Ordinary People

Rights The fight for equality has been a consistent theme in our country. From the start of slavery, to the early 1950s, and continuing on until the 1960s, the work towards civil rights was one of the most important events in our nation’s history. People worked extremely hard throughout this time period to bring equal rights to African Americans. One of the most famous civil rights leaders is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For much of his life he dedicated his work to the lives of fellow African…

reasoning, and lastly, he addressed the opposing side throughout his letter with the absence of fallacies. Within a Birmingham jail, King wrote a letter that forever changed America. First off, King used pathos in a way that touched the lives of people from all over America. Pathos is used in arguments to connect to the reader emotionally. King proclaimed, “Our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us” (2). This statement destroyed the concrete coverings of…

a hero was to be a warrior and ultimately a king. He had to possess the traits of strength, intelligence, integrity, and bravery. Warriors had to be willing to face anything against all odds, and combat to the death for their resplendence and the people they most truly loved. The Anglo-Saxon hero was able to be all of these and still be humble and sweet in all ways. When he is praised by the Danes after prevailing his victories with…

reality through movies and television shows, they are conquered by white males. The article, Diversity in Hollywood by Christina Hoag, perfectly sums up the discrimination within the world. In today’s society, this can be seen on multiple facets, from ordinary workplaces to political parties. However, film eerily mirrors this ever growing problem through poor representation of minorities, in front of the camera and behind. After years of…

African-Americans because so many horrible acts have been done to people of African descent…

Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens portrays the effects of poverty and injustice on the French society. He shows how ordinary men and women were driven by their suffering to anger and become murderers of the aristocracy. The injustice Dickens shows results in extreme anger that led to an inevitable war between the rich and poor. Social injustice in the novel is represented through the character of the Marquis Evermonde . He shows the injustice of the ruling class of aristocrats towards the…

Mommaerts 20th Century 10 January 2017 How Sports Reshaped Social Issues Throughout history, athletes have made impacts on social issues. Ordinary people look up to professional athletes as their role models. One big issue was race, and discrimination. In the sports world, fans love big events. Sports always seemed to be the thing that could bring people together no matter what race or gender you were. If you cheered for the same team, you created an instant bond. Sports have positively…

experienced life a lot differently in Mexico than in America. His father lived in Mexico because it was extremely hard for him to do business in the United States being black. The Mexican population Hughes wrote about generally did not like not only black people, but they did not think fondly of Americans in general. However, life was still better for Hughes and his father in Mexico than in America. The Mexicans Hughes describes and wrote about were immensely poor and underprivileged. His father…

The Character of Aaron Crawford in “The Boy who Painted Christ Black” “The teacher always pronounced his name with profound gusto as she pointed him out as an ideal student”, as stated in the short story, “The Boy who Painted Christ Black” by John Henrik Clarke. Aaron Crawford, Aaron Crawford was the smartest in the Muskogee County School in Columbus, Georgia. This young boy painted a portrait that caused uproar at his school. This very unique portrait was a painting of Christ; not the…

The concept of racism has changed throughout the centuries. Racism used to consist of believing people of a different color are subhuman, now we believe a black man runs faster than a white man because of his race. Racism and prejudices transformed into stereotypes that are ingrained into our brains because of society and the people around us. The Unites States may not be at the position of Jim Crow laws like it was in the 1960s, but racism is still taking place. It is interweaved into…