The Bourne Supremacy

bell hooks’ piece asks questions of whether or not feminism had made it easier for women to move out of patriarchal settings of terrorism, especially in one’s emotional life. It is also interesting to see how feminism, not just the word, but the idea has entered pop-culture. It seems as if though fashion icons and celebrities want to be labelled that term but the reflection of their actions and the image they present their viewers and ‘followers’ with, almost create a culture where women ‘can…

In this section of “The Warmth of Other Suns”, a common theme was strength. Ida Mae, George, and Robert had to face challenges that made them stronger. What struck myself was the stories of Armington High, Henry Brown, Emmett Till and his Mother, and the Clark Family. The majority of these individuals had the strength to escape the South and deal with the harassment of the whites in the North. Emmett Till’s mother had the strength to share her son’s story in a powerful way. Armington…

Searchers, portrays a pioneering attack on racism. Viewers are able to see the protagonist Ethan Edwards, as he returns from the Civil War. As a member of the Confederate Army, Ethan’s duty entails protecting the white community and restoring white supremacy. According to Hogan, “history, like geography, lives in the body and it is marrow-deep. History is our illness. It is recorded there […]. Those of us who walked out of genocide by some cast of…

Malcolm X was a well known figure in the 50’s. His lifetime Macolm went through many changes in his life. Most of the changes were the way he viewed people. In the beginning of his lifetime Malcolm viewed whites in a certain way until he learned all whites were not the same.He focused on whites because beside the Nation Of Islam they were the ones to shape his life. Today Malcolm X is still a big figure and his words still have a huge effect on people. Once Malcolm X joined the Nation Of…

Literacy is a fundamental skill that all people, regardless of race or social class, need to develop in order to convey ideas and communicate them intellectually. But two hundred years ago, learning to read and write was not a privilege. During this time, and even today, many factors play a role in determining the difficulty of reaching literacy, such as the time period a person lived and where, the color of their skin, and even what determined or denied their basic rights as human beings could…

Malcolm X “You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom” Malcolm X born on the 19th of May, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He is among the most discussed and debated public figures in history. Malcolm X was a human rights activist and supported freedom through violence to achieve equality in a society dominated by whites. He encouraged the blacks to fight back and gave them a sense of pride. Malcolm X is widely known for his beliefs and…

supremacist ideologies, poor science, such as the idea that Africans were biologically inferior, and false genetic science based on ancestry as a means of deciding who was African-American. Jim Crow was the articulation of black inferiority, white supremacy and the racist ideology implemented into a new…

The epigraph above opens the introduction to the 1926 study, Mongrel Virginians: The WIN Tribe. Sponsored by the Eugenics Record Office (ERO) and the Carnegie Foundation, Mongrel Virginians investigated the moral and social character of the Amherst County Indians. Arthur Estabrook, alongside co-author and sociologist Ivan McDougle, used family pedigrees and sociological investigation to determine the genetic and moral make-up of the group they called the “WIN” tribe, a pseudonym meant to signify…

Arlindo Chimbanda story Arlindo Chimbanda was born in Angola Africa. Arlindo family was one sister and three brothers and his mom. The army was coming to fight in the city. Arlindo’s family lived in the city.Angola was very dangerous because Angola had war and fighting. Arlindo’s dad was in America working for the government and going to school.. Arlindo’s family moved to the countryside with his grandparents because the…

Antwone’s greatest obstacle was realizing he needed to find his birth parents. Antwone was born in a prison in Ohio and was not later claimed by his mother when she was released (Black, Washington, 2002). Antwone’s father was murdered by one of his girlfriends when Antwone was an infant (Black, Washington, 2002). Antwone was placed into the foster system and adopted, along with 2 other boys, by Ms. Tate (Black, Washington, 2002). Ms. Tate was verbally abusive and physically abuse to all 3 boys,…