Institutional racism

Jessie Fauset was one of the intelligent female authors of the Harlem Renaissance and was a poet, an editor, essayist and a novelist much like Hughes. Fauset too deals with the issues of racism and racial prejudice among the blacks. But her main focus is on black pride, especially in her novel, ‘The Plum Bun’ published in 1923. In the novel, Fauset uses the protagonists Angela and Virginia Murray to talk about black pride. While Virginia…

Sun”, is about an African American family, the Youngers, who are surrounded by poverty, racism, and family conflict. The Youngers aspire to give themselves a better life to ultimately pass that down to future generations. Their conflict comes into play when the family receives an insurance check for $10,000 and has split decisions on what to do with it. Hansberry’s play suggests that poverty is a symptom of racism by using characters that seem to be of the typical racial stereotypes, and a…

Choo EAP - Priti 24/11/14 The Ku Klux Klan The KKK, founded in 1866 , is extreme right winged racist American terrorist organisation who focuses on racial hate crimes. Since it 's emergence, the KKK has been a tool used to promote the ideals of racism and anti-semitism while it 's members have been responsible for a wide range of atrocities ranging from lynching, brutal beatings and bombings (Akins 2006, p.134). Though they died out briefly in the 1870s, a mass revival occurred in the 20th…

lives. Hosting a variety of men from different race backgrounds and experiences, the discussion they have among each other opens up new questions and a deeper understanding of the ways racism has interwoven its way into society and masculinity. Working from explanations of white privilege to the sensitive topic of racism between men of color, the film is a sensitive but eye opening experience. There are times where white men, and even myself, struggled to connect or understand inner issues, but…

Why has the police department learn anything from the Rodney King beating and the aftermath that took place after the verdict? Twenty-five years ago some of us seen the verdict that stunned the city of Los Angeles, where angry crowds gather on the street across the city to protest while others riot. Today we face similar problems with police officers from the situation that happen in Ferguson with the Michael Brown or in New York where Eric Gardner was in a choke hold by a police…

existence in the early American colonies owing to human trafficking of African American slaves during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Historians such as Eric Williams have argued the institution of slavery was not created because of racism, rather it was slavery that later caused racism. Furthermore, America held very negative and strong racial views towards African…

There was hardly any room for storylines for real human connectedness between the black and white women. The author could have acknowledged racism as a vehicle of white privilege rather than espoused hatred throughout the book, yet the appeal of this fictional narrative would have not met critical acclaim or popularity. The novel did not capture the core of life in Mississippi in the 1960’s…

Angel Cruz RCST 202 Personal Analysis Some may think just because we live in the 21st century there are no more oppression, privilege, and discrimination, but some are not yet educated to develop a critical social justice perspective. Through the ideas learned in this course and the readings (White Privilege by Paula S. Rothenberg and Is everyone really equal? by Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo) I am pleased to say that I personally have been transformed to think critically about our society.…

Anne Moody’s autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, is set in her home state of Mississippi. The novel tells Anne’s life story from the age of four to twenty-three. Born in 1940, Moody bore witness to some of the worst prejudice and violence towards African Americans. She grew up in a small, poverty stricken town in Wilkerson County. Moody and her siblings survived by her parents working on various plantations. Anne’s father soon left the family, and Moody’s mother, and eventually Anne…

Ferguson in 1896, which endorsed the idea of being “separate but equal”, played a major downfall in their pursuit of justice. This Supreme Court ruling supported segregation and kept the races separate which means it legalized discrimination and racism throughout the nation (Bowles, 2011, ch. 2.3). African Americans not only struggled but according to Blair Kelley, “The legal defeat of the efforts to gain equal accommodations on the rails through the Plessy v. Ferguson decision was a…