People For the American Way

As people become more aware of their ethnic background, many things we take as normal life begin to be rather offensive. One of the biggest issues for native americans is the football team for Washington DC, the Redskins. Originally the Boston Braves, in 1933 they changed their name to the Washington Redskins despite it’s head coach ,‘Lone Star’ Dietz, being native american as well of some of the players. In 1936 the team relocated to Washington DC. They never changed the name from the Redskins…

Rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s was a movement fighting for African-American rights and integration that was defined by nonviolence and civil disobediences. These nonviolent beliefs were mainly popularized by activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. who believed that civil rights could be gained with as little trouble as possible through nonviolence such as sit-ins and bus boycotts. By showing restraint, African-Americans would give whites as little reason possible to punish them.…

of this semester we have looked at several ethnic groups and their adversities. Although we have seen them separately that is not to say that their challenges have solely affected them as a single group. In actuality we have seen similarities in the ways that the oppressed are marginalized, across both time and space. This ushers in the notion that races are relational to each other, these groups although seemingly having different histories can actually show more resemblances than what is on…

African-Americans of the past were not accepted or treated as people; which is something relevant and relatable to this day. “Strange Fruit” protests against African-American lynching during the 1930s as it was common in the South. It narrates the sadness, desperation, and sorrow of many African-Americans that were oppressed by the white supremacy of the Jim Crow laws. Through the use of irony and metaphor, Meeropol illustrates the poem’s theme of protest and racism by criticizing the way…

Defining American Culture When the phrase “American culture” is mentioned, the first term that comes to mind is diversity. In this way, there exist three common metaphors that many people, both within America and beyond, have used to describe the level heterogeneity in the country. To some, the United States is a melting pot, a metaphor that points out the kind of transformation that happens to people, more so immigrants, as they adjust to fit into the society of their new homes (McDonald 7).…

Have you wondered how everything started? How the Native Americans lived? How the Native Americans get their food? Native Americans were a member of any of the indigenous people but especially Native Americans of North America. We have inherited a lot of things from them like the way they build, the way they make clothes, their music, their religion and the way they get the food. They had many ways to get their food but they had four forms that they usually used that were hunting and fishing,…

In the year of 1939, singer Billie Holiday sang and recorded the song “Strange Fruit.” The song centered on racism towards the African-American Community, and the lynching of American-American men. Years later, Kanye West released a song in 2013 called “Blood on the Leaves”. West’s song sampled singer Nina Simone’s version of “Strange Fruit”. Even though both of these songs are decades apart, they both have similarities and differences and each has their own story. In the song “Strange Fruit”…

other countries, and attracted attention from people all over the world. The United States experienced a few cases of Ebola and as a result, Americans became very worried, and began to fear that there would be a big outbreak in the US. However, there were only 4 cases including one fatality. Despite having few cases occur in America, the Ebola awareness was blown out of proportion. In the cartoon Ebola!, Jack Ohman was trying to argue that Americans were worrying too much about the Ebola…

The Civil Rights Movement was a movement to protect equal opportunities and rights for African Americans as a U.S citizen. The movement created impacts that have affected the U.S for a lifetime; such as the people that died and the laws created. At some points, members of the movement faced violence and even deaths. There were deaths of young children; such as Emmett Till. . Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was tortured and killed because of the accusation of “whistling” at the white…

Recently America gained the forty-fifth president of the United States. Before Americans could gain a new president the candidates had to run against each other and convince the people that they are the best person of choice. On election day the candidates were narrowed down to two choices democrat, Hillary Clinton and Republican, Donald Trump. The election was won by Donald Trump due to electoral votes. Truly Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by millions, but she did not win with electoral…