Jim Crow laws

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 film My Cousin Vinny, intercultural communication is exemplified throughout. The film presents characters from New York who find themselves in the southern state of Alabama, where they display differences within their cultural values, norms, and communication patterns including certain verbal and nonverbal codes. Therefore, these intercultural communication components come to reveal the way the two different cultures represented in the film by the different characters view themselves and…

During the 1960’s there was a war on freedom. Two men proposed counter arguments for the perfect solution to achieve freedom for African Americans in the United States. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “ I Have A Dream” during the “March on Washington” is a revolutionary speech that brought thousands of African Americans together to protest for their freedom. Malcolm X’s “God’s Judgement of White America” (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) shows more of a violent approach to freedom. Both Dr. Martin…

Racism has been around for a very long time. During the Great Depression around the 1930s segregation was still going on. Black folks and White folks were not able to be around or talk to one another with one another. Blacks did not have many rights. When a White had blamed a black person for they will get automatically accused and blamed for doing it, whether they did it or not. In the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, she talks about this by using a court case that had involved a…

The Civil Rights Movement began shortly after the end of World War II. The United States took their largest stride with the Supreme Court’s decision in the Brown vs. the Board of Education case. This decision deemed separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This decision sparked a revolution that would change America forever. Once the movement began there was stopping it, and Martin Luther King Jr. realized this. He preached a change that the African Americans…

Introduction Mass media has made distinct images and suggestions that are structured around the concept of a white world. What do I mean about a white world? White individuals are more socially accepted in society. You probably have heard concepts such as “white power” or “white supremacy”. “Historically, those deemed “white” have benefited from economic and social privileges withheld from those deemed “nonwhite” (Deo, Lee, Chin, Milman, &Yuen, 2008). Mass media has made a major impact by…

Our world as we know fascinating, multifaceted, and cultured because of the literary aura that has been present throughout mankind. Just like the people that fill our world, some literature is hurtful, some is beneficial to certain groups and cultures, and some is for pure entertainment. However, the great thing about it is that literature has the ability to connect any form of art through the past and present. Literature has no age and therefore can speak to generations and help enlighten…

The panel is supposed to be read from right to left by the observer and is separated into three sections. The section on the far right showcases several silhouettes rejoicing after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863. Figures are dancing, a male figure is performing a musical tribute on his trumpet, and several figures are throwing their hands in the air, celebrating the freedoms that were finally being delivered to them. One of the prominent concentric circles encapsulates a piece…

Data on the topic of the achievement gap were collected such as political and societal factors. The political factors included such subsets as legislative decisions, voting, and getting the right representatives in place to make the students’ concerns known. The societal factors were advancements in technology, environment, and exposure to the wrong influences. However because content analysis was used, these topics were not discussed enough to emerge into a theme (Merriam, 2009). In laymen’s…

in which African Americans moved out of southern states to northern cities, and to a lesser extent to the west coast, between 1910 and 1970. According to studies on the Great Migration, the mass exodus of blacks from the South was propelled by Jim Crow policies that exacerbated the black experience of racial oppression, racial violence, and economic hardships. In other words, black migrants who fled the South did so with the belief that social and economic opportunities waited for them in…