Latin American debt crisis

idea of unity. This family-oriented ride show-cased different cultures around the world from all seven continents, cultures, classes and religions coming together as one. Growing up, I looked at my outer experience to describe who I was: African American, Baptist, and female. When I…

‘Double consciousness’ remains a central theme in Gilroy’s novel, using the writings of W.E.B Du Bois of splitting subjectivity and raceconsciousness that Du Bois observes as inherent to the experience of being African-American, an awareness of existing simultaneously both within and outside the dominant culture which is what Gilroy argues is one of the defining characteristics of Black Atlantic expressive culture. Although some critics refute Gilroy’s ideals, noting his…

accepting that we don’t know everything and everything is possible” by Isabel Allende. Relevantly, magic realism was practiced in Latin America, it goes beyond reality to express impossible ideas. During the mid-1900s, an Argentinian author, Jorge Luis Borges, wrote the short story “The Circular Ruins”, this story illustrates the dreams of light and darkness. Another Latin American author, Gabriel García Márquez, wrote the short story “Light is Like Water”. He is also known as the “Father of…

All Individuals Are Equal in Hughes’s “Theme for English B” Langston Hughes wrote a simple paper for his college level English class that depicts the inequity that African Americans faced at the time. His work in literature helped to spur the Harlem renaissance and although this poem was written almost seventy years ago this piece of writing is still relevant in the conversations today about racial injustice. Hughes uses his own personal struggle while writing his assignment to contribute to…

The rigid social and economic structure that developed within colonial Latin America, in no way obstructed the determined members of those societies to push against those barriers and restructure their society. Despite those who tested these structures, there were of course long lasting effects on the countries and its individuals. In order to understand this we must analyze social systems, such as the Castas system and the social restrictions it imposed. The Castas system established as a…

black excellence in sports. Wright would write about these things because they highlight African American struggles and successes in the current time period. The first…

racial hatred and a longing to belong to a hegemonic society. Tahneer’s explains the pressure to physically change in Aline Kominsky Crumb narration of the new nose (1). In her introduction, Oksman talks about Jewish American literature, identity, and feminism the same way as Black American literature. The question raised, what are the social differences of what it means to be a Jew, could also be asked of the Black community? Tahneer quotes Helene Meyers “if one can choose Jewish…

Latin America is distinguished by its incredible supply of natural resources as well as an immensely rich and extensive geography, and as a result of rapid economic growth around the world, the continent was invaluable to investors in the nineteenth century. However, production of goods required immense labour, so as would be expected of the time, slaves were put to work. Working alongside slaves, as had happened similarly in other regions of the Americas, South America also employed thousands…

a hashtag erupted on twitter, causing many to call to action for the murder of Trayvon Martin. The hashtag was started by three young black women in hopes to restore dignity, justice and respect along with highlighting the many issues that black Americans face in this country. Black Lives Matter serves as a social justice movement with the initial idea of seeking to end discrimination, police brutality and highlight the racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Since the start of Black…

Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird is piece of American literature that follows the story of a black man falsely accused of rape by a white woman. Set in a time period where racism is in in abundance, To kill a Mockingbird delivers the story in a raw and gut-wrenching form that causes the reader to truly face the harsh reality than many African Americans lived. Not only does To kill a Mockingbird cause readers to recognize the idea that racism was a culture in America, the book defies the idea…