Neighborhoods in the Bronx

To pass is to disguise oneself as a difference race, or more specifically in this context for a black man or woman to pass as white. Some pass for a more advantageous position in society. Others pass out of pure fear for security. Some pass permanently, abandoning their heritage and living a life of hiding and others pass temporarily and sporadically. In the novel, “Passing” by Nella Larson, we are given an in-depth look into the racial struggles that existed in the early twentieth century and…

profession (Molina-Guzman, pg.163). Romantic comedies about Latina maids lack a true depiction of how hard and dirty the work really is. An example of a modernize Latina maid would be the film Maid in Manhattan. Jennifer Lopez, born and raise in the Bronx, NY, from Puerto Rican parents, was considered to be a “Latina supernova” (Rodriguez, pg. 220). She rose to fame after her depiction of Tex-mex iconic singer Selena. She is an actress that has been able to attract multiple audiences across…

through a vast variety of sounds, words, and instruments. Choice in music personalized, and no two individuals enjoy all of the same music because we all are differ in some way. For example, I was born in College Park, Georgia, in a majority Black neighborhood to my mother and two brothers. I am a twenty-year-old college student that identify as a Black American male because my ancestor are ascendants of slavery. As I reflect on my choice in music, I discovered how my life experiences, family…

specifically in hip-hop music. To understand the hip-hop culture and the impact on pop culture, one has to look at the roots, the beginnings of hip-hop. The cradle of hip-hop came from the New York borough, especially in Harlem. Harlem, Brooklyn, Bronx, and other New York boroughs created hip-hop that would later become the leading music genre in the future.…

Hip-hop stemmed from gang culture, which was primarily African-American and Hispanic as it was in the Bronx neighborhood that was the result of white flight. As the genre grew in popularity, so did the number of graffiti artists. Graffiti was easily demonized and pegged as a form of vandalism, but while criminalizing graffiti, they were also criminalizing dark…

In its early days, hip-hop culture arose from the ruins of the Bronx, a neighborhood of New York City. Its roots pay homage to genres like blues and jazz, yet it has a style all its own. Despite its conscientious intentions, somewhere in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, hip-hop seemed to have lost its vision. It had morphed…

“Charles Darwin said that sympathy is the strongest instinct in human nature.” (I Am) This supports the theory that human nature is cooperative rather than competitive; especially since most people believe that Darwin was a firm believer in a competitive lifestyle. Sympathy is a word that affects most people but only some have an exceptional response to situations where sympathy comes into play. For example, in The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Eddie had sympathy for the little girl in the…