Miscegenation

Racism has been an issue within society for many years. Many different races have had to deal with discrimination because of the color of their skin. However, racism is not always the same. When people think about the topic of racism, many people only think about interracial discrimination and do not think about intraracial discrimination. Both types of racism, interracial and intraracial, are discussed within “”FOBs vs. “Twinkies” : The New Discrimination is Intraracial” by Grace Hsiang, and…

In the short stories, “The Long Way Home” and “How to date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or a Halfie”, races and homosexuality tremendously affect society in different ways. Both of these stories are very different but have similar relations to dating, one of races, and the second of gender and physical attributes of a homosexual. We live in a world where we get judged by every move we make, stereotypes seem acceptable, and where we will always be compared to the next person. In this…

There is no hiding that in modern society, individuals are not equal. They are criticized, neglected, and taken advantage of due to various factors such as race. Communities may say that inequality was abolished long ago, however, the truth is that inequality is still here. Leaders, assorted articles, and various events in recent history have come to prove this anti diverse world. They share their anger, their thoughts, and their fears of racial inequality, hoping that one day it will soon…

The “Angry Black women” is a term that black women across america have been hearing since arriving in America. Cited in “The Angry Black Woman: The Impact Of Pejorative Stereotypes On Psychotherapy With Black Women” by Ashley, Wendy. Ashley states “The “angry Black woman” mythology presumes all Black women to be irate, irrational, hostile, and negative despite the circumstances.” Now through my research, I’ve to notice a pattern in that black women are always shown as aggressive, angry, and just…

After reading the stage play “For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf,” by Ntozake Shange and watching the film by Tyler Perry I will discuss relationships. Relationships during the present time are what I feel need the most focus. Relationships between a man and a woman as well as relationships between women ( African-American) and how they treat each other depending on their social class was just ridiculous. In both the movie and the stage play the lady in Green…

Have you ever blended a chicken Top Ramen flavoring packet into your strawberry smoothie? Do you cut your vegetables with a straw? Just as a chicken, strawberry smoothie is appalling and using a straw as a knife is unacceptable, so was the racial mixing of Nella Larsen’s white mother and black father in the late 1800s. Growing up as a biracial woman during a time of black discrimination from whites, she could never find her place in the world. She never belonged to the persecuted blacks or the…

“One-fourth of college students surveyed at the University of California say racism is no longer a problem in the U.S.” (Kingkade, 2015). This may be hard to believe with highly publicized cases such as Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner. Racism is still very much alive and is still a problem in the United States. After examining two articles, it is apparent that Ron Christie’s Justice Was Served in Ferguson—This Isn’t Jim Crow America and Victor M. Rios’s The Hyper-Criminalization…

The subject of this paper is an analysis regarding the racial stereotypes and the breakdown of them in reference to the movie Crash and Marger. Don Cheadle, Paul Haggis, Mark R. Harris, Robert Moresco Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari were producers for this movie with direction given by Paul Haggis. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California. The main actors include Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Larenz Tate, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard,…

People are always looking for their identity, whether it’s the one their parents created for them, or the one they built for themselves. Humans want to know their identity, just as the Ruth and James in The Color of Water, by James McBride, wanted. The book is called the Color of Water because James asked his mother, Ruth, if God was black or white, and she responded that “God is the color of water. Water doesn’t have a color” 1. This is a pinnacle moment because it shows the reader that…

Terrance Hayes’ poem RSVP uses symbolism, imagery and metaphors to expose how race affects beauty standards, while also exploring how the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson views his own blackness. Throughout the poem, the author uses an array of poetic elements to focus on two points: how race affects the standards of beauty, and the importance of the discovery of one’s own racial identity. Some of the elements Hayes uses in the poem include: metaphors, visual imagery, and symbolism. The poem…