Japanese diaspora

With the presidential election, fast approaching, it is evident that people of similar mindsets come together and make their voices heard. Although ideas on the most efficient political and economic decisions may vary greatly, as our generation matures there’s been an intense push for social change. Tolerance for discrimination towards anyone is very low. Just like the recent push for equality in our society, the author portrays similar ideas in the cartoon above shows; Despite one’s race,…

Philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard once wrote, “Once you label me, you negate me.” (Stereotypes). Just as Kierkegaard wrote in the nineteenth century, a label devalues a person’s own individuality and denies them to be the way they are. With such labels existing, stereotypes are eventually formed as beliefs of how people are based on their particular membership to a group. As found in many people, stereotypes can affect the way people view themselves as members of the world around them. Stereotypes…

Coming straight out of Compton, the famous rapper known as Ice Cube depicted how many African Americans, as himself, faced many hardships growing up in the 80’s and 90’s in the film, “Boyz N The Hood.” Believing that only his father can teach him how to be a man, the main character, Cuba Gooden starring as Tre Styles, is sent to go live with his father in South Central Los Angelos after an altercation at school.Here is reunited with his childhood friends;Ice Cube staring as Doughboy and…

In the book “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehasi Coates, he presents a unique take on racism in America. However, there are several flaws with his writing. One of these inconsistent themes that Coates includes in his narrative are his people who are not black “those who believe they are white.” Another being his heavy focus on the race of his friend Prince Jones while ignoring the race of the officer who killed him, deeming it unimportant discuss in any detail. And also his filtered view of…

Gwendolyn Brooks would spend the majority of her life in Chicago, observing and experiencing life for African-Americans in the city. Many of her works, including “First Fight. Then Fiddle,” revolve around the struggles of blacks as she understood them. Going to a range of schools and meeting a wide variety of people would introduce her to racism and some of its causes, and develop her views on the world. She was motivated by these encounters to use her writing to educate her readers about the…

Toni Morrison´s first novel successfully portrayed the life of young girls from Afro-American families who are facing racism and violence while they are searching for an identity in the primarily white world. Morrison touched many points concerning racial and social problems that were on the stake during the period after the Great Depression and maybe could even have some meaning nowadays. It is possible for young girls to be able of building self-confidence, - even when they are exposed every…

African Americans are viewed by different perspectives of many races because they are different. Men, Women, and Children are often being discriminated against due to the color of their skin. In the novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison sets a tone of the narrator who feels like he has become “invisible” because of his race. The novel gives insight of what it feels like to be an invisible to stereotypes. Invisible Man shows how being an African American man is a disadvantage to society, and viewed…

It was rough being African American in a time like the 1940’s, especially in the United States. Langston Hughes, however, knew how to turn those hardships into poetry. Hughes was a strong believer of equality, and he expressed this in his poems. Because he grew up as an African American during the time of segregation in the United States and not only saw but experienced first hand the many acts of unkindness done to African Americans, Langston Hughes’s “I, Too” has a universal theme of racial…

Ernest J. Gaines is the author of the novel “A Lesson Before Dying.” The story highlights the tension in the lives of African-Americans during the 1940s. It demonstrates a world of racial segregation. The novel mainly talks about two men. One man's struggle to accept his unjust death with dignity. Another man struggles with his own identity and responsibility to his community. A Lesson Before Dying reveals the process of an oppressed black people's attempt to gain recognition of their human…

Samantha White is portrayed as a multiracial, heterosexual female. Sam is the creator of the Dear White People radio show that she uses to call out various forms of racism and express her disgust of racial stereotypes. Although she is multiracial, Sam only refers to herself as being black while completely ignoring her white heritage. She openly expresses her blackness but is occasionally accused of overcompensating by her black friends because of this. One example of this is when Sam’s friend…