Jacob Black

Langston Hughes’ poems which is about working class black African American people. In this poem, he compared the beauty of nature to the beauty of his people. My people is a very short poem, built in three stanzas which consist of two lines in each stanza. This poem was written in simple language, therefore, the readers can easily understand what he is trying to convey. I believe, beneath its simple words, this poem depicts the beauty of working class black African American people that go beyond…

As children, everybody endures cruel or unfair situations. Typically people are unaware of the causes for these situations, and if they are not honestly revealed by an adult, the child could grow up close minded to others ideas. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she tells the story of a girl named Scout growing up during in the Great Depression, in rural Alabama. She witnesses racism and violence, as her father defends an African American named Tom Robinson, who is accused of rape.…

the white race views the black race. When Tom is on trial, Atticus proves that he is not guilty. Mayella Ewell claims that Tom Robinson beat and raped her and it is clearly shown that someone did beat her badly on her right side. The only problem is that Tom Robinson is crippled on his left side and someone beat Mayella with their left hand. Even though it is quite obvious that Tom Robinson was incapable of beating Mayella, the jury rules Tom guilty just because he is black. By doing so, it…

Scout’s “manly ways” is a significant part of the person Scout is. Scout has been in numerous fights over the course of the novel from Cecil Jacobs to even Scout’s cousin Frank. With a conversation with Ms. Merriweather, Scout stresses the topic about how men seem to be less intolerant and more fair-minded than women who talk about one’s petty concerns and high standard dress codes. Scout seems…

Tom, and most of the black community foresaw that there was no chance of winning, but were still disheartened. It was known they had been upset during the luncheon, when Scout overheard Miss Merriweather complain about her maid, “‘Gertrude, I tell you there’s nothing more distracting than a sulky…

I never would have thought that I would have to live life without my brother. Having to go on and experience all the things that we dreamed we would together alone. He was just another completely innocent black teenager that lost his life and nobody ever faced the consequences for his murder. White supremacy and the judicial system are two major issues in todays’ society that are problematic. The Caucasian population knows that in most situations, especially those in which African Americans are…

dehumanizing the minority, but there is victimization and violence. “You never knew what it is to be a slave; to be entirely unprotected by law or custom; to have the laws reduce you to the condition of a chattel, entirely subject to the will of another” (Jacobs 86). African-Americans feel the same in a sense that the police officers are not necessarily protecting and serving. Those whose family members get shot by police officers feel as if the system is against their own race or ethnicity.…

This painting is a non-discursive symbol that has strong messages behind each specific color and the center darkness of the black hole. “Miasma” is an important piece of art to me because it can relate to the issues of identity and I find it personal because the majority of my family is immigrants; its hard for them to have a fair identity in the United States. In today’s…

The color black is known to be one associated with negativity and wrongdoing, while the color white is considered pure and superior. Unfortunately, the same can be said when comparing ethnicities. It is not appropriate to judge somebody solely on the color of his or her skin, as they did not make the decision to be black or white. In Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”, she demonstrates how one woman can break stereotypes and rise above all hardships. Maya’s use of rhetorical questions keeps one…

evidence which proved his innocence. The jury, in this case, the group in power, decided to act based on their prejudices and not on common sense, science or logic. They used the power they received for the wrong purposes leading to the death of a black man. The trial demonstrates how sometimes authority is useless when attempting to bring justice and equality to everyone. This is one…