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Reflection W.E.B. Du Bois During the study of the time period W.E.B. Du Bois stood out as an influential civil rights figure during the mid-20th century. Black soldiers volunteered in WWI under the inspiration of Du Bois. Du Bois encourage African Americans needed to close the ranks of the whites. African Americans joined to show their patriotism and self-worth. As a soldier myself I can relate with Du Bois with the points he made. Serving gave these men pride in themselves and the strength…

Aspiration leads the narrator through Invisible Man. The narrator aspires to be like influential people in black society, such as Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. Washington was a prominent African American speaker in the 19th century, while Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Before participating in the Battle Royal the narrator prepares to deliver a speech to the white audience in which he expresses, “I visualized myself…

Two prominent figures and leaders in the African-American history that made tremendous things in their era. In their vocation, they were both vehemently fight for a new way of thinking and development of the black people. W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington, however, they had a different pathway or disagreed how black people would progress and strived socially, and economically. And let’s look at how their opposing philosophy throughout this parallel on their each point view. Booker T.…

The book I chose for my ethical framework paper was “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis. This book is a true story and was later turned into a movie in 2009. It is a story about a wealthy, well off white family from Tennessee who take in a poor, struggling black boy into their home and try and give him a better life and provide him with better opportunities and tell how they make him apart of the family. The main character and who the book is based off of, is Michael Oher, a black high schooler…

Nonetheless it can either be a taboo word or the synonym for “dude”. According to the African American Registry, “the word nigger can be traced back to the Latin word niger” which means black. It is said that “nigger” can be the altered spelling of the word Negro which means black in Spanish. In the early 1800’s the term was then being used as a derogatory term against the African-American group, used to trivialize the black community in order…

Allison Atkenson Kevin Long Musical Theatre History December 16, 2015 Issues confronted At the start of the year my classmates and I were asked to define the true purpose of theatre. Our responses ranged from “a combination of song and spectacle” to “emotions communicated through spoken word, music, and movement.” But overall, we concluded it was an art form that was meant to both teach and entertain. Musical theatre has and will likely forever remain a vehicle to discuss societal issues…

The image i have chosen to analyse is a piece from the series 'Jesus is my homeboy' by David LaChapelle entitled 'The Last Supper', a modernised version of DaVinci's piece by the same title (1498). This piece of writing will explore comparing and contrasting and will identify the characteristics of the image and what helps create its structure. This series of photographs explores the idea of Jesus being placed into a modern day setting, which in this case is an urban neighbourhood, where he is…

In this article titled “worst beef ever; Jay-Z vs Harry Belafonte” Harry Belafonte observed one of the resplendent misuse practice of this modern time by saying that we are endowed with many high profiles artists and dominant celebrities, but demonstrated less concern or have withdrawn their back on the responsibility of the societies. He critically accused the black celebrity pair that they have done nothing enough for the minorities in which I do have a concern about. In my own perspective as…

Before jail, like I said, I never thought about raping anybody but if I didn't like what a woman said I thought about hitting her or dominating her. I learned that at group, I can see it, I don't have thoughts of hitting or sexually assaulting women. That's why I have to stop drinking now, it all go together. I went to AA (in prison). Survived 10 years of prison. So I know better. But I got a lot more pressure on me now. Back then (in prison), all I have to worry about is someone stabbing me ...…

"I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr., he uses Go Back to, So let Freedom Ring, and We are not satisfied nor shall we ever be, to argue for the Negro to have "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in America. Martin Luther King on the day of his speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial announced to the whole country that we need to unite as a country in whole. Not blacks with blacks and white with whites, we need to be together as a whole. So as one of the literary devices he used…