Rambler American

The Space Traders begin with the arrival of an extraterrestrial species, named Space Traders, which offer a solution to the current financial and environmental crises that America faces for an exchange of the current African American population. This initial offer was greeted with overwhelming support by the white population who viewed the space traders as being pleasant and unthreatening. Conversely, the black population did not share the same enthusiasm toward the space traders and disapproved…

As an African American in the still very racist 60’s era, Harlem writer James Baldwin finds it imperative to write a letter to his nephew James, in which he forewarns and advice’s his still highly naïve nephew of the oppressive and ignorant America that he is destined to grow up in. While he cautions young James of the harsh and crude realities of the era, Baldwin prompts his nephew to not succumb to the stereotypes and expectancies of the white American man. Through the use of various…

the United States. Picture yourself being a minority in the U.S. and people stereotyping you from left to right. This is what Maya Angelou was stating in the novel, “Champion of the World”. She showed us perfectly what it is like to be an African American in the eras of 1920’s. Even in this generation, discrimination and racism are reoccurring incidents that are still being spread across all fifty states. If we can push through these obstacles of viewing people in color and start staring at…

Her father is Chickasaw and her mother is a non-native. As the character grows up, she is conflicted between being a native american and caucasian. In the poem, the narrator states the following, “she left the large white breasts that weight my body down” (Hogan 289). She feels that her mom’s heritage is a heavy burden. Also, she describes her breasts as not her own, but as her…

ENG3U0 20 July 2015 The Changing African-American Mindset In life individuals are often confronted with experiences that shape who they eventually become. The novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and the film, The Colour Purple directed by Steven Spielberg, both explore the lives of their two protagonists and examine how their experiences define them. The novel Invisible Man is dated back to the early 1900s, and is based upon an anonymous African-American man who reflects on his life…

The list of unarmed African Americans men and women who have been discriminatorily murdered by police officers could flood far too many pages. However, of the unfortunate 10 listed below, there have only been indictments for 2 of the despicable murders, and 0 convictions. Police officers…

Organizations like the National American Woman Suffrage Association (comprised entirely of white women that denied membership to Black Women) drafted and pressured congress to pass the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1919, granting all women the right to vote,” (Malik, "4 Reason Feminism is a Threat to Black…

cite by several other women within the African American community. Jones was very determined to change the protectives of others referring to the rights of women. For starters, she wrote a valuable essay titled, “An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman”. This essay presented two important things such as: an analysis of gender equality and from the Marxist prospective. Claudia had very good intentions on improving the African American community, and the way things were done back…

After viewing the short film “Our time is up” by Rob Pearlstein, I was able to place the five components of the plot structure diagram as presented in theatre class. The five plot structure is, exposition, inciting event, raising event, climax, and falling action. The exposition is the beginning of the plot, it sets the foundational background of the main character or the story. At the opening of the story, you see a time clock set, an immaculate environment where everything is not just clean…

Chicago Bears vs. Seattle Seahawks Today the National Football League seems to be the hot bed of social issues. Every time I turn on the television another football player has struck again. Our society is run by money, power, and status. One of the monsters and leading powerhouses in our society is none other than the NFL. With all the new and growing inventions in our society, groups of men throwing, catching, running, and hitting are some of the top money makers in the world. Although,…