Shaun White

not being the only African-American in the class, I still encountered problems regarding my race. At times I was called an “Oreo” (Black on the outside, White on the inside) or kids would say things such as “Oh, Savannah? She’s not really Black”. The thing that shocked me the most about these comments is that they were coming primarily from my White classmates. In Maintaining Inequalities, Tracy Ore writes that “the media engage in practices of media framing—the process by which information and…

For white women, their femininity is something that needs to be taken care of, they need protection. For black women, however, it is seen as a threat, a menace that needs to be regulated. Throughout the history, black people had always been on the lowest fragments…

The English language has so many variations all over the world, a handful just within the United States. The west coast or more specifically California has the typical "valley girl" vernacular. While on the far east coast of Massachusetts there is the Boston accent. In the south where there are majority people of color the vernacular starts to mostly generalize to form a “southern accent”. This southern accent is what people generalize as “ghetto” and the way majority of black people talk. "you…

this ideology, because Rachel Dolezal grew up white and experienced some of the privileges, this disqualifies her from identifying as…

Racism is an overwhelming problem that impacts our country and ultimately, our world greatly. Although, we are in a much better place than we were at the time of the Jim Crow laws, the United States still has many obstacles to overcome. The first article “Black Men and Public Space,” written by Brent Staples, shows different cultures discriminating against others. Staples explains how people stereotype him as the typical black male, even though he has chosen “to remain a shadow--timid, but a…

Is TV Too White? Most, if not all characters featured on television programs are white. On the off chance that there are Asians, Blacks, or Latinos, they all usually have one thing in common. Asians are depicted as quiet, sexless, geniuses. Blacks as loud, comical, uneducated, or sassy. Latinas are portrayed as feisty, sexy, domesticated, and dumb. Anyone who has ever seen ‘Modern Family’ knows Sofia Vergara’s character, Gloria, is a walking stereotype. Though inclusion is important on…

large degree. Furthermore, he is a black man because of the hyper-partisan lens of race through which people see him. Though most Democratic presidents have had a high approval rate from black people, they also usually have a significant amount of whites regardless of party who approve of them as well. However, that is not the case with President Obama, a…

we doing back here then! Can’t nobody see us.” Big Ma warns back “You watch your mouth, girl.” Cassie doesn’t know that they can’t go up front, even though they are on of the first people there. Cassie is so innocent that she doesn’t even know that whites think less of blacks. She barely knows racism exists. If she didn’t overhear her mom and another person talking at church she would be as innocent as a 2 year old child. She thinks that everything is even and that is the way it should be, but…

Pop culture and mainstream media influences must be explored in order for people to fully understand how society’s perception of hackers has changed over the last 50 years. Before the 1980s, hacking was nothing more than computer enthusiasts modifying computers and phone phreaks exploiting phone networks to make free calls. Many people did not know what a hacker was until the 1980s when hacker groups began to form and engage in illegal activities. Personal computers were becoming more popular in…

lives in poor conditions Bigger Thomas physical appearance has affected his moral traits throughout the story. Because of his dark skinned color he is born with limited opportunities which causes him to become aggressive, not only angry but fears the white Americans who are overpowered of him and his people. Discrimination plays big roles in Biggers life and in the lives of all other black people. Because they are black at that time and year, 1930’s, most of them weren’t well educated. For…