Relay race

In her poem “The Century Quilt,” Marilyn Nelson relays her experiences as a child to show that coexistence between races is both possible and enlightening. Making its point primarily through the use of imagery and structure, her poem uses cultural objects of childhood fancy to sweet remembrances of a treasured childhood. In Stanza 1, Waniek juxtaposes Meema’s “indian blanket” with her father’s “army green.” All this next to the statement that Meema moved in to live with “Daddy,” who, being in…

running event would be coming up. I was put in the 4x200 and also the 4x100 but we had to dropped out of the 4x200 because there were no other team competing in the race. They had just said last call for the 4x200 and that meant that the 4x100 was coming up soon. Our relay had to practice hand offs so they would be perfect for the race. The had the 2nd call for the 4x100 and we all went on the track and to the front where everybody was lining up. Once they were done setting us up they had use…

Sports Racism is a belief that people of different races have different qualities and abilities, and that some races are inherently superior or in inferior. Racism in the form of discrimination persists in society especially in the sporting community. Racism in sports occurs in both team and individual sports around the world. Sports…

Saperstein and Penner’s article, “Racial Fluidity and Inequality in the United States,” highlights the processes that make race a product of expectations, versus an unchangeable essential constant, how it was perceived as for so long in history. Race, they argue, is defined by expectations in which people are judged in everyday interactions. Because of these these expectations (“stereotypes”) of how people should act, which is especially dependent on their fluctuating social status, black…

reasons why black doctors are important for black patients including trust, comfortability, satisfaction, and seeking treatment. Trust is a very common attribute that black patients may feel they lack with a white doctor, or any doctor of another race or ethnicity. This is most likely due to the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis that occurred from 1932…

She comments on how what an interpreter does with their past experiences can be extremely helpful to them in the future. She had previous work experience with a certain video relay service that did not go well. About two years after her first time working with the company, she chose to reapply to the company’s program, but not the same center. She had already planned to relocate herself, so she applied and flew to Texas for…

Over a century ago the United States kept slaves and discriminated the minorities, now America has made great progress towards freedom and racial equality. In the past, American owned slaves and believed harsh views about people of color. Today however, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Dedication on National Mall in Washington D.C., President Barack Obama claims,”Look at the faces here around you, and you see an America that is more fair and more free and more just than the one Dr. King…

Du Bois is a twentieth century philosopher who talked about black people in the United States at the same time. Du Bois writes about how racial issues influence people’s identities at the time, and going forward. Second sight is how Du Bois refers to the feeling black people have when trying to see the world the live in through two different perspectives, the black side, or the white side. Someone struggling to decide whether to tell on someone at their local job, can be an example of second…

Clint Smith in his Ted Talk, How to raise a black son in American delivers a very persuasive and powerfully touching speech on the dynamics of race and his childhood instilled values. Smith shares the life lessons instilled in him by his father when he was young on the unsettling and unfair reality of being a young black American Kid and the sacrifices they have to make. To elaborate on the unfair and unsettling reality of a being a young black kid growing in America, Smith tells the story of…

invisibility and blindness. Ellison demonstrates these different, physical and mental states on different levels through allegories depicting the real acts of savage black people were subjected to. In this essay I will discuss how Ellison effectively relays these ideas of invisibility through the journey of the invisible man, illustrating not only the physical but psychological challenges and the extent thereof. Invisible man is a Bildungsroman because it follows the psychological and moral…