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nt Exploration Worksheet #1 Watch: “A Class Divided” Parts 1-5. Find it at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html 1. What was the most surprising thing you learned or saw in this documentary? Nothing about this documentary was very shocking for me. The most surprising thing to me, was how little people, especially the adults, were willing to push back and stand up for themselves when they were in discriminated group. I would have assumed a group of grown people would have stood up for themselves against one grumpy woman telling them they were worth less than others. The children behaved for the most part how I thought they would. 2. How did the male and female children respond differently in the original experiment? What might account for the differences you observed? The male children in the original experiment seemed to be angrier and more aggressive than the females in the original experiment. The girls just seemed sad. Little boys at that age might be more aggressive. 3. How did the male and female adults respond differently in the prison guard experiment? What might account for the differences you observed? The females, on in particular, were more aggressive in the prison guard experiment. They were more vocal about their anger and combative with the instructor. The males were visibly shaken and embarrassed, but seemed to just accept there was nothing they could do. The adult women may have been more aggressive…

The 20th century is famous for many things, and the novels that were written during the century definitely contribute to that fame. The novels that were written are extremely important and still relevant in the education system today because of their amazing imagery, interpretations of society, and symbolism. One extremely popular and influential novel of the 20th century was written by Ralph Ellison and it’s titled Invisible Man. The story is about a black man in the 1940s who lives in the…

Langston Hughes in his poem I, Too, expounded on the disappointments of the black man in his poetry. He never surrendered in light of the fact that he imagined an America in which black and white men would eat at the same table and be viewed as equal Americans. The setting of the poem is "all over the place America" that trusted that black men were not Americans or equal to the white men as human creatures. The narration is first individual with the poet as the narrator. Hughes was viewed as the…

Ever Salmeron Alberto Professor Bobby Jones English 1302 25 March 2018 Rhetorical Analysis of “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr in his speech “I Have a Dream” furthers his purpose of call justice, liberty, and equality for all people in America, he did an excellent job as leader inspiring people by effectively employing Logos, Ethos, and Pathos in his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. One technique that Luther King, Jr furthers his purpose is through his use of Logos. Near…

Almost a century following the apparent freeing of slaves in the United States, institutionalized racism in our society has evolved into a whole different type of beast. It has become more concealed, blurring the lines that determined who is responsible for the hindrance of equality experienced by the black population. Instead of pointing towards the plantation owners and Jim Crow laws who had a direct, visible effect on black people’s lives, the oppressed are forced to attempt to point to…

Set in the 1940’s, Toni Morrison’s novel “The Bluest Eye” is a tale of Pecola, a young Negro girl shunned by society for being ugly due to her skin colour and appearance. Morrison explores life in America during the late 60s and early 70s in which American culture was influenced predominantly by the white race. Using a creative approach, Toni Morrison explores the white ideal that the Negro population strives to attain to shed light on an arguably different kind of racism. Through the use of…

Before taking the Implicit Association Test (IAT), I thought that it was an interesting way to test for unconscious prejudice because it shows how different qualities and values are associated with white and black people. I know that I am biased towards both groups in different areas, but I felt nervous before taking the test. I think that was because I thought it would make me feel like a bad person depending on my results. I know that I am not an inherently bad person based on any test…

Black lives matter, in these two films To Kill a Mockingbird and 12 Angry Men we learn that we need to stand up for what we believe in and take action. Atticus is in To Kill a Mockingbird and Juror eight is in 12 angry men and they have the same personalities in their films. The comparison here is Atticus from To Kill a Mockingbird and Juror 8 from 12 Angry Men. Juror eight was very determined and compassionate about the case. Juror 8 acted as if he knew he was correct but did not have much…

Although the American Civil War abolished slavery, it did not put an end to the growing racial divide between black and white citizens. Many Americans, such as civil rights leaders and protesters, have fought valiantly to lessen this gap, but none have been able to completely eradicate it. The racism which comes with a this oppressive system gives people of color great disadvantages in their lives. In his novel Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes to his son about this growing…

Zaid Alsubaie Professor David Dahl Hansson Composition II 04 April 2016 The Problem We All Live With This argument essay is about the integration of black as well as white students at school beyond color discrimination. This American Life is actually a radio show which is programmed for American public. “The Problem We All live with” is 58th episode of this radio show and it discusses segregation in education in 2015. The program is composed to interview an investigative reporter at The New…