Italian American

From the Bill of Rights to the Pledge of Allegiance that students stand to pledge every morning, the ideal of equality and justice are filled the life of typical American. The ideal of individual rights were deeply embedded into the history of America. The Bill of Rights and the amendments to the United States Constitution formed what America is. The Bill of Rights gave us the right of property and freedom of speech;…

it African-American have had a tragic past in America. A wide spectrum of African societies, whose members were brought to American shores in chains, formed a strong influence on the American family life and the hyphen is a reminder of our impact. Much like you I agree with some of the intend message. The Duke’s loyalty to America is admirable but it is a bit outlandish to say that the just because you are hyphen American you are less than an American. Last time I checked African-American,…

African American Film Director, Spike Lee. Spike Lee famous director of black film, Malcolm X- Inside Man - Do the right thing – He got Game – Jungle Fever According to: Business Insider, Spike Lee spent the last three decades making some of the most important movies in the modern era of filmmaking. From the socially conscious "Do the Right Thing" to the powerful "Malcolm X," Lee has used the medium to. Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very…

identity formation (e.g. African-American, Italian-Ghanian, African, Black, Canadian). My aim is to show how the histories of America, Canada, and Italy have shaped the treatment…

Out of the Sweet Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial, and the Scopes Trial the most influential on american society in the 1900’s was the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial. That being because the Sacco and Vanzetti Case had the largest following allowing it to impact the most people, and because it was the longest and most controversial trial leading to it being the most debated. Also for many people the trial symbolized the fight for the equality of ethnic minorities, the poor, and the politically…

Throughout this semester, Diversity in the Criminal Justice System has taught me to think critically on the fact being presented to us on a daily basis. Mainstream media in America has influenced the way society has viewed race relations. Media, the platform controlled by a small group of corporate business entities, who are constantly lying and telling society what to think. Minorities, especially people of color are being told that they are the victims of mass racism nowadays. Problems such…

People will always have a problem with someone whether if it’s how you wear your hair, who you believe in or who you don’t believe in, the skin on your body or what you wear. You can be the ripest peach and still someone won’t like peaches! My point is you can’t sit there and get upset because of something you can’t change and that you shouldn’t want to change! Everyone is made an original why would you want to die a copy? I will discuss what my life was like growing up from my heritage, to…

became more prevalent as neo-noirs became more and more popular. During the era of classical film noir, characters that appeared in films were primarily white. As such, racism hardly existed because white people were common. However, as African Americans started becoming more integrated into the industry of film noir, depictions of racial discriminations, whether overt or covert, became more prevailing. In Devil in a Blue Dress, a hardboiled mystery written by Walter Mosley, World War II veteran…

The film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, views the American Dream as a constricting force that forces people into a materialistic, consumerist facade that adversely impacts their happiness. The characters are almost trapped by this ideology, and they have come to focus more on their material possessions and careers, rather than their family and those important to them. Throughout the film, we see constant examples where the characters value their material possessions over family, such…

Therefore, this challenges the assumption that the American melting pot is a positive quality of American culture (Fox 36). To begin with, despite this process of assimilation into society, European immigrants, the group that faced the least amount of discrimination, continued to be on the receiving end of inequality. Thus, the “melting pot” did not create a society that was more accepting of others, instead it forced people to conform to the American ideals, and abandon one’s own culture, while…