Passing By

important part of the learning process, in conjunction with the requirements for the portfolio, I feel it’s a great way to introduce the class to what’s ahead and expected of us. More so why it is importation that the college, teachers and classmate expect integrity from one another. By understanding what academic dishonesty is, and avoiding any misunderstandings by utilizing the proper tools such as online resources, extra readings the teacher has posted and our writer’s reference guild, we can easily fall into Carter’s definition of integrity. I look forward to learning new skill I can take with me along with me, turning my weaknesses into my strengths. I don’t care for winning without following the rules, because for me it’s not only about passing, I want to make sure I am learning new skills in the…

It is hard to keep a commitment without making sacrifices. This can be seen by looking at a few elements of the movie Radio Flyer’s plot. Radio Flyer, directed by Richard Donner, is a film about two boys named Mike and Bobby, their mother and their abusive stepfather, who likes to be called The King. Mike, as the older child, promises to protect Bobby and help him achieve his goal of escaping from The King. First, Mike and Bobby sacrifice their safety by not telling their mother of The King’s…

As you get older, there are “passing points” that you have to accomplish in order transition into adulthood. However, all of these points don’t happen at once. They start when you are young and start doing simple chores around the house like sweeping the floor and washing the dishes. Once you can complete those tasks with ease, you are given more work to do and the cycle continues. Eventually, when you are an older child, more decision making and conversational skills are added into the mix. As…

Passing: Not Quite Fitting In In modern day racial passing has become almost irrelevant, with more than in any time in history, African Americans are having (near) equal rights, and it might not be too far-fetched to say that passing might be swapping. It can be observed in social media, traditional street fashion, originally sported by African Americans, is now the aesthetic many non-colored celebrities have adopted. However, the most common use of passing today does not refer to racial…

Does society play a role into feeling unaccepted in today’s culture? Many would say that our country as a whole has gotten better at accepting those who are different than the “normal”, but if this were the case then why do people feel pressured to pass? In the book, Passing When People Can’t Be Who They Are, Brooke Kroeger explained passing as, “Passing involves erasing details or certain aspects of a given life in order to move past perceived, suspected, or actual barriers to achieve desired…

It is the second term of my junior year, and my homeroom teacher is passing out report cards. As she calls my name and hands me the bright pink sheet of paper, I almost instinctively grab it from her and stuff it into my backpack without so much as a peek. I did not need to look; I knew where my grades stood, and they were abominable at best. Most frightening, however, were not the grades themselves, but the fact that I had so trivial an emotional response. By this point in my high school career…

“Passing” was a story about a race that was there physical appearance to pass off another race. The story talks about two light skinned African American women, Irene and Clare, trying to pass off as white people. The story starts off by Irene receiving a letter form Clare, a friend of hers that she wants no part of. From here the story goes into a flashback to Irene’s summer vacation, when she run into Clare in the Dayton, in Chicago. They are both in an all white restaurant, which they got in…

In the Passing, Irene and Clare are doubly repressed, once as a woman and another as a person of color. As a result, these women no longer have a self-identity, but an identity molded by social standards. Regardless of all the restraints established by their white-centric society, the two retain their emotional, sexual, and racial integrity through the dynamics of their lips. Initially seen as an image of repression, the lips transition into a medium for sexual and racial freedom. However, the…

Passing is generally defined as allowing oneself to be identified with a race, class, or other social group to which one does not genuinely belong. There are a variety of reasons an individual might choose to pass as another race or class. Many individuals choose to pass for economic security or even physical safety. Passing is an act that is often intentional or sometimes inadvertent. Some people choose to pass for a momentary event, while others make it a lifestyle choice. The act of passing…

In this paper, I will examine how passing leads to tragic deaths by lynching and committing suicide and causes unstable identity. To support my thesis statement I chose to compare and contrast “Passing” by Nella Larsen and “Incogengro” by Mat Johnson. Racism has been a constant growing issue since the time when European’s arrived in this country around the time of 1400’s. From that colonial era, all rights were given to the white supremacy world and colored people were abandoned. However, the…