The new black

Ghost Light is a play written and performed by Shawn Wright and directed by Thomas Morgan Jones. I attended the performance at Theater New Brunswick’s Open Space theater in Fredericton, New Brunswick on Friday November 25th 2016. The one-man show told the story of a boy native from Saint John, New Brunswick. That boy was in fact the actor himself, you were transported in his world through a heartfelt and authentic performance. The play as inspirational as it could be told the audience that it is…

Growing up in Chicago has provided numerous opportunities to engage with multiple ethnic cultures and customs through food, music and numerous social interactions. Those various ethnic cultures have also coalesced into a cultural kaleidoscope that has fundamentally shaped the culture of the metropolis and the way that I digest the sociocultural norms of my hometown. Therefore, when someone [myself included] identifies ‘Chicago culture,’ we are essentially referencing a geographical culture and…

On October 29th of 1929, a day deemed “Black Tuesday,” one of the biggest events in history occurred: the crash of the stock market. At the end of the “Roaring Twenties,” a period of major economic prosperity, America was bewildered by an event so unexpected that it shook the nation and caused utter chaos. Thousands rushed to their banks only to realize that what they had before was gone. The wealthy, the poor, the middle class, and everyone who invested in stocks or used banks were all greatly…

than those of Caucasian employees. Bachelor stated that The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was “A government agency established to provide aid to those in need, but it allowed wage discrepancies based on past money earned” (2). But because black workers has earned less money in the past than the white workers, they received 70% less in relief payments than white employees. In addition to the NRA, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) along with all their associated agencies, provided a…

according to the Bible. The pastor should only marry a couple that he is confident that God has joined together. During the wedding ceremony, the pastor should ask the bride what color suit he should wear. If none is suggested, either a grey or dark black will suffice. The pastor should show up early and pray with the bride and her parents. He should do the same for the groom as well. The pastor should emphasize the image of the marriage union and Christ union to the church. Church Staff…

any food they can, goats laying on graves, vendors selling trinkets they’ve made and drinks like Coke and Toro. There were people making food like grilled goat, and plantains. I could smell the intoxicating scent of beans and rice cooking in big, black kettles over a hot open. Finally, we arrived at the orphanage and were greeted by dozens of children, all smiling and ready to play. They grabbed my hand and said “vini” or “come” and dragged me off to under the huge mango tree or onto…

these colonies showed that. Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, their reasons for settling, their government structures, and their daily life/families and were very different and caused their societies to develop in very different ways. The people of New England and the people of the Chesapeake region settled for entirely different reasons. New England started when the Pilgrims traveled…

apples at his stand on a busy street corner in San Francisco in March 1931 during the Great Depression, became a symbol of the stock market crash in 1929. (McLeod, 1969) Although the collapse of the stock market on October 24, 1929, known as the ‘Black Thursday’, signed in everyone’s mind the beginning of the Great Depression, actually it only precipitated it. A combination of conditions led the United States to the worst economic crisis in its history. During this traumatic period of despair,…

The second new deal came shortly after. Despite the great efforts of President Roosevelt's and his cabinet, the Great Depression continued in the United States, affecting the economy greatly. Unemployment persisted and the people grew angrier and desperate. In the spring of 1935, roosevelt launched a second, more aggressive version of federal programs, sometimes referred to as the Second New Deal. In April of that year he created the WPA (works progress administration) to provide jobs for the…

substituted by slips of paper. It means that some important element or ritual had been forgotten over the time. On the other hand, the black box is a symbol of continuity and transition of the tradition the generation to generation; in addition, even shabby and discolored they weren’t able to change it. “Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything’s being done” (134). When they suggest to Mr.…