Polish American

when she says that truth is like, “…a crystal of many sides. Truth is more likely to be found in the complex middle than in the simplified extremes” (3). At the time that Dr. West is writing this essay he has seen the injustice and inequality among American men and woman of different races and how mostly there is only…

equality was at its peak. In 1963, Dr. King’s speech expressed his concern for the future; he used it to motivate and encourage change within America. His speech provides an excellent perspective of the African American life. Dr. King briefly explains the treatment African Americans endured throughout the 1900’s. Some of these issues persist. Inequality is an important issue within America, and it clearly shows a nation without unity. Not only for black people, but other ethnicities are…

be an underlying truth to the phrase. With that said the “man” may not be referring to an actual person, but systematic racism. This idea that any group of people is being discriminated against in today’s age may sound implausible to the average American. This is often due to The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Yet evidence reveals discrimination is still…

There have been countless television shows that focus on black people and black cultural issues; for instance Family Matters and Fresh Prince of Bel Air more recently Everybody hates Chris and Black-ish. Although each show focuses on black families and certain cultural issues and stereotypes, there is always the underlying presence/influence of white culture whether it be the fact that the show was produced by a white person or a white character. This essay will analyze how rapper childish…

disadvantaged to some extent. I am an eighteen-year-old Black, heterosexual, female. I am a Christian and a citizen of the United States of America who grew up in the middle class. I possess qualities that show both privilege and disadvantages in American society. During the third week of class, a comprehensive list was made of what it means to be privileged in the United States today. This list included things such as “not recognizing you are privileged”, “being the “The Default””, “being…

This can result in whether some colored people get hired at businesses. If an employer has a bad taste of a race based on what they see in the media, that can play a role when it gets down to which person to hire, the Caucasian man or the African American. Whether they are meaning for it to or not, it effects their opinion and decision. With it being like this, racism can play a negative role in the workforce and lead to problems in…

a cross street” (Eschholz 346). This quote supports the accusation of discrimination towards African-Americans. The American society and others tend to judge African-Americans based on their color and outward appearance because of how the media portrays them. Contrastly, Hsiang speaks of a discrimination that happens within the same culture. Specifically, the author describes how Asian Americans separate into two groups: FOB’s and Twinkies. To further this statement, Hsiang, the author of FOBs…

white citizens of the United States. He was born into a century that would be monumental for African Americans and minorities alike. Although the century began with heavy segregation, discrimination, and violence against the African American community, its conclusion would produce an active voice for individuals of that community as well as other minorities. Marshall, much like his African American counterparts, dealt with the same threats posed against others (Ball 18). He faced racism and…

called her childhood home. Her first publication, A Street in Bronzeville was deeply committed to capturing the life of African Americans in their homes and communities. The famous poem “Kitchenette Building” in the book A Street in Bronzeville gained heavy recognition because of the use of powerful imagery and description of what it was like to be an African American living in the United States. Specifically, “Kitchenette Building” explores the struggle of living in a crowded community and…

Black. However, there is an internal debate that I have if whether to call him African-American or Black. African-American to me means someone who is of strictly African descent and who can trace their recent heritage to the continent, conversely Black; in my opinion means that the person cannot with a degree of certainty trace their heritage to the continent but is quite certain that their being an American is because of the slave trade. In the case of President of Obama, I choose to call…