni Morrison Novels Ms. Yamuna J.KirubaSharmila Research Scholar Assistant Professor Department of English Department of English Vels University, Chennai – 600 117 Vels University,Chennai –600 117 yamuna.s076@gmail.com kiru.sharmi@gmail.com Abstract This paper attempts to focus on how the black people in America suffered for getting their identity and to overcome…

Terrance Hayes has written a series of sonnets all titled “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin.” Each poem is completely different, but all contain critiques of racial injustice in the US. Hayes centers his sonnets around two questions: Who is the assassin? and What is an American sonnet? In “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin[I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison],” the answer to the first question is the white hierarchy and shows the complex relationship…

A common theme that has lived most distinctly in the South for decades, exists still today. Most of the culture, especially during the Antebellum Era, believed that no Caucasian should even associate with individuals of color, for they were of substance, simply as property. The author of “Desiree’s Baby,” Kate Chopin, existed in this era, one in which racism and slavery were ever-prevalent, leading to her focus upon the issue of race throughout her works, particularly “Desiree’s Baby.” Her…

In the short story, “First Day of School” by R.V. Cassill, it is about a boy named John who is going to start a school year at an all-white high school for the first time and for the end of segregation of schools. In the historical dramatization, “The Fight for What’s Right” by Spencer Kayden, a girl named Sylvia Mendez is not allowed to go to an all-white school, so they make a law case for desegregation for schools. The 2 different texts support the topic of desegregation with similarities and…

The Outcaste is written by Sharankumar Limbal, portrays the anguish and ridiculous experiences of his life as a Dalit. The Outcaste captures the impacts of violence and discrimination against Dalits. In this novel the author is haunted by the crisis of identity. This is an autobiographical novel which shows the dark side of India in which the Dalits are oppressed. . He uses the metaphor, idioms and imagery to explore his inner grief and quest for identity. He faced the discrimination…